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As much as you wish, on the contrary, empty shelves in grocery stores arenot thing from the past.Walmart has just announced that it works short of toilet paper not only, but also cleaning supplies, whileWegmans Buying limits recently placed on 13 popular items. They are far from the only retailers who reportDisappear store shelves As the third wave of Pandemic Hits of COVID-19, despite efforts to store essential household products proactively.

Surprisingly, the shortages of some products actually mean profits for grocery stores. This is because buyers are forced to do something that they can not normally do when their favorite item is out of stock, buy an off-branded product. Eighty-six per cent of buyers have explored brands belonging to shops and other alternatives to private label items since the beginning of the pandemic, according to the data of a survey of 1,021 groceries conducted byOracle Retail. (In touch:15 classical American desserts that deserve a return.)

"The overvoltage of private label purchases has become the unexpected silver lining of COVID-19 for grocers," said Mike Webster, Senior Vice President of Oracle Retail and Director General of retail sales. "Consumers not interested in trying something new have been forced to plug in terms of shortages and now prevent their new discoveries."

And not only consumers have been triggered and try different brands but also a lotActually Aimé what they found, the data reveal. Thirty-four percent of respondents planned to shop a mix of new discoveries and preferred brands continuously. In the end, 32% plan to stick to store brands for good. This could mean good news about the availability of products beyond Charmin toilet paper and Clorox wipes. If more people get used to buying a wide range of brands, shortages of some products may decrease.

However, it is good to be careful if there is a mark you have never heard of selling products online. At this moment, theThe government warns customers about false websites that sell disinfectant wipes.