>>1504687stores don't stock a lot of toilet paper because it's bulky and people normally buy a predictable amount of it. stores frequently do promotions to get rid of it quickly. any first world person uses toilet paper so it's not a big deal to buy some extra while they don't drink a lot of bottled water and most people didn't expect the water supply to be cut off just because of the corona meme. people who ran out of toilet paper did so because of their financial illiteracy and lack of planning.
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/05/privilege-of-buying-in-bulk/482361/ 