There is no “one section at a time” (though your idea is a good one); the same sections are stripped bare (frozen/refrigerated, produce, canned goods, paper products), while others have full shelves and no customers in the aisles (pet food, hardware). The traffic both outside in inside these stores is growing incredibly.
I told an exhausted older cashier I know that the good part is in a few weeks nobody will be there as they have to eat all the food they stockpiled...
Not sure if you read the post up thread from the Walmart employee, but it goes to my point that today’s CEOs are mostly incompetent. If the average worker is totally out of the loop, I’d bet anyone a cheap pair of Chinese pajamas that the idea is a stinker. After watching and listening to our politicians & CEOs over the last few weeks, I’m not sure how any other conclusion can be reached. I’m glad I saw this fustercluck coming weeks ago and took the time to prepared myself & family. This was never the same as the flu.
“I told an exhausted older cashier I know that the good part is in a few weeks nobody will be there as they have to eat all the food they stockpiled...”
Yep, people have volume limits as to what they can store regarding frozen and refrigerated foods, so once they’re topped off, things will likely get back to ‘normal’ for those items.
For other items...tougher to predict, may be a long time before people get tired of filling up their bedrooms and feeling like preppers.