Woolworths has reinstated toilet paper limits across its Victorian supermarkets as the state enters a five-day COVID-19 lockdown.
In a pre-emptive strike to ward off panic buying before the lockdown begins at 11.59pm on Thursday, the supermarket giant immediately capped loo roll purchases at two packs per customer.
Supermarkets, bottle shops and pharmacies will remain open as essential retailers for the state's fifth lockdown.
Despite this, Victorian shelves have at times been stripped bare during previous lockdowns due to widespread panic buying.
Woolworths general manager for Victoria Andrew Hall reassured customers its supermarkets had plenty of stock to go around.
"As always, we encourage our customers to be mindful of others in the community and buy only what they need," he said in a statement on Thursday.
Staff will also be at the front of Woolworths stores to carry out additional cleaning and wipe down trolleys after multiple supermarkets across Melbourne were listed as exposure sites.
