50+ Items That Sold Out During the Pandemic

There may or may not be a second wave of the pandemic in the fall.  If you are wondering what to stockpile (stock up on slowly, not hoard all at once), here is a list of items that sold out at various times during the current pandemic...

1. Toilet paper
2. Paper towels
3. Kleenex
4. Face masks
5. Hand sanitizer
6. Medical gloves
7. Lysol/Lysol wipes
8. Baby wipes
9. Wet Wipes/Handi Wipes
10. Commercial sanitizers
11. Laundry detergent
12. Bleach/ammonia/cleaning products
13. Rubbing alcohol/alcohol wipes
14. Vitamins (particularly C and D)
15. Rice
16. Flour
17. Canned beans
18. Canned soup
19. Dried beans
20. Spam/canned meats
21. Peanut butter
22. Chicken/beef stock
23. Baking soda/baking powder
24. Pasta
25. Tylenol/Aspirin
26. Thera Flu/Nyquil
27. Thermometers
28. Yeast
29. Bicycles
30. Sewing machines
31. Cloth/sewing supplies (elastic, needles, etc)
32. Hair trimmers
33. Hair dye (briefly)
34. Cheaper end laptops and tablets
35. Freezers
36. Webcams/microphones/web conferencing equipment
37. Jigsaw puzzles/games
38. Bottled water
39. Water filters/Brita
40. Bidets
41. Meat (later in the pandemic when meat factory workers became ill)
42. Video game systems (Switch, PS4)
43. Medications (like when hydrochloroquine was touted as a wonder drug and people scrambled to buy it)
44. Eggs (occasional shortages)
45. Fresh produce (occasional shortages)
46. Food products from Asia (these were hit or miss with noodles being sold out, coconut products occasionally unavailable, etc)
47. Freeze dried food (Mountain House had to temporarily shut down to catch up with demand)
48. Arts and craft supplies
49. Bandannas
50. Lounge wear

I'll add more items here as they become an issue...

• Canning jars and supplies