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Panic shoppers clearing North Okanagan grocery shelves

Non-perishables, eggs, chicken, beef, pasta and rice added to the list of sold out items
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Shelves are bare at Walmart Sunday, March 15 as panic shoppers scoop up non-perishables and other products. (Caitlin Clow - Morning Star)

First it was toilet paper, now store shelves are being wiped of an array of food.

A trip down the Walmart aisles Sunday afternoon was less than fruitful for shoppers.

Flour, most canned goods, pastas, rice, sauces, eggs, chicken and beef were nowhere to be found.

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There was limited milk, pork, fish, tuna, canned vegetables and frozen vegetables.

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Some call it panic shopping, but Langlois says it含羞草研究社檚 just stupid.

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Even laundry soap is getting low.

With a sick son at home, Langlois couldn含羞草研究社檛 even find Tylenol as she said all pharmaceutical products were gone.

The situation was similar at Save-On-Foods.

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Walmart President and CEO Haio Barbeito said there is a lot of pressure on the system, including a very high demand for pickup and delivery services.

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