Toilet Paper

The toilet paper aisles in several Dartmouth and Fairhaven stores showed signs on Tuesday of being impacted by the supply chain crisis.

Toilet paper companies are making rolls narrower but fatter. Are you getting more paper or are they taking from the sides and adding it to the end of the roll?

The people who deliver to our stores stuff like toilet paper are experiencing shortages of labor and supplies. Have you got an extra roll on hand just in case?

Learn from my mistake.

The Great Toilet Paper Crisis of 2020 exposes the ugly side of human nature.

I cannot help but worry about how quickly and easily we have surrendered so many of our basic freedoms.

I saw no panic-buying at Market Basket this morning. People appeared to be taking just what they needed and leaving some for others.

Apply your good old American ingenuity to figure out how to make the best – and perhaps even a few bucks – off of this mess.

Will the five rolls of toilet paper I have in the closet at home be enough to get me through this crisis?

A message Japan began delivering Monday is a bit unusual, but true enough: Don’t wait until it’s too late to think about toilet paper. The government and paper companies kicked off a ‘‘Let’s stockpile toilet paper!’’ campaign to mark Disaster Prevention Day, warning of a possible crisis because nearly half of the supply comes from one of Japan’s most earthquake-prone areas...