Read-to-eat food in convenience stores are running low.
\n\nResidents in Bangkok, Thailand have taken to panic-buying food and essentials from convenience stores as the city experiences ongoing extreme floods.
\n\nA video dated Sep. 26 circulating on social media showed people hoarding bottled drinks and stacks of ready-made food like cup noodles in a flooded store.
\n\nAnother video featured a nearly-empty 7-Eleven store, as well as snaking queues of people in another grocery store.
\n\nPeople could also be seen wading through knee-high water on the streets outside.
\n\nAccording to Thai PBS World, people have begun stocking up on necessities in case the floods render them unable to leave their homes or if food deliveries become disrupted.
\n\nStaples like instant noodles, frozen meals and bread are disappearing from display shelves, while chain franchise convenience stores in Bangkok and nearby provinces are running short of ready-to eat-food and other necessities.
\n\nMotorists have also reportedly packed into service stations to fill their tanks out of fear that petrol and diesel will run out, said PBS.
\n\nAccording to Inquirer.net, Thai authorities have ordered retailers to replenish supplies and are keep a close watch on the availability and prices of essential goods.
\n\nThe Commerce Ministry is…
Original source: https://mothership.sg/
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