But as Coles and Woolworths begin to loosen the tight shopping restrictions, there’s one item that has become the unicorn of grocery shelves – and it’s not toilet paper.

Woolies CEO Brad Banducci has revealed shoppers are still struggling to get hold of pasta sauce despite the Fresh Food People flooding stores with huge amounts of stock.

“Pasta sauce is still in short supply despite an extra 850,000 units this week,” he said, adding that levels of pasta had been improving after the company secured an additional 1000 pallets – that’s 500,000 packs.

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The supermarket giant was also struggling to keep up with demand for kitchen paper, Mr Banducci said.

“We do still have some issues on paper towels and tissues, with sales up 60-80 per cent. That’s a staggering 2.75 million rolls of paper towels and more than 1.6 million boxes of tissues a week,” he explained. “These are big numbers and we’re working with our suppliers to bring in even more supply.”

Hand sanitiser is still in short supply, with sales this week eclipsing the total amount normally sold in 40 weeks.

However, if you’ve been battling through with little to no toilet paper, demand has been tapering with Woolies customers so you should be able to snag some in most stores.

“This week’s sales expected to be around 15-16 million rolls,” Mr Banducci said. “That’s still 45 per cent up on last year, but with supply up 70 per cent on last year, there is increasingly more on shelf.”

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The two-product limit on oats and oral care has also been lifted in addition to a longer list last week that included fresh milk, packaged meat and breakfast cereals. You can check the full list here.

However, Mr Banducci pleaded with Aussies to still only buy what they needed for the Easter weekend, revealing Woolworths had added “more delivery windows” for its home delivery service for vulnerable shoppers.

The Woolworths Basics Box has been extended to and is available to anyone in need. This will be available in Victoria, NSW, South Australia, Tasmania, the ACT and South East Queensland, with Western Australia, the Northern Territory and the rest of Queensland to follow at the end of next week.

The box, which is filled with two weeks’ of essential supplies, costs $80 including delivery.

Last week, it was revealed panic buyers had started bulk-buying a range of new food items as we entered lockdown – packet cake mixes and cleaning items.

“Two of our highest growth categories this week have been cake mixes and household cleaning products. A lot more kids are baking and parents cleaning as we all spend more time at home,” Mr Banducci said.

Coles has lifted buying restrictions on meat and fresh milk, which were all affected amid coronavirus pandemic.

Coles meat general manager Charlotte Gilbert said the supermarket had sold a staggering five million packets of mince in the last four weeks.

“We have worked with our dedicated farmers to pull out all the stops to increase supply and offer great value to customers at this challenging time,” she said.

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