Clorox Is Shipping Nearly 1 Million Packs of Wipes Every Day

Clorox Co. is shipping out its disinfecting wipes as fast as the company can make them. It’s not fast enough. While the bleach maker planned to have inventories replenished at major retailers by this summer, unprecedented demand throughout the pandemic dashed any hope of that. To cope, Clorox has added 10 additional third-party manufacturers and is running its own facilities 24 hours a day.

Consumers’ insatiable demand for products to fight Covid-19 has forced big-box retailers like Target Corp. and Walmart Inc. to implement policies to limit the amount of wipes customers can buy per visit. To further curb stockpiling, they’ve halted online sales of the products, instead directing shoppers to purchase them in-store. Target has seen “unprecedented demand” for cleaning supplies

 Clorox is not keeping up with the demand for packets of disinfectant wipes, distributing approximately one million a day. 
Clorox ships its disinfectant wipes as quickly as possible, as consumers increased their orders for this class of hygiene products. Similarly, the demand for canned food increased. All this with the aim of avoiding going out constantly to shopping centers.
“Nearly a million packages of Clorox wipes are shipped to stores every day. As soon as they’re on the shelf, people pick them up, ”says Naomi Greer, who is a spokesperson for the company.
To cope with this increase in orders, Clorox has turned to 10 third-party manufacturers and is operating its own facilities 24 hours a day.
 
Clorox’s competitor, Reckitt Benckiser Group, is also preparing and forecasting the production of 35 million Lysol spray cans per month in North America by the end of the year, more than triple the amount manufactured before the pandemic began, of according to the specialized medium.
The high demand from users for these types of products has led large stores such as Target Corp and Walmart to limit the amount of disinfectant wipes they can buy per visit. 
Target mentions that products sell very quickly after hitting the shelves. Walmart is working with its supply chain area to meet demand, as the company “closely monitors” the availability of these products, according to a spokesperson in an email.


Post time: Jan-20-2021