Rolling in toilet paper: Australian family over-orders coveted commodity

A girl sitting on top of boxes containing toilet paper in Toowoomba, Australia in this picture obtained from social media. — Chris and Haidee Janetzki/Reuters

An Australian family is rolling in a much-coveted commodity after mistakenly ordering 48 boxes instead of 48 rolls of toilet paper online.

That works out at 2,304 toilet paper rolls for Haidee Janetzki and her family at a time when panic buying due to the coronavirus outbreak has caused major grocers in Australia to restrict supplies to a pack a person.