Toilet paper and paper towel products are once again in demand, but not quite at the feverish rate they were back in the spring.

Even as the number of coronavirus case numbers continue to spike, consumers don’t appear to have fully returned to their hoarding ways.

At least, not at several local food markets where staff say their shelves have enough product to meet the demands of their customers.

In fact, just because certain manufacturers aren’t making every different kind doesn’t mean there aren’t any available, according to Jason Kendricks, nonperishable manager at Boyer’s Food Market in Tamaqua.

“Where we used to have a variety, you may not be able to get every flavor or variety that you’re used to,” Kendricks said. “We’re fine on toilet paper, (though) our paper towel selection right now is kind of limited due to warehouse availability.

“It’s not the fact that they’re not making the product; it’s the fact that the product is in transit. The product is out there. There’s no shortages. There’s no hoarding.”

Though likely not as many, toilet paper and paper towel products are still out there to be had, according to KP, owner of Mallard Markets in Lehighton.

“We do have some; it is definitely tough to keep it on the shelf,” he said. “We pretty much get like half of our order for paper products and cleaning supplies.”

While his store has experienced a bit of an uptick, there are enough products that are still available for consumers to purchase.

“We did definitely see a little bit of an increase in canned goods, but nothing comparable to the first wave,” KP said. “Not yet at least, but I really don’t think so.”

Though the perception may be that those products are in limited supply, that isn’t necessarily the case, according to Chris Anthony, manager of Country Harvest Family Market in Palmerton.

“We have plenty of toilet paper; paper towels are a little tight, (but) we have on the shelf and in our warehouse as well,” Anthony said. “Nothing is really in short supply right now.”

However, Anthony noted Monday afternoon that the supply of turkeys was starting to decrease.

“But that’s supposed to happen at this time,” he said. “We put the last of the turkeys in our fresh case today; I anticipate selling out of turkeys.”

Overall, Anthony said his store hasn’t witnessed the same type of barrage that it experienced when the pandemic first hit.

“I really don’t see the supply shortages,” he said. “At least in our store.”