Clorox is running its plants 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in order to meet the increasing demand for its disinfectant products, and still, Clorox wipes are in short supply.
With demand for disinfectants up 500 percent amid the coronavirus pandemic, Linda Rendle, president of Clorox, appeared on Good Morning America on Monday (May 11) to discuss why you might not be seeing Clorox wipes in stores and when you should expect to see them back on shelves.
"Wipes are in short supply right now, but the good news is we're delivering wipes to stores every single day," she shared. "Unfortunately, they're being snagged just about as soon as they hit shelves, many times within minutes. We've seen unprecedented spike in demand for wipes, up 500 percent versus a year ago, but we're working with everything feasible in our power to get as many disinfecting products to people as quickly as we can."
As for when consumers should be able to go into a store and find Clorox wipes at the ready, Rendle said this: "I know that's the question on everybody's mind. We will expect improvement come this summer."
"It will all depend on the demand but we are doing everything in our power to ensure that we get products to store and that includes running our cleaning plants 24 hours a day, 7 days a week," she added. "We're contracting with third-party suppliers who are helping make product for us, as well as ensuring that we are prioritizing making products that disinfect in our cleaning lineup and that's going to help us get into a better position in the summer."
Rendle also explained that Clorox is doing everything in its power to meet be proactive rather than reactive to get ahead of the possible second wave of coronavirus later this year.
"We don't know exactly what the future holds for COVID-19, but our team is doing everything we can to be ready. What it really comes down to ensuring that we can continue to run our operation 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and that's about keeping our team, the incredible people who are manufacturing our products on the front line today, healthy and well," she said. "We are doing that by ensuring that we enhance the safety protocols in our manufacturing facilities. We've implemented temperature scanning, face coverings, practicing distancing. We've also enhanced benefits and pay for those workers who ensure that they're able to deliver as many products as possible so we're ready for whatever the future holds."
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