‘Significant’ increases in the price of toilet paper are underway

(Journalist)
– More than a year after the start of the pandemic, toilet paper prices are rising, not because people are still stocking it, but because commodity prices are rising, according to Kimberley-Clark Corporation. The company, which makes brands such as Cottonelle, Scott and Viva, as well as Kleenex tissues and Huggies diapers, says most of its products in North America will see “significant” price increases in the mid to high numbers “by June., USA today reports. Analysts say the cost of wood pulp has jumped 35% in the past year and price increases from other toilet paper manufacturers are likely to follow, Bloomberg reports. (Last year, toilet paper became the “panic icon”.)