Re: Poo tickets in short supply here in Oz
Coles & Woolworths have also implemented similar change freeze rules. Basically the same change freeze protocols implemented in the lead-up to Easter & Christmas that have the intent of protecting stores from unnecessary change and / or additional work during their busiest times of the year.
Yes annoying if your project was about to go-live, but risk is just not worth ending up on the front page of the paper.
I saw a couple of photos today of supermarkets with pallets of toilet paper out the front.