No, Grocery Stores Have Not Been Cleared Out

There's rumours spreading around social media that people in Qatar are in a panic and stripping shelves bare at grocery stores. Nope, sorry, not true. The grocery stores are certainly busier as people stock up, and I've seen some people with carts loaded with staples like water, rice, oil and milk, but there's still plenty of food. I have just gone to two grocery stores and took some photos. This was around iftar time so there weren't many people around:

Store 1:

Here's the second store:

Everything's fine.