mark straussman is inside an atlanta grocery store where at least some of the stores are shocked. >> reporter: if you want wine, peanuts, wasabi, green peas, they got it. but if you want bread, no luck. same thing with hand sanitizer and toilet paper. the dairy section, this is all they have. here's the deal, some of the little guy grocers have more on the shelves than the big guys. shelves picked to the bone at a walmart in washington state, overthe counter medicines vanishing from the stores in washington. >> panic mode. people aren't sure what to do and i think -- i don't know. >> reporter: it's a scene being repeated at brand name stores all over the country. sunday even the president weighed in. >> the stores are stocking up at a level that's beyond christmas time. there's no need for anybody in the country to horde essential food supplies. >> there's no chance they will not be able to fill. >> reporter: doug baker says the industry's trying to adjust to all the shortages. >> there could be periodic shortages and there might be times are consumers might not be able to get it for