Supermarket hoarding has surpassed the standard party preparation levels amid the coronavirus pandemic.

But while Australians, much to the amusement of the rest of the world have been hoarding toilet paper, other nations have been sweeping supermarket aisles for hand sanitiser.

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In this rear view, a woman stands with a shopping cart in front of a shelf full of food in supermarket. (Getty)

However one Danish supermarket has discovered a novel way to tackle their hoarding situation.

Danish news outlet Ekstra Bladet revealed the Meny supermarket in Hellerup, a northern suburb of Copenhagen has placed a sign informing customers that anti-bacterial gel would cost DKr40 ($9.70 AUD) for the first bottle, and spike immensely to DKr1000 ($242 AUD) each for every bottle after.

"I did it so that people would look at themselves in the mirror before taking it in their shopping basket," Rasmus Vejbaek-Zerr, the shop's manager told the newspaper.

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"There were many customers who bought four or five at a time, and it's so much more important than yeast," he added, referring to customers also hoarding the essential ingredient to baking bread.

The steep price increase is not unique to the Danish supermarket, with "panic buying" impacting supermarket supply chains globally.

In a Facebook statement, Coles announced the purchase of multiple items, including tissues and hand sanisters, as well as long term essential food items have been limited to two items per customer, with toilet paper "limited to one pack per customer."

With one in 10 people in the UK already panic buying, as reported by the Retail Gazette, supermarkets in the UK have put limits on items such as pasta, anti-bacterial wipes, hand soap and children's medications.

In addition, the USA's supermarket powerhouse Walmart granted store managers power of "discretion to limit sales quantities on items that are in unusually high demand."