Tesco stops selling skimmed milk and scraps multi-buy offers in bid to ensure supply of essential goods after coronavirus panic-buyers strip shelves The supermarket giant will only sell the more popular two and four-pint cartons Local dairy farms have been drafted to shore up the supply chain in rural areas It comes after a wave … Read more
Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin has told his 40,000 staff to work at Tesco during the coronavirus lockdown, after furious workers revealed they wouldn’t be getting their salaries until the end of April The popular pub chain was forced to close after Boris Johnson ordered people to stay at home in the battle against the killer … Read more
NHS workers across the country have been left in tears after shop workers greeted them with applause and flowers at UK supermarkets during a dedicated shopping hour for key workers amid coronavirus panic buying. Supermarkets up and down the country including Tesco and Sainsbury’s enforced a shopping hour just for key workers last week after … Read more
Hundreds of shoppers were spotted queuing outside supermarkets on Mother’s Day this morning as self-isolation cancels celebrations. Eager shoppers were seen queuing outside a Tesco in Cheshunt just before it opened its doors to NHS workers and emergency staff in a bid to help them buy essentials before panic buyers ransack the shelves. Shop workers … Read more
The boss of Britain’s largest retailer has pleaded with panicbuyers to search their conscience and ask themselves: ‘Do I need everything in my trolley?’ Tesco chief executive Dave Lewis called for calm as store shelves were yesterday stripped bare again and massive queues formed outside stores across the UK. Pleading with shoppers to pause for … Read more
The government today scolded ‘shameful’ panic-buyers and pleaded with the frenzied shoppers to consider more vulnerable people before emptying the nation’s supermarkets. The coronavirus death toll in the UK has hit 233 as a further 53 people died in England alone in the worst 24 hours yet. Environment Secretary George Eustice told people to ‘calm … Read more
The government pleaded with Britons today to stop panic-buying and consider more vulnerable people in the coronavirus emergency. Environment Secretary George Eustice said there is ‘more than enough food to go around’ but said greedy shoppers are leaving people, including frontline NHS staff, with empty trolleys. Speaking from Downing Street this afternoon, he said: ‘There … Read more
Alcohol aisles are now being stripped bare by panic buyers after Boris Johnson closed pubs and restaurants in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus. Boozy tipples have replaced toilet paper as the number one must-have product for customers who are continuing to go on frenzied shopping sprees despite warnings from the government to … Read more
And still they come! Hundreds of shoppers queue up waiting for Tesco to open as police step in and supermarkets hire security guards to stop selfish stockpilers Shocking drone footage revealed true extent of panic buying in New Malden Gigantic queue was spotted at 6am while shoppers waited for morning delivery Police were forced to … Read more
As the nation continues to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, panicked shoppers have continued to strip supermarket shelves in fear of losing their precious items. The mass chaos, which has seen desperate customers scour the shelves for a range of household goods from toilet rolls to water bottles, has even seen a number of supermarket … Read more
Panic buyers have cleared the shelves of supermarkets bare as they rushed to stock up while Britain goes through a coronavirus crisis. Shoppers formed queues outside supermarkets up and down the country from 6am this morning and stripped shelves bare by 9am, as retailers enforced strict rationing measures to deal with a surge in panic-buying. … Read more
The Environment Secretary today ruled out enforcing social distancing measures in supermarkets, claiming it would be ‘counterproductive’, despite fears queues of shoppers are ‘undoubtedly adding to the spread of coronavirus‘. Panic-buyers formed queues outside supermarkets up and down the country from 6am this morning and stripped shelves bare by 9am, as retailers enforced strict rationing measures … Read more
The nation’s supermarkets will now be allowed to help each other keep their shelves stocked as the government has temporarily relaxed competition laws in reaction to the coronavirus crisis. The Environment Secretary confirmed in a statement the government is relaxing elements of the Competition Act 1998 as part of a package of measures to allow … Read more