In supermarkets across the land, spooked shoppers swept shelves clean. FMTNews Covid19 Coronavirus PanicBuying
Shelves are empty in the fruit and vegetable section of an Asda store in London.
In supermarkets across the land, though, shoppers were spooked. Aisle after aisle were left empty with just ice cream and chocolate Easter eggs remaining at many major stores. Huge queues snaked around some supermarkets on Wednesday, Reuters reporters said.Sainsbury’s is to restrict customer purchases to combat panic buying. Tesco is allowing shoppers to purchase just two packs of certain items such as dried pasta, toilet roll and long-life milk.
Aldi on Monday became the first UK grocer to introduce rationing, limiting customers to buying four items of any one product during each visit.“We are currently facing unprecedented challenges and uncertainty dealing with Covid-19,” the company’s chairman Andrew Higginson, and its CEO David Potts said.
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