Aldi, Morrisons and Waitrose have become the first supermarkets to ease product restrictions brought in to cope with stockpiling – as Tesco ramps up its home delivery service during the coronavirus lockdown. All the major supermarkets imposed restrictions this month keep shelves full after Brits panicked due to the pandemic and stocked up on supplies. … Read more
People with visual impairments have claimed they were turned away from UK supermarkets ‘because they would be unable to stay two metres from other customers’ under social distancing rules. One man alleged he was stopped from entering an unnamed supermarket in Derby because he was ‘unable to guarantee’ he could remain a distance from the … Read more
Parents have claimed supermarkets are preventing them from shopping with their children as part of a crackdown on social distancing rules. Many grocers have limited the number of people allowed inside a supermarket at once, with others asking customers to remain at least two metres apart amid the UK’s coronavirus outbreak. Supermarkets have seen a … Read more
Police were drafted in to guard shops yesterday as queues again formed at stores around the country. The measures were thought to be aimed at countering panic buying and making sure shoppers kept the right distance from each other. Officers kept watch outside Lidl and Sainsbury’s stores at a shopping centre in Stratford, east London. … Read more
A heartbroken son has begged people to stay indoors and obey social distancing after his mother, 87, died from coronavirus after shopping in Asda, amid fears that supermarkets could become superspreaders of the killer illness. Shoppers were pictured squeezing together at supermarkets up and down the country this morning, ignoring social distancing rules from the … Read more
Online shopping meltdown: Supermarket delivery system appears close to collapse as stores struggle to cope with deluge of orders during coronavirus crisis Daily Mail survey found no delivery slots available from any mainstream stores No orders could be placed from Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Waitrose and Ocado Boris Johnson suggested locked-down Britons should arrange food … Read more
Asda cuts the price of petrol to just 102p per litre as supermarket chains continue to face panic buyers and low oil prices amid coronavirus crisis Asda drops prices to 102p-a-litre of unleaded fuel, and 108.7p on a litre of diesel The supermarket giant has applied offer to all of its 300 stores with forecourts … 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
Wealthy shoppers were offered an abundance of fresh organic produce today while customers at Sainsbury’s and Asda were confronted by empty shelves due to panic-buying amid the coronavirus pandemic. Visitors to Harrods were able to choose between three types of tomatoes – including Juno cherry tomatoes selling at £40 per kg – up to 14 … Read more