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
Easyjet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou urges the airline to fire staff and stop buying planes amid coronavirus chaos By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 23 March 2020 | Updated: 22:09 GMT, 23 March 2020 Easyjet’s founder urged the airline to slash costs by cancelling orders for planes and sacking staff during the … Read more
It’s Mother’s Day and my motto is: let taste triumph over price tag! Try these options for fun and affordable fizz By Olly Smith Event for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:01 GMT, 21 March 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 21 March 2020 Mother’s Day is here and what better way to show her you … Read more
A distraught critical care nurse who was unable to buy basic foods following a 48-hour shift has urged shoppers to stop stripping supermarket shelves amid the coronavirus pandemic. In her heartbreaking appeal, Dawn Bilbrough, 51, from York, who had just completed a lengthy and exhausting shift, explained that she had visited her supermarket to pick … Read more
Aussie farmers have no more pasta to sell and panic buying has depleted rice stocks that were already low because of drought Panic buying left supermarkets stripped of pasta, rice, mince and other goods Shortage has left pasta and rice producers scrambling to meet surge in demand Australian pasta company San Remo said availability will … Read more
Disturbing footage has emerged on social media showing fights breaking out in stores across the country as panicked Americans rush to stock up on supplies amid the national coronavirus emergency. Two separate videos were posted from New York and Georgia on Thursday which showed intense and brutal fights erupting between tense customers battling through the … Read more
Luann De Lesseps marvels at empty supermarket shelves amid coronavirus panic buying… after posting sizzling hot tub bikini snap By Sameer Suri For Dailymail.com Published: 07:09 GMT, 14 March 2020 | Updated: 07:09 GMT, 14 March 2020 Even a countess cannot have it all. When Luann De Lesseps stepped out grocery shopping on Friday, she … Read more
Roll up Roll up! Amusement arcade replaces toys with ‘bog standard’ toilet tissues in its 30p-a-go grabber machine as coronavirus panic grips UK Chapmans Fundland made toilet roll the star prize in 30p-a-go grabber machine Amusement arcade owner Eddy Chapman in Bridlington, East Yorks called the panic buying craze ‘loo-dicrous’ Government urged calm as some supermarkets were … Read more
FRANKLIN UK EQUITY INCOME FUND: Be bold – and keep buying, says fund chief Morton By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 23:46 GMT, 7 March 2020 | Updated: 23:46 GMT, 7 March 2020 Colin Morton of Franklin Equity Having run investment fund Franklin UK Equity Income for the past 25 years, manager … Read more
‘There is no need’: Health Secretary Matt Hancock appeals for an end to coronavirus panic buying after he is challenged by BBC Question Time audience member over empty supermarket shelves Health Secretary Matt Hancock challenged on Question Time over panic buying Woman asked what could be done about lack of pasta and toilet rolls in … Read more