App launched to help shoppers check stock availability at their local supermarkets and find places with the shortest queues during coronavirus lockdown The app was built to allow shoppers to report back on stock levels and queues If someone is in a supermarket they can ‘check-in’ to say how long they waited It lists a … Read more
Shoppers were back on the streets in Austria and Italy today as Europe takes its first tentative steps out of the coronavirus lockdown. Italy is opening a handful of stores including bookshops and stationery shops in a trial to see how social distancing measures can work after the lockdown, which otherwise remains in force. In … Read more
Police are forced to turn away B&Q shoppers from outside store after hundreds turn up to collect items they ordered online – days after DIY store’s website had hour-long queues Around 400 cars descended on a B&Q store at a retail park in Nottingham today The hundreds of customers caused gridlock with staff drafting in police … Read more
Shoppers are queuing for hundreds of yards across fields and car parks in a last-minute dash to stock up their coronavirus stockpiles for the bank holiday weekend. With the major supermarkets all closing tomorrow, customers are flocking in their droves today to pick up food and toiletries. However, plenty have also made their way to … Read more
Shoppers across Britain formed huge queues outside butchers, bakers and grocers as they stocked up for Easter Sunday despite Britain’s daily coronavirus death toll reaching a record high. The bug claimed 980 lives yesterday bringing the UK’s spiralling victim count to 8,958. The stark figure marks the worst day on record for hospitals in any country in … Read more
It’s ‘essential’ Goods Friday: Lockdown shoppers queue for up to THREE HOURS to buy booze and food before supermarkets shut on Easter Sunday Queues at Asda Clapham Junction were seen snaking down and across the car park this afternoon in London It comes ahead of the four-day Easter bank holiday weekend as shoppers stock up … Read more
Instacart is now pairing users with shoppers in real-time in an attempt to deal with a demand spike caused by at-home coronavirus isolation The options will look to free up delivery window times for users A ‘Fast and Flexible’ option pairs users with the next available shopper ‘Order Ahead’ lets users place their orders two … Read more
Thousands of first-time online shopping customers risk having vital deliveries cancelled, a Money Mail investigation can reveal. Many elderly and vulnerable households have been forced to turn to the internet for their essentials, having perhaps never shopped online before. But major flaws with security checks have led to some banks mistakenly flagging the transactions as … Read more
‘Fast fashion’ is slowly helping to kill the planet — and British shoppers are the most wasteful, a study has warned. The clothes industry produces more than 92 million tonnes of waste a year and consumes around 1.5 trillion tonnes of water annually. Developing countries bear most of the brunt of this excess. In the UK, … Read more
Shocking moment huge brawl breaks out in the middle of an Asda cereal aisle in front of horrified shoppers trying to social distance during lockdown Commotion took place in Asda store in Dudley, near Birmingham, on Thursday Two women were tangled in a brawl as another woman tried to break them apart A man then … Read more