Supermarkets are cracking down on what shoppers can purchase as panic about the coronavirus epidemic lead to wide-spread stockpiling. The chaos saw people scrabbling to load up with loo rolls, long-life milk and pasta in a bid to prepare for the worst as the coronavirus death toll hit 21 yesterday while the number of infected soared past 1,000 … Read more
Desperate Britons have been spotted in huge queues outside stores as panic-buying continues amid the coronavirus crisis. Shoppers were seen in winding lines at supermarkets as they tried to get their hands on toilet roll, hand sanitiser and tinned goods. Crowds gathered on paths beside Sainsbury’s in Ladbroke Grove and Savers in Wood Green, both London, … Read more
Fuming Caffe Nero customer slams coffee chain for serving £4 all-day breakfast panini with ‘one strip of bacon and a quarter of a sausage’ Rosanne Emma Hassall was given panini containing a few tiny fragments of meat She ordered the ‘all day breakfast egg, bacon and sausage’ at Manchester airport Picture shows panini with shredded … Read more
The shelves of British supermarkets are emptying at pace and staples being rationed as coronavirus stockpiling spiralled out of control today amid warnings of ‘food riots’ if the crisis worsens. Shortages previously limited to anti-bacterial hand gel and hand soap have spread to cupboard items such as rice, pasta, couscous, Pot Noodles, bottled water, toilet … Read more