UK supermarkets call for an extra 50,000 workers to cope with rise in demand By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 23 March 2020 | Updated: 22:07 GMT, 23 March 2020 Britain’s leading supermarkets need an extra 50,000 staff within weeks to cope with a rise in demand Demand for workers to … Read more
NHS workers across the country have been left in tears after shop workers greeted them with applause and flowers at UK supermarkets during a dedicated shopping hour for key workers amid coronavirus panic buying. Supermarkets up and down the country including Tesco and Sainsbury’s enforced a shopping hour just for key workers last week after … Read more
Hundreds of shoppers were spotted queuing outside supermarkets on Mother’s Day this morning as self-isolation cancels celebrations. Eager shoppers were seen queuing outside a Tesco in Cheshunt just before it opened its doors to NHS workers and emergency staff in a bid to help them buy essentials before panic buyers ransack the shelves. Shop workers … Read more
Hundreds of shoppers were spotted queueing around the entire carpark of a Tesco at 6am today. Shocking drone footage revealed the true extent of panic buying amid the coronavirus pandemic. The same Tesco in New Malden, London, saw a similarly gigantic queue snake around its carpark at 5.50am yesterday. Shocking drone footage revealed the true … Read more
Britain’s supermarket sector has been thrown into the spotlight like never before in the last few weeks. Panic-stricken shoppers are stockpiling goods and stripping shelves bare of essentials as the Government’s draconian but necessary lockdown plans ramp up. From the crack of dawn, shoppers are queuing up outside supermarket doors to try and get hold … Read more
You ordered 16 quilted toilet rolls, we’re delivering an LED home bulb instead! Supermarkets struggling to keep up with soaring delivery demands are swapping out essentials for some very unusual alternatives Customers have taken to social media to show the bizarre items they have got One man’s grandparents were sent an LED bulb instead of … Read more
The nation’s supermarkets will now be allowed to help each other keep their shelves stocked as the government has temporarily relaxed competition laws in reaction to the coronavirus crisis. The Environment Secretary confirmed in a statement the government is relaxing elements of the Competition Act 1998 as part of a package of measures to allow … Read more
Hundreds of shoppers were seen lined up outside supermarkets before the doors opened today after retailers enforced strict rationing measures to deal with a surge in panic-buying. Retailers have stressed there is plenty of food in the supply chain but shoppers need to act responsibly to ensure everyone can get what they need, particularly the … Read more
TV presenter Grant Denyer has been left outraged by panic-buying Sydneysiders travelling to regional cities ‘by the busload’ to stock up on food and supplies. The Dancing with the Stars host, 42, claims to have witnessed a gang of coronavirus preppers ‘raiding’ supermarkets in his hometown of Bathurst, 200km west of Sydney. The same group of … Read more
Online deliveries from supermarkets could take up to SIX WEEKS as more people self-isolate at home for a fortnight amid coronavirus fears The government have told all elderly and vulnerable to self-isolate for 12 weeks It fanned spike in internet delivery orders which has left retailers snowed-under Industry leaders said supermarkets would ‘never have enough’ … Read more