Tesco’s chief executive Dave Lewis It’s been a tough week for the whole country. No one is untouched. No one immune to challenges we face as a country. Covid-19 is bringing huge changes to the way we live and work. Sadly, we are closer to the beginning of all this than the end, but it’s … Read more
The government today scolded ‘shameful’ panic-buyers and pleaded with the frenzied shoppers to consider more vulnerable people before emptying the nation’s supermarkets. The coronavirus death toll in the UK has hit 233 as a further 53 people died in England alone in the worst 24 hours yet. Environment Secretary George Eustice told people to ‘calm … Read more
The government pleaded with Britons today to stop panic-buying and consider more vulnerable people in the coronavirus emergency. Environment Secretary George Eustice said there is ‘more than enough food to go around’ but said greedy shoppers are leaving people, including frontline NHS staff, with empty trolleys. Speaking from Downing Street this afternoon, he said: ‘There … Read more
Alcohol aisles are now being stripped bare by panic buyers after Boris Johnson closed pubs and restaurants in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus. Boozy tipples have replaced toilet paper as the number one must-have product for customers who are continuing to go on frenzied shopping sprees despite warnings from the government to … 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
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
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
My mother messages from Italy with a tiny but telling anecdote that sums up the difficulty of the situation. The assistant manager of her local Carrefour Express in Turin (like Tesco Express, only with nicer wine), is being driven to distraction by little old ladies roaming endlessly around his supermarket. He keeps telling them to … Read more