Supermarket websites have been feeling the strain as customers race to book delivery slots after England was plunged into its third national lockdown. The Sainsbury’s app was under such high demand that the retailer had to temporarily limit access, while there were nearly 15,000 people queuing on the Ocado website and others were reporting problems … Read more
Supermarket websites have been feeling the strain as customers race to book delivery slots after England was plunged into its third national lockdown. The Sainsbury’s app was under such high demand that the retailer had to temporarily limit access, while there were nearly 15,000 people queuing on the Ocado website and others were reporting problems … Read more
Supermarket rationing when the coronavirus pandemic swept across Britain failed to work because households were not stockpiling, a new report has found today. In the four weeks before lockdown demand increased by more than 100% for soap, by 75% for soup, by 64% for cold treatments and by 45% for toilet roll. As sales figures … Read more
Panic-buyers swarmed supermarkets and traffic was thrown into chaos across Auckland after Jacinda Ardern announced sweeping new lockdown orders on Tuesday night. The New Zealand prime minister implemented Stage 3 stay-at-home orders for Auckland for 72 hours from midday on Wednesday after the city reported four new cases of COVID-19. The rest of the country … Read more
Panic-buyers swarmed supermarkets and traffic was thrown into chaos across Auckland after Jacinda Ardern announced sweeping new lockdown orders on Tuesday night. The New Zealand prime minister implemented Stage 3 stay-at-home orders for Auckland for 72 hours from midday on Wednesday after the city reported four new cases of COVID-19. The rest of the country … Read more
British shoppers have gone on a minced beef ‘feeding frenzy’ and picked up 10million extra packets while panic buying through the coronavirus crisis as fears grew about UK food shortages, MailOnline can reveal today. Farmers have warned that they cannot keep up with demand as the so-called ‘bolognese brigade’ pushed mince sales up 60 per cent in … Read more
Tesco’s sales are up almost a third in a month because of coronavirus stockpiling but Britain’s biggest retailer will still grab a controversial tax break worth up to £700million, it was revealed today. The Government has been urged to rethink its taxpayer-funded 12-month business rates holiday for Britain’s largest supermarkets, who will together save an estimated £3billion … Read more
Tesco’s monthly sales are up 30 per cent because of ‘significant panic buying’ during the UK’s unprecedented coronavirus lockdown, it was revealed today. Britain’s biggest retailer also says its annual pre-tax profits hit £1.3billion in the year to February – down 19% mainly due to poor performance in European stores – but shareholders have still been promised … Read more
Which premises have to close and what happens if they still refuse to? Boris Johnson ordered social venues to close their doors today. These are the sectors which are immediately affected: Food and drink venues Pubs, bars and clubs Cinemas, theatres, concert and bingo halls Spas, indoor leisure and gyms Casinos and betting shops Museums … Read more
Which premises have to close and what happens if they still refuse to? Boris Johnson ordered social venues to close their doors today. These are the sectors which are immediately affected: Food and drink venues Pubs, bars and clubs Cinemas, theatres, concert and bingo halls Spas, indoor leisure and gyms Casinos and betting shops Museums … Read more