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 has pleaded with panic-buyers to ‘calm down’ and consider more vulnerable people in the coronavirus emergency before clearing the nation’s supermarket aisles. 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 … 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
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
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
Supermarkets swamped by online demand means millions of customers now face a three-week wait to get their groceries delivered. Shoppers took to social media in their droves to complain about the lack of delivery slots for Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Asda, Morrisons, Waitrose and the Co-op, with online stores not showing availability as late as April 9. … Read more
The Environment Secretary today insisted there was a ‘significant resilience in our food supply chain’ and told shoppers there is not a shortage of food across the UK. George Eustice told MPs that the government was in talks to relax competition laws among supermarkets, and appeared to confirm that shop workers’ children could still go to … Read more
Tesco Will impose restrictions on all customers to buying a maximum of three products per line from Thursday. Limit for key products; disinfectants, hand sanitisers, long life milk, tinned vegetables and pasta. It was forced to take its mobile app offline temporarily due to high demand on Tuesday, and announced it would be reducing the … Read more
Pinotage is often given a bad rap. But this is a mistake. Here are some of the most alluring examples on the market By Olly Smith Event for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:01 GMT, 1 February 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 1 February 2020 For some reason, Pinotage has been left in a corner … Read more