M&S creates dedicated shopping hours for ‘our brilliant NHS workers’ and vulnerable customers to help cope with panic-buying stampede
- Measures come into effect today and help NHS workers and vulnerable people
- On Tuesdays and Fridays, NHS and emergency workers will be invited in early
- And on Mondays and Thursdays older and vulnerable customers will get in first
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Marks & Spencer has dedicated specific shopping hours for NHS workers and vulnerable customers in order to help them cope with panic buying.
Supermarkets across the UK are being stripped bare of essentials while panicked customers hoard products such as toilet paper and hand sanitiser amid the coronavirus panic.
Many shops have set limits on how many units of product individual customers are allowed to buy in a bid to calm down customers who have seen fit to buy up as much stock as possible.
Marks & Spencer has dedicated specific shopping hours for NHS workers and vulnerable customers in order to help them cope with panic buying
On Tuesdays and Fridays, NHS and emergency workers will be invited in early and on Mondays and Thursdays older and vulnerable customers will get the first hour of trading to do their shopping
From today, Marks & Spencer will make it so that only NHS staff and emergency workers and vulnerable customers will be able to shop during their first hour of trading on certain days.
On Tuesdays and Fridays, NHS and emergency workers will be invited in early and on Mondays and Thursdays older and vulnerable customers will get the first hour of trading to do their shopping.
The coronavirus has killed 177 people in the UK so far and some 3,355 people are infected with the illness.
Supermarkets across the UK are being stripped bare of essentials while panicked customers hoard products such as toilet paper and hand sanitiser amid the coronavirus panic
Many shops have set limits on how many units of product individual customers are allowed to buy in a bid to calm down customers who have seen fit to buy up as much stock as possible
The coronavirus has killed 177 people in the UK so far and some 3,355 people are infected with the illness
A spokesman said: ‘Supporting our customers and communities during this difficult time is our number one priority.
‘We want to make sure everyone has access to the items they need, so we are setting aside the first hour of trading on certain days for our older and vulnerable customers, and for our brilliant NHS and emergency workers.’
An additional £17million has been spent on toilet paper alone so far this year in Britain.
The data, from industry analysts Nielsen Scantrack for trade ‘bible’ The Grocer shows spending on the 12 most popular stockpiling products rose to £124 million in the week ending March 7th, up from £66 million for the same products 12 months earlier.