Alcohol replaces toilet paper as the number one must-have for panic-buyers

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

#stophoarding: Thousands of furious Britons attack selfish panic-buyers who are emptying shelves

A DJ has been slammed for cashing in on the coronavirus panic after he made £3,000 in two hours selling premium toilet paper out of his van on the side of the road. Lee Marshall parked in a layby and sold 600 cases of 45 rolls for £15 each. He bought the premium roll from … Read more

Coronavirus UK: List of items most popular with panic-buyers

Revealed: The most popular items snapped up by panic-buyers includes pasta, shower gel and tissues as sales soared by £60million in first week of March Items such as children’s medicine and bath and shower products were on the up Figures could have been higher if supermarkets hadn’t run out of some items Hoarders have been … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Panic-buyers could spread infection in queues

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 most popular items snapped up by panic-buyers

Revealed: The most popular items snapped up by panic-buyers includes pasta, shower gel and tissues as sales soared by £60million in first week of March Items such as children’s medicine and bath and shower products were on the up Figures could have been higher if supermarkets hadn’t run out of some items Hoarders have been … Read more

Photo of pensioner clutching shopping list in Sainsbury’s after panic-buyers ransack shelves

What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more

Supermarkets crackdown after panic-buyers strip shelves bare

Supermarkets are cracking down on what shoppers can purchase as panic about the coronavirus epidemic lead to wide-spread stockpiling. The chaos saw people scrabbling to load up with loo rolls, long-life milk and pasta in a bid to prepare for the worst as the coronavirus death toll hit 21 yesterday while the number of infected soared past 1,000 … Read more

Panic-buyers show off pantries full of groceries as they stockpile ahead of coronavirus epidemic

Australians are panic-buying items such as toilet paper, pasta and medication due to coronavirus. Images have shown empty shelves and trolleys filled to the brim at major supermarkets such as Coles and Woolworths as people rush to fill their pantries.  One mother, Leanne McLennan, shared images to Facebook of her stockpile that she has been … Read more