Huge changes coming to Aldi as supermarket slashes hours so staff can ‘take a break’ and look after their families Aldi announces changes to its trading hours in the face of the COVID-19 crisis Stores will now operate from 9.30am until 7pm where trading restrictions allow The move is an effort to help staff care … Read more
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
Australia descended into a panic-buying frenzy on Saturday as thousands of people rushed to stock up on food amid coronavirus fears. Woolworths and Coles introduced strict new purchase limits last week on toilet paper, pasta, dry rice and hand sanitiser after their shelves were repeatedly raided by nervous shoppers. One shopper in Brisbane was seen wearing … Read more
Luann De Lesseps marvels at empty supermarket shelves amid coronavirus panic buying… after posting sizzling hot tub bikini snap By Sameer Suri For Dailymail.com Published: 07:09 GMT, 14 March 2020 | Updated: 07:09 GMT, 14 March 2020 Even a countess cannot have it all. When Luann De Lesseps stepped out grocery shopping on Friday, she … Read more
Ministers are considering relaxing time restrictions on supermarket home deliveries to ensure vulnerable people are not left isolated during the coronavirus crisis. It is understood one of the measures being examined would allow deliveries to be made at times which are currently viewed as anti-social – late in the evening or very early in the morning. … Read more
The shelves of supermarkets have been left empty this weekend as paranoid shoppers pulled products from stores as the panic surrounding the coronavirus intensified. Pictures from one Asda store in London showed aisles that had been stripped of toilet roll after the Department of Health and Social Care this afternoon confirmed there were 273 positive … Read more
Lidl will remove cartoon characters from its sugary cereal packaging after mounting pressure from campaign groups. The budget supermarket will get rid of the child-friendly advertisement on eight of its own-brand versions of cereals. Critics say using animated characters on food laden in sugar encourages children to pester parents into buying them. The cereals affected … Read more
Three women have been filmed in a remarkable fist fight over toilet paper at a Woolworths supermarket. The bizarre brawl is understood to have taken place in Chullora, 15km west of Sydney’s CBD, as Australia’s coronavirus panic sets in. Hysterical screaming broke out as the trio battled in the aisles, with the incident seemingly stemming from a … Read more
Lidl crowned the fastest growing UK supermarket with sales rising 11.4% in the last three months By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 23:18 GMT, 3 March 2020 | Updated: 23:18 GMT, 3 March 2020 Lidl is now the fastest-growing supermarket in Britain, according to the latest market data. Sales at the German discounter … Read more
The shelves of British supermarkets are emptying at pace and staples being rationed as coronavirus stockpiling spiralled out of control today amid warnings of ‘food riots’ if the crisis worsens. Shortages previously limited to anti-bacterial hand gel and hand soap have spread to cupboard items such as rice, pasta, couscous, Pot Noodles, bottled water, toilet … Read more