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My mother messages from Italy with a tiny but telling anecdote that sums up the difficulty of the situation. The assistant manager of her local Carrefour Express in Turin (like Tesco Express, only with nicer wine), is being driven to distraction by little old ladies roaming endlessly around his supermarket. He keeps telling them to … Read more
McDonald’s will switch to take-aways and drive-thrus only as Tesco is expected to announce all its 24-hour stores will from tonight close at 10pm. All restaurants will scrap dine-in operations, shut seating and close children’s play areas, but toilets will remain open. In a statement, chief executive Paul Pomroy wrote: ‘Our restaurants will remain open for as … Read more
Tesco is expected to announce all its 24-hour stores will from tonight close at 10pm and McDonald’s will switch to only take-aways and drive-thrus as they attempt to cope with the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. Bosses at the UK’s biggest supermarket have decided the stores will reopen at 6am on Wednesday morning, after facing huge demand … Read more
Costco and Asda shelves stripped bare in panic-buying frenzy as Tesco boss insists there’s enough to keep Britain fed during coronavirus outbreak (but still rations toilet roll, tinned veg and pasta) Shoppers are flocking to supermarkets to buy bottled water and toilet roll Shelves in Asda in Dagenham, Essex were left completely empty People in … Read more
Now online supermarket services are hit by coronavirus panic-buying as Ocado website goes down, Asda shoppers struggle and Tesco delivery slots are booked up days in advance Ocado app and website experienced technical issues this morning for many Asda shoppers were also having issues accessing the website to add items Comes as many continue to … Read more
Boy, 13, is sent home from school for selling squirts of hand sanitiser to fellow pupils for 50p a time Oliver Cooper bought Johnson’s hand wash after hearing news of coronavirus He started charging pupils 50p a go for a squirt, earning £9 by mid-morning Staff sent him home after they accused Oliver of breaching … Read more
Liam Gallagher’s son Gene, 18, arrives at court to face affray charge with Ringo Starr’s grandson, 19, over ‘late-night fight’ at Tesco Express after model friend ‘racially abused staff member’ Gene Gallagher, Sonny Starkey, both 18, due in Crown Court with Noah Ponte They pleaded not guilty at magistrates last month to alleged scrap in … Read more
They are scenes reminiscent of a zombie movie: photographs and TV footage of people pushing trolleys up and down supermarket aisles in a frantic search for ‘necessities’, only to be confronted with empty or ransacked shelves. But it’s not the desperate survivors of an apocalyptic invasion by the Walking Dead who’ve swept through Tesco, Lidl … Read more
They are scenes reminiscent of a zombie movie: photographs and TV footage of people pushing trolleys up and down supermarket aisles in a frantic search for ‘necessities’, only to be confronted with empty or ransacked shelves. But it’s not the desperate survivors of an apocalyptic invasion by the Walking Dead who’ve swept through Tesco, Lidl … Read more
Tesco delivery drivers have advised each other to take their employer to court if they have to deliver food to people who ‘they are aware of being in self-isolation’ at home due to the coronavirus. In a forum for Tesco employees, the drivers questioned whether or not it was a fair request to be asked … Read more