the shelves. tesco is big. £1 in every £4 we spend goes through a tesco tail. what they say about the current supply chain issues really matter. that is piling up, the hgv driver disruption and fears around the new processing supply chain, also the petrol supply crisis. 8% of tesco revenue comes from petrol sales. all that is happening. there are 80 days to go till christmas. a new poll says three quarters of us are worried about panic buying in the lead up to the big day. even the prime minister admitted the problems might not be over in time. how worried are you feeling? we saw some tesco shoppers near here. as long as people are sensible and don t, you know. you don t get people filling up massive shopping trolleys with selection boxes or whatever, then we ll be ok. i think its people
supermarkets that there has been some, frankly, panic buying, already stockpiling for christmas. various rivals of tesco say people are buying frozen turkeys already, just in case, christmas puddings are already selling. and aldi, they say christmas puddings are up 45%. waitrose said people are already starting to buy things like christmas biscuits. basically, anything with a long shelf life that people can stock up on they are doing. it exacerbates a long running trend of people preparing for christmas earlier and earlier. it s been made a lot worse now. people are worried, worried, will there be enough supply at christmas? in fact all of the supermarkets have warned us to be prepared for a smaller range compared to previous christmases. some things have not changed. appetite for new products at christmas. how did they tickle your taste buds? how do you fancy russell sprout flavoured pesto? i
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that are sort of panic buying that are causing problems for everybody else, so. i m not worried about it. it s obvious the shelves - are a little bit less stock than normal but, yeah, for the time being they certainly are, yeah. j i should probably think about christmas shopping. - it will be manic especially for turkeys and stuff like that. it will be a manic time christmas. i don t want to start - thinking about christmas. iceland says frozen turkeys has already at more than fourfold and algae has said it will not be easy keeping shelves full. aldi. new recruits have been offered a new bonus by tesco. what will tesco say today? perhaps the most important thing is, will there be changes affecting prices for us? we already know from the other
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