Supermarkets have reassured customers there is no need to panic buy following pictures of half-empty shelves and reports of temporary shortages.
A “perfect storm” of aggravating factors lies behind the problem. What are they and how long will the situation go on for?
– The test-and-trace system, aka the ‘pingdemic’
On Thursday the British Retail Consortium (BRC) spoke on behalf of the UK’s supermarkets warning that staff shortages, caused by huge numbers of healthy workers self-isolating after being pinged by NHS Test and Trace, was “putting increasing pressure on retailers’ ability to maintain opening hours and keep shelves stocked”.
The empty sausage and burger section of the freezer aisle at a Sainsbury supermarket (PA)
Why are supermarket shelves bare? We looked at the issues
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