saying _ been having talks with government saying they basically want shoppers to start _ saying they basically want shoppers to start buying their christmas supplies— to start buying their christmas supplies now and that they want supermarkets to be doing the kind of festive _ supermarkets to be doing the kind of festive office early to stop people panic— festive office early to stop people panic buying end november and december which is a challenging situation — december which is a challenging situation for the government to be in and _ situation for the government to be in and supermarkets to be in. we have _ in and supermarkets to be in. we have seen— in and supermarkets to be in. we have seen with what's been happening with petrol— have seen with what's been happening with petrol recently that panic buying — with petrol recently that panic buying fuels panic buying and we could _ buying fuels panic buying and we could be — buying fuels panic buying and we could be in a very challenging situatioh _ could be in a very challenging situation in the run up to christmas.— situation in the run up to christmas. ., ., christmas. one of the other subheadings _ christmas. one of the other subheadings there - christmas. one of the other subheadings there is - christmas. one of the otherl subheadings there is officials christmas. one of the other- subheadings there is officials blood ran cold when they were presented with the scale of the problem sources say as the business secretary fails to guarantee enough energy to heat homes this winter. we would have been told there will be enough energy. would have been told there will be enough energy-— enough energy. there are two problems _ enough energy. there are two problems here, _ enough energy. there are two problems here, the _ enough energy. there are two problems here, the consumer| enough energy. there are two - problems here, the consumer side and business side. on the consumer side while he did not make that guarantee today, i think the government seems