Pictures from supermarkets across Gedling borough show shelves remain empty as the coronavirus crisis causes many people to panic buy.
Queues were reported outside Tesco in Carlton at 5.30am this morning, with customers waiting for the 6am opening.
A lot of stock was gone in moments.
A store worker, who didn’t wish to be named, at one supermarket in the borough emailed to say she’d received abuse off staff when challenging the amount of food they were trying to buy.
“We had a limit of what people could buy but when we stopped them taking more, we received lots of abuse.”
In a bid to stop the unnecessary panic, stores including Tesco, Asda, Lidl and Aldi have put restrictions in place, including limiting products and reducing opening hours.
The main Co-op in Netherfield is now putting down the shutters at 8pm, despite having original opening hours of 6am- 10pm.
Asda CEO, Roger Burnley,has also asked shoppers to be thoughtful of other customers, He said: “I’d also ask that you try to shop responsibly and not buy more than you need so that everyone, including the vulnerable, have access to the essentials.
