Tesco to follow Morrisons with bulk-buy limit as photos of stores across Scotland appear to show bare shelves
A second supermarket chain has introduced a limit on buying certain products, including loo roll, as recent photos taken in stores across Scotland appear to show empty shelves.
Morrisons announced a new rule yesterday restricting customers on how much toilet paper and disinfectant they could buy after it appeared sales in certain products started to increase.
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Hide AdTesco has today, Friday 25 September, announced that stores across the UK will also be introducing a limit on bulk-buying certain products.
There will be a three-items per customer limit for flour, dried pasta, toilet roll, baby wipes and anti-bacterial wipes.
A spokeswoman for the store said: “We have good availability, with plenty of stock to go round, and we would encourage our customers to shop as normal. To ensure that everyone can keep buying what they need, we have introduced bulk-buy limits on a small number of products.
“To help our customers shop safely, we will also have colleagues at the entrances of our larger stores to remind customers about the safety measures we have in place, including the legal requirement to wear a face covering.”
Photos were shared on social media earlier this week of photos that appeared to show evidence of panic buying returning.
An Edinburgh resident said the Morrisons branch in Ferry Road had bare loo paper shelves while another two sent photos which appear to show bare toilet paper sections in Tesco stores in Bonnyrigg and Musselburgh.