Panic-buying Brits queue from 6am amid Covid-19 border food shortage fears

Panic-buying Brits queue from 6am amid Covid-19 border food shortage fears


PANIC-BUYING Brits have snatched Yorkshire puddings out of trolleys as shoppers began queuing at 6am today amid fears of a food shortage.

Shoppers are worried that border closures will leave them without a holiday feast with Christmas just days away.

Despite Boris Johnson telling people to "shop normally", keen customers queued up outside supermarkets across England from the early hours this morning.

Aldi shopper Lucy Smith, 27, said she managed to pick up a four-pack of Yorkshire puddings at the Burpham, West Sussex store.

She told The Times: "But as I made my way through the store somebody took them out of my trolley."

Shoppers took to social media to share their experiences of the chaos.

Peter Bently wrote: "Queues all round the car park at our local Waitrose in Beckenham. It’s 7.37am."

Peter Reynolds was shocked at the queues outside his local Tesco supermarket this morning.

He tweeted: "People do realise it's only Christmas right? The shops shut for around 48 hours. It is not a nuclear attack. I repeat. It is not a nuclear attack. Look at the queue to just get into Tesco already!"

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Panic-buying Brits snatch Yorkshire puddings out of trolleys as shoppers start to queue by 6am amid food shortage fears

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