31-03-2020 09:00 via theguardian.com

Britons made 80m extra grocery shops in less than a month

Between 24 February and 21 March, UK shoppers spent an extra £2bn on food and drinkCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBritons made nearly 80m extra grocery shopping trips in the last four weeks than over the same period last year – spending nearly £2bn more on food and drink – as they rushed to stockpile amid fears about coronavirus.New data published today by market analysts Nielsen shows that total till sales at the UK’s supermarkets
Read more »