Coronavirus: Time to stock up ahead of a second wave?

When Prime Minister Boris Johnson put the UK into a national lockdown in late March during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, Brits went into panic mode. Non-essential retailers and the hospitality sector temporarily shut its doors and supermarkets saw staple goods such as toilet rolls, pasta and baked beans fly off shelves amid a wave of stockpiling.
To their advantage, grocers racked up an extra £1.9 billion in revenue the four weeks to March 21, which exceeded the levels seen dur