How Britain’s Covid-19 panic buyers triggered a tinned food renaissance

Dedicated food festival hails revival of canned goods as sales of store cupboard staples soar by 72%Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIt started with tinned tomatoes, symbolically stripped from supermarket shelves in the panic-buying frenzy of the early days of the pandemic.But lockdown has led to a wider renaissance of canned food as shoppers have embraced staples from spam and corned beef to beans, pulses and fish, all enjoying a popularity not seen since the ra