Tesco limits sales of key items to stop Covid panic-buying

Supermarket chain follows Morrisons by rationing toilet roll, flour and other essentialsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageTesco has reintroduced purchase limits on items including toilet roll, dried pasta and flour, as supermarkets bring back rationing to prevent a repeat of the panic-buying in the early days of the pandemic.Britain’s largest supermarket chain said on Friday that it was restricting purchases of flour, pasta, baby wipes, antibacterial wipes a