Tesco sales up 30% because of pre-lockdown stockpiling

Feeding the nation during coronavirus crisis could add almost £1bn to running costsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageTesco sales jumped 30% in the first few weeks of the coronavirus outbreak as shoppers stockpiled in the run-up to the lockdown but additional costs involved in feeding the nation could reach almost £1bn. The UK’s biggest supermarket group said the full financial impact of the crisis this year was “impossible to predict”