Video shows shoppers queuing outside Sheffield supermarket for coronavirus supplies before doors open
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Panic buying has set in across the city, with shoppers reporting empty shelves and large queues in a number of major supermarkets.
This morning’s footage was captured outside Tesco on Spital Hill, Burngreave, as shoppers waited for the doors to open at 6am.
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Hide AdThe supermarket, which is normally open 24 hours a day, is closing overnight during the coronavirus pandemic to re-stock shelves, fridges and freezers.
Some supermarkets are now limiting the number of products customers can buy in a bid to prevent supplies running out.
And some stores are offering specific shopping times for vulnerable groups to try to help with a fair distribution of products.
It has been reported that shoppers spent an extra £57.3 million stockpiling items in the first week of March compared to the previous week.
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