Life comes to a standstill, except in the toilet roll aisle

Stores said on Monday that they were starting to limit the number of items people could buy, amid panic buying in the wake of the coronavirus.Stores said on Monday that they were starting to limit the number of items people could buy, amid panic buying in the wake of the coronavirus.
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Empty supermarket shelves have revealed products we might soon realise we were taking for granted.

Rice, dried peas, beans and lentils – and nearly all cheap canned goods – seemed to be the first products to go as shoppers prepared for possible shortages linked to coronavirus.