Some of the country's leading supermarkets have ramped-up rationing to prevent a repeat of the panic-buying which caused chaos at the start of the pandemic.
Shoppers continued to stockpile this weekend following the Government's announcement of new lockdown measures. Pictures of bare shelves have circulated on social media - with images of trolleys packed full of essentials causing outrage.
Tesco has reintroduced purchase limits on items including toilet roll, dried pasta and flour. Rice and canned vegetables can also now not be mass bought.
While three is the common limit, some branches will even only allow customers to buy one of each to try and maintain stock levels.
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