Rats, mice and ants have been munching on the extra supplies hidden away in people’s cupboards, they claim.During the first lockdown last year, stockpilers hoarded an extra £1billion worth of food due to worries about the coronavirus pandemic.Peter Higgs, who runs PGH Pest Control, told the Sun: “People have got lots of rice and pasta and they’re putting it in places where they wouldn’t have stored food before — the under stairs cupboards, loft spaces, places like that."Because they’ve got so much of it, vermin are going to get in — and a lot of the time people won’t notice.”He said vermin often gets into cereal packets without homeowners even realising.The pest expert added: "As they run over it and poop in it, it sinks to the bottom, so.
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