7NEWS, there are more than 300 confirmed cases at five different locations, all of which have closed doors to cleaning - leaving customers worries the state may go without dinner staples like chicken and mince.
In a bid to ensure no family's are left without produce, Coles has enforced a two-pack buying restriction on chicken breasts, chicken thighs and mince meat.
Coles Chief Operating Officer Matt Swindells revealed that the supermarket has seen a “very large spike in demand as customers have become concerned about whether they can get access to meat.” However, he did plead with customers to calm down. “There is no need to panic, but it will take a bit of time to recover the meat supply chain,” he said.
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