Supermarket queues 'worse than Christmas' as shoppers stock up ahead of closure for Queen's funeral

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

Shoppers are complaining that supermarkets have been rammed due to people rushing to them ahead of tomorrow's closures. All major UK supermarkets are set to be shut for the day due to the Queen's funeral.

Several people in Greater Manchester took to social media to talk about huge queues this afternoon (Sunday September 18) and accuse people of 'panic buying', with others likening the scenes to Christmas Eve.

One tweeter described Tesco Stretford as 'pure chaos', while a shopper in Tesco Prestwich said that customers were "queuing round the shop for the tills". READ MORE : Passengers slam 'disgraceful' TUI after Crete to Manchester flight delayed by more than 48 HOURS @milljay9 tweeted: "Just been to @asda for a few bits and couldn't believe the amount of panic buying going on its shut for a day ffs people need to get a grip." @PrestwichBlue wrote: "In Tesco and it's worse than Xmas.

Queuing round the shop for the tills." @BListAtCapital added: "You’d think all the shops were closing for a week and not just 24hrs judging by the state of Aldi at the moment.