UK supermarkets have started to ration food after coronavirus panic-buying gripped Britain

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• UK supermarkets are starting to ration food after British people become gripped by coronavirus panic-buying.
• British shoppers are flooding supermarkets and emptying shelves as the virus spreads across the UK.
• The country's biggest supermarkets are starting to ration some products to two or three items per person.
• UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has urged Brits to avoid all nonessential contact.
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UK supermarkets are starting to ration food after a wave of panic-buying by UK consumers in anticipation of an enforced lockdown due to the rapid spread of coronavirus across the country.

Sainsbury's — the UK's third largest supermarket — is rationing food and creating opening hours for the elderly and most vulnerable in an effort to stop food running out as the coronavirus crisis grows.

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