Several supermarkets have loosened purchasing restrictions designed to prevent stockpiling during the coronavirus outbreak, as Tesco announced it could handle an extra 120,000 online orders per week. In a letter to its customers, the Lidl chief executive, Christian Härtnagel, said the decision had been taken as Britons made fewer shopping trips as a result of the lockdown. “At the same time, our supply chain is still processing very high volumes which means that product availability in store is improving on a daily basis.” Aldi has also scrapped a store-wide policy that limited shoppers to buying four of anything. It is estimated that the outbreak of Covid-19 has led to a 40% reduction in donations to community food banks across the country, when most are experiencing soaring demand for their services. Tesco, which recently limited online shoppers to buying 80 items at a time, said its home-shopping service had been scaled up and could now handle 780,000 orders each week for either home delivery or click & collect. For this reason, it is vital that customers who can come into stores and shop for themselves do so.” The update came as Lewis announced a £30m package of support for the community groups, including food banks and charities, that were “really under pressure”.
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