Coronavirus: Can Our Supermarkets Cope?
Dispatches · Season 2020 · Episode 5
With panic-buying stripping the shelves bare, Harry Wallop investigates whether the nation's supermarkets can cope with the current Covid-19 crisis. There has been an unprecedented demand for some household items and calls for shoppers to stay calm, but how will manufacturers, suppliers and big stores deal with it?
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Season
2020
Episode
5
Air Date
22/Mar/2020
Air Time
19:30
Runtime
30 min
Overview
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With panic-buying stripping the shelves bare, Harry Wallop investigates whether the nation's supermarkets can cope with the current Covid-19 crisis. There has been an unprecedented demand for some household items and calls for shoppers to stay calm, but how will manufacturers, suppliers and big stores deal with it?
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