Fascinating data points from Tesco’s Dave Lewis
(Via @BBCEmmaSimpson )

In peak week of stockpiling:

10% of customers bought 20% of volume
30% bought 60% of volume
Southern England biggest stockpilers

in peak week:
6m packs of beans, well over double the usual amount
•3.3m tins of tomatoes, 115% more than a usual week
•3.6m packs of toilet roll, up 76%
•3.1m packs of liquid soap, up 363%

Delivery slots:

Normally have around 660,000 slots..
now up to around 805,000.

Last Friday after Govt gave it list of 110,000 names of people it classed as vulnerable, contacted 75,000 and offered them slots.

Taken on 45,000 extra staff...
But 50,000 staff absent...

Despite stepping up our capacity on Home shopping “by more than 20%, and will continue to increase this, there is simply not enough capacity to supply the whole market. Between 85% and 90% of all food bought will require a visit to a store” - Tesco

Here’s the chart from results presentation - now say that stock levels returned to normal as buying habits return to normal...
Overall Tesco grocery sales up 10% in store and 30% online