A toilet paper factory has been receiving desperate calls from homeless shelters and schools. Channel 4's Dispatches investigated the massive surge in toilet paper demand as suppliers try to cope with a £17m increase in sales in tonight's special episode - Coronavirus : Will Our Supermarkets Cope?.
Desperate shoppers across the country have resorted to stockpiling and panic buying - leaving many shelves empty and NHS workers and the elderly unable to purchase food.
Normal production of 130,000 rolls a week has increased to 170,000 rolls a week – the maximum they are able to produce at any one time.
Dispatches also visited a toilet paper factory, where retail journalist Harry Wallop discovered public services are also struggling to get