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Panic buyers shamelessly hoard more than £1billion worth of groceries in 3 weeks

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Panic buyers have put the nation to shame by hoarding more than £1billion of groceries over the past three weeks. The supermarket shelf-strippers are buying 50% more food than they need.

Yesterday the stockpilers were told to start eating it. Environment Secretary George Eustice implored them to think of others and insisted: “There’s more than enough food to go around.” British Retail Consortium boss Helen Dickinson said: “The issue is around people and lorries getting that food on to our shelves, which is why we’ve seen shortages.” She said of the £1billion glut: “We should make sure we eat some of it.” NHS Medical Director Prof Stephen Powis said hospital staff had wept in shops after a long shift where shelves were empty.

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