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Tesco asks shoppers to visit stores as it can't meet online demand after panic-buyers clear shelves

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Tesco has called for shoppers to head to its supermarkets to buy food amid the coronavirus pandemic as they say a large proportion of food will need to be purchased in-store.

They have raised concerns that demand won't be able to be met as more and more shoppers stay at home, despite increasing its delivery service capacity by more than 20 per cent.

The supermarket giant also revealed that in the first few weeks of the virus in the UK, “significant panic-buying” cleared its supply chain of certain items and therefore increased sales by 30 per cent.

However, the chain has said that subsided food stocks are now "returning to normal." "Between 85pc and 90pc of all food bought will require a visit to a store and here significant changes to the

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