Coronavirus: Tesco in Old Amersham is nearly empty amid virus fears

Last week, we reported that Loudwater’s Tesco branch, as well as the store in Princes Risborough and other Bucks supermarkets, had empty shelves as customers continue to stock up on essentials such as toilet rolls, hand sanitiser and pasta.

However, the Tesco branch in Old Amersham remembled an apocalyptic movie with one customer describing the situation as, ‘absolute madness’.

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The shop on London Road West had numerous empty shelves with items such as toilet rolls, pasta, nappies and soap either being sold out of on the verge of being out of stock.

One of the crisps shelves in Tesco

Crisps are being bulk bought in Tesco

The tea in Tesco is nearly out of stock

Nappies are also on the verge of being sold out

As well as baby wipes

Canned foods such as tuna chunks were also being bought

All the chopped tomatoes were sold out too

Even the alcohol was being bulk bought

All that remained were the kitchen rolls

More canned food nearly out of stock in Tesco

Other items including crisps, frozen foods, bread, canned food, pet food, cooking/vegetable oil, hand sanitisers, bottled water and even alcohol were also being bought in bulk.

One person was heard saying: “This is absolute madness, there is nothing here.

“I’ve never seen anything like this.”

It has gone down from five to one

The mass increase in purchases have seen Tesco reduce the number of certain items a customer can buy, which has gone down from five to one on specific necessities.

There were even some customers leaving the shop with their faces covered with scarves to protect themselves from any bacteria.

More empty shelves in Tesco

A sign of panic as one loo roll remains

The Old Amersham branch is just one of many shops across the UK that is experiencing unprecedented demand. 

And following the panic buying in shops across the UK, Aldi, one of Tesco's mains competitors, issued a statement stating that they are working ‘tirelessly’ amid the crisis.

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They have also encouraged shoppers to shop elsewhere if need be.

All the pasta was gone in Tesco

On Twitter, they said: “All our stores remain open and continue to serve our valued customers.

“We have good product availability and our incredible colleagues are working tirelessly to restock and replenish shelves as quickly as they can.

Certain detergent brands are currently sold out

“As we have seen an unprecedented demand across our range, we will be limiting customer purchases to four units on all products to ensure all of our customers have an opportunity to purchase them.

“We thank you all for your patience during this time.”

They also issued a statement on Facebook, asking customers to be ‘considerate’ amid the crisis.

You can read the statement by clicking here.