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Aldi, Morrisons, Waitrose and Asda, the easing of restrictions for Some of their products that were imposed are, in the course of storage earlier this month.

All of The Major supermarkets is limited, to keep the customers on the purchase of a fixed number of individual elements of the shelves, full.

Aldi scrapping limits is now complete on all but a few elements, while Morrisons, Waitrose and Asda have also removed Some of the borders and changed others.

in the Meantime, food sales in Britain to record levels in March .

Aldi-customers can buy many as you want, most items in its stores.

However, they are washing, be only allowed to buy four of Some - including hand soap, toilet paper, certain canned goods and alcohol, and two anti-bacterial hand gel, UHT milk and baby formula.

Morrisons is upping the limits, Some of the elements from three to four per customer and remove Some to donate to make it easier for people to food banks.

The supermarket will donate to creating a local drop-off points for customers to order products to others and distributing £10m of food to food banks themselves.

the Waitrose supermarket is the removal of the cap, the freshness of the food, i.e. meat, fish, poultry and other fresh goods can now be purchased free together with fruit and vegetables.

alcohol and Easter candy are also not limited, although restrictions remain in certain elements.

Asda is the removal of limits on fruit and vegetables and chilled products.

Tesco, Sainsbury's and Co-op are not going to change its policy on limitations at The Moment .

Meanwhile, figures from consumer analysts Kantar huge increases in the shopping centres in the UK this month.

The busiest spell was from 16-19 March , when 88% of households, the grocery store, add up to 42 million additional trips over a four-day visit.

In The Last four weeks, year-over-year, supermarket sales increased by 20. 6%.

Kantar's Fraser McKevitt Said £10. 8bn in sales in The Past four weeks were "still higher than the level of Christmas".

The figures have increased mainly because of the people, the Extra shopping trips, rather than spending More on each visit.

The average household Spent an additional £62. 92 during The Last four weeks, the equivalent of adding Five Days ' worth of food.

in London, spending the largest increase, with the food business to 26% in the month.

Mr McKevitt added: "It is inevitable that shoppers will add additional items to their baskets, if the restrictions faced on their movement.

"With restaurants and cafes is now closed, none of us can eat the prepared meals on The Go and an Extra 503 million meals, especially lunch and snacks are eaten At Home each week for the foreseeable future. "

Online grocery spending was 13% higher than in the same period Last Year .

The average online shopping cart at a Cost of £81. 88, which was £6 More Than in March 2019, while the 14. 6% of households receive an online delivery, up from 13. 8% in the same period Last Year .

the sale of alcohol increased by 22% - an additional £199m.

There was also an increase in spending for families with children over the Age Of 16, probably down to the youth returning early from the college or the University. The families Spent £508 on average for food in March , £88. 13 More Than in the same month of the previous year.

supermarket spend, data from analysts Nielsen showed that in the week to 21. March , had many customers filled their closets and, instead, choose a stash in the freezer.

the figures showed that the turnover of food with the freezer, the week increased by 84% compared with the same period Last Year .

Nielsen Mike Watkins Said There had been a "seismic shift in the entire shopping pattern".

He added: "in contrast to the shops, There is a finite capacity for online shopping, due to the storage capacity, and available delivery slots, and this limited the growth of online sales. "

Online deliveries have been a sticking point for many people who have found themselves not able to book slots and follow, and to stay At Home .

Tesco, which last week, today expanded its Home Delivery and click and collect services around 780,000 copies slots This Week - up from 660,000 Two Weeks ago. It is planned that a further 100,000 slots in The Coming weeks.

It also has More Than 7,500 employees recruited and More Than 200 new van in the fleet.

Asda is also the increased recruitment of drivers of delivery vehicles, while Sainsbury's has introduced a priority-slots for the elderly and vulnerable customers, and the contact with the customer, the claim to the database.

Morrisons is to help the creation of 3,500 new jobs, expand their online delivery service, while the Waitrose supermarket says it will identify at least a quarter of its delivery slots to older or vulnerable people, and work to, the eligible customers.

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Source of news: bbc.com