Email By Daniel Keane Updated March 19, 2020 14:55:45 Photo: Dedicated trading hours for the elderly and people with disabilities has been introduced. (AAP: David Crosling) Related Story: Shelves might be bare, but here’s why Australia isn’t running out of food Related Story: Elderly forced to stand in long queues, carers turned away from special shopping hour Related Story: Women charged after toilet paper row at Sydney Woolworths goes viral Map: Adelaide 5000 Until a couple of weeks ago — before the coronavirus crisis — the biggest queues you would probably expect to see at supermarkets were at checkouts, as people lined up to leave. Key points:Empty shelves are the result of distribution, not production, problemsRetailers want emergency measures including curfew reforms to ensure better supplyDespite fears of looting, one retail expert says that is unlikely Now, however, customers are queueing to get in, with lines stretching for hundreds of metres in some cases, as shoppers try to keep their distance from one another.A surge in panic buying has induced “unprecedented” changes in consumer behaviour, and prompted a word of rebuke from the Prime Minister.”I can’t be more blunt about it. Stop it,” Scott Morrison said yesterday. Coronavirus update: Follow… Read full this story
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