People in the UK are Hoarding Food and Other Goods due to Brexit Worries

Society | March 6, 2019, Wednesday // 09:19
Bulgaria: People in the UK are Hoarding Food and Other Goods due to Brexit Worries

People in the UK are stashing food and other goods because of fear of chaos in stores after March 29, ABC wrote.

Warnings that the so-called "hard-brexit," which means the UK's exit from the European Union without a conditional agreement, makes many people to hoard supplies.

Kantar Worldpanel, a consumer-focused consumer research firm, says 10% of UK supermarket customers have begun planning or are already taking action.

The largest percentage of overbuyers, 61.5%, bought more food than they needed. With toilet paper, 47% was overloaded. A little less than 45% - with medicines.

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