Tesco, the UK’s largest grocer, has begun rationing essential food and household items as a result of coronavirus stockpiling.
Shoppers are limited to buying no more than five of each of the rationed goods, including antibacterial gels, wipes and sprays, dry pasta, UHT milk and some tinned vegetables.
The rules apply in stores and online.
Waitrose has introduced a temporary cap on some items on its website, including some anti-bacterial soaps and wipes.
The supermarket said it was in talks with its suppliers to ensure customer demand was met.
But it said some individual stores may have introduced restrictions, with “some branch managers making a judgement at a localised level”.
The High Street chemist Boots has restricted sales on hand sanitisers to two per person.
Asda is also restricting some types of hand sanitiser to two bottles per person – the supermarket’s only restriction in place currently.
Meanwhile, Sainsbury’s said it was not rationing any products in-store or online yet.
