Sales of toilet roll and water have surged after the Government urged Britons to stockpile items in case of a national crisis.
Defence Secretary Wes Streeting said it was ‘encouraging’ to see households stashing enough essentials such as water, tinned foods and bathroom products in the event of a natural disaster or crippling cyber-attack.
But suppliers are concerned that the Be Ready campaign could encourage the kind of hoarding seen during Covid as shelves run bare and online retailers run out of stock.
On Amazon, essentials such as bottled water and toilet paper accounted for six of the top 20 most popular grocery
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