The @maryportas opinion piece in the FT hits the nail on the head "The retail behemoths had come to rely on the physics (how fast, how big and often how cheap) of their business, but underestimated the chemistry. They were out of touch"

Aldi pays staff bonus for hard work during coronavirus pandemic bit.ly/2UhX1WV

From today, all our stores (except Express stores) will be prioritising the elderly and most vulnerable for one hour between 9am and 10am every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Because now, more than ever, #EveryLittleHelps.

Iceland Foods at Kennedy Centre, West Belfast will be opening their store between 8-9am for the elderly starting this Tuesday. The wider public are asked to respect this hour as it has been allocated for elderly people only. Would be great to see other stores now do the same 👏

Perhaps we will start to see toilet paper pop ups fill vacant high street stores across the UK? A great new anchor store solution for all the Debs and HoF’s closing down??? Ridiculous behaviour by some people - panic buying madness.