BELFAST (Reuters) – A Northern Irish supermarket opened one hour early on Tuesday to allow older customers to shop safely and avoid coronavirus-related panic buying, sparking similar moves south of the border in Ireland.
People with their shopping as they leave an Iceland store in the Kennedy Centre. The store opened one hour early to allow elderly shoppers to buy food as the number of coronavirus cases grow around the world, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Britain, March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff
The west Belfast store of the Iceland chain of supermarkets will continue to open at 0800 GMT each day, reserving the first hour for elderly customers, after worried shoppers began rushing to grocery stores last week jostling to buy es