Shoppers have been seen stocking up with large amounts of items including toilet roll, hand sanitiser and other essentials, leaving many of the shelves looking rather bare.
On Saturday afternoon, Lidl on Dixon street was out of still water, toilet roll, cleaning supplied, dry pasta, sauce jars or tins.
Empty shelves have recently been seen at other stores in Lincoln and across the country including at Co-op, Waitrose, ASDA, and Morrisons.
Empty shelves were seen in the toilet roll/cleaning products section at the Lincolnshire Co-op store on Boultham Park Road. Photo: Matt Smith
Co-op stores are among the shops rationing products. All Lincolnshire Co-op food stores have restrictions in place for three items per person including on toilet roll, kitchen roll, hand sanitiser, antibacterial soap, antibacterial handwash and surface wipes.
Although several people complained on social media about the large queues and the “stupidity” of panic buying, others at some stores managed to do food shopping without much issue.
Aldi on Queen Street in Boston. Photo: David James
It wasn’t just in Lincoln as crowds were also spotted outside the Aldi store on Queen Street in Boston on Sunday morning.
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A Lincoln resident is frustrated with vehicles parking on single yellow lines on Lincoln High Street, while the county council says the current regulation order means it’s unable to enforce the area properly, despite signage saying cars cannot park there.
Richard Bridgen has been living off Riverside Drive in Lincoln for around five years now, and over recent months he has noticed a particular trend around parking on a section of the High Street, which can impede his view as he tries to turn from Gaunt Street.
Lincoln residents in the Boultham area have become increasingly hesitant to report crime, citing concerns that the shortage in police staffing will lead to a lack of response.
Lincolnshire County Councillor Kevin Clarke (Labour) reports being contacted by multiple residents in the last few months who have suffered break-ins at their homes or gardens. Despite these incidents, they claim to have received minimal support from Lincolnshire Police.
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