Average out-of-stock levels across the major UK online grocers ended the week at 14.9%, compared with 17.2% a week ago. This still compares to a UK average before the pandemic of 1.3%.

During the week to May 11, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose all had increased availability, with Sainsbury’s having the greatest increase of in-stock products (up 2.1%).

This was due to increases in availability for key categories including soap (up 19%), kitchen towel (up 20.7%) and toilet paper (16.4%).