During the week to April 2, out-of-stock levels at the UK grocers reached a high of 21.9% but ended the week at an improved 18.4%. This compares to a high of 23.1% the previous week. Average out-of-stock levels for the UK grocers before the coronavirus pandemic stood at around 1.3%.

Measures such as reducing the number of essential items that customers were able to buy have helped with this and also restrictions on the size of online orders.