Customers 'fighting over meat' at kosher butchers as they stockpile over coronavirus fears

Kosher butchers report customers “fighting over meat” as people stockpile supplies because of the coronavirus outbreak.

Stephen Grosman of Silvermans - and managing director of Lewco-Pak, the meat wholesaler and supplier that owns the Silvermans chain - said shelves at its Stanmore, Temple Fortune and Radlett outlets had been cleared with a 30 per cent increase in demand.

“People aren’t eating twice as much, or 30 per cent more. They are just storing the food,” he explained. “It is understandable.”

He was anticipating a further spike in orders for Pesach but warned that if members of his workforce became infected, the business could struggle to satisfy demand.