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Melisha Kaur

Lidl donates fruit and veg bags to thousands of NHS staff to keep them healthy

Lidl is donating thousands of fruit and vegetable bags to NHS staff across the country.

The supermarket chain has teamed up with Royal Voluntary Service to ensure frontline workers have access to healthy produce as they battle coronavirus.

The bags will be delivered directly to NHS workers at hospitals nationwide, following reports that panic buyers are causing shortages for them.

A member of the public carrying a Lidl shopping bag (PA)

Christian Härtnagel, CEO at Lidl GB, said: "We are so grateful to the NHS and all of its staff for their hard work every day to help keep the nation safe.

"This is our small gesture to say thank you, and help provide NHS staff, who may not be able to get into store regularly for basic groceries, with fresh fruit and vegetables.

“We hope that through working with Royal Voluntary service to donate these bags to hospitals, we can help make a difference to their daily life."

Many supermarkets across the UK, including Tesco and Asda, have launched dedicated shopping hours for the NHS.

Major chains have urged customers to shop responsibly and ensure products are shared out fairly, but some customers have continued to stockpile.

A number of supermarkets are also rationing certain items, such as pasta and toilet roll, and are limiting the amount of customers allowed in stores at any given time to ensure they comply with social-distancing measures.

Customers are now asked to stand at least two metres apart to help stop the spread of Covid-19.

To find out more, here are the supermarket opening times and shopping rules for Asda, Tesco, Morrisons and more.

We've also rounded up the supermarkets that are still offering online deliveries during lockdown.

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