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TESCO shoppers have been left furious after staff blocked "non-essential" items with a Corona beer barricade.

Angry shoppers took to Twitter to complain about not being able to get to clothes and into other parts of Tesco and Sainsbury's due to the coronavirus lockdown.

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Tesco shoppers have voiced their anger after finding part of the store blocked off by a wall of booze in Walsall 
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Tesco shoppers have voiced their anger after finding part of the store blocked off by a wall of booze in Walsall Credit: BPM Media
Tesco Extra, Osterley Park, London have closed off the entire floor of clothing because of Covid restrictions on non-essential items
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Tesco Extra, Osterley Park, London have closed off the entire floor of clothing because of Covid restrictions on non-essential itemsCredit: Dan Charity - The Sun
The clothes section in the Tesco in Bar Hill, Cambridge, is blocked off by pallets of sweets and alcohol
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The clothes section in the Tesco in Bar Hill, Cambridge, is blocked off by pallets of sweets and alcoholCredit: Bav Media
Tesco in Streatham, South London, blocked off 'non essential' aisles
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Tesco in Streatham, South London, blocked off 'non essential' aisles

At the Tesco in Walsall, West Midlands, walkways leading to parts of the store were blocked off by walls of Corona beer.

And at supermarkets in London and Cambridge similar blockades made up of pallets of sweets and beer were erected to stop shoppers from browsing "non-essential" items.

Following guidance published by the UK government on 5 November, shops in England that have "sufficiently distinct parts" were told they should close the areas that held non-crucial stock.

Shoppers have reported being unable to get access to baby clothes and socks due to the new restrictions.

One shopper at the Tesco in Streatham fumed on Twitter: "Disappointed to see after the uproar of blocking off clothing, toys, homeware etc sections in one of your stores in Wales, you’ve now done this in your Streatham Extra store.

They added: "I can buy booze, but, not a kettle or underwear."

Stores were blasted for similar measures during the 17-day national lockdown last month in Wales.

The travelator at a Tesco supermarket in Cambridge is blocked off to close the clothing and general merchandise department
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The travelator at a Tesco supermarket in Cambridge is blocked off to close the clothing and general merchandise departmentCredit: PA:Press Association
Pallets of sweets and bar have been placed around travelators inside supermarkets
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Pallets of sweets and bar have been placed around travelators inside supermarketsCredit: PA:Press Association
Tesco Extra on Stretham High Rd in London where they have closed off the clothing section
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Tesco Extra on Stretham High Rd in London where they have closed off the clothing sectionCredit: Dan Charity - The Sun
Tesco put up signs saying part of the store was closed due to the lockdown
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Tesco put up signs saying part of the store was closed due to the lockdownCredit: Dan Charity - The Sun

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A Tesco spokesperson said: “In line with new Government guidance in England which requires the closure of separate floors selling non-food items, we have closed the Clothing and General Merchandise departments in our stores that sell these products from a separate mezzanine level.”

The guidance from the UK government said: "Where a business has sufficiently distinct parts, and one section provides essential retail and one section provides non-essential retail, the non-essential sections should close to limit interactions between customers and the opportunity for the disease to spread.

"For example a food shop may stay open, but a homeware section on a separate floor or separate building should close."

Sweets block a path to the clothing department at this Tesco in Cambridge
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Sweets block a path to the clothing department at this Tesco in CambridgeCredit: PA:Press Association
Tesco stores have already been blocking off non-essential items in Wales
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Tesco stores have already been blocking off non-essential items in WalesCredit: Getty Images - Getty
Stores cordoned off sections of the shop that were selling non-food items
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Stores cordoned off sections of the shop that were selling non-food itemsCredit: Getty Images - Getty

 

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