A Tesco chief has shared the heartbreaking situation shoppers are facing during the cost of living crisis. He revealed that he is hearing of struggling customers in stores asking checkout staff to stop scanning products once their grocery bill has reached a certain amount.
The supermarket chairman, John Allan, raised the alarming issue amid the cost of living crisis when asked by the BBC what he would like to see in today's Queen's Speech to Parliament.
Mr Allan said there is an “overwhelming need” for a windfall tax on energy companies after seeing the supermarket’s customers “extremely stretched”. He later told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “First of all, I think action to help people cope with a very, very sharp increase in energy prices.
