Every Little Helps – Isabel Hawksworth

Since the panic buying of early March has relaxed – when Britons spent a whopping 60 million extra in supermarkets – shelves are back to being stocked and you can even get pasta and tinned tomatoes again. But what’s the current reality of supermarket essential services? How have things adapted and what’s it like working in a UK supermarket right now? Isabel Hawksworth gives you the lowdown…

When I first started a temporary picker job at Tesco at the end of March, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Part of me pictured a rain cloud of sadness hanging over the heads of staff whilst customers fou