I went back to The Big Tesco earlier. I’ve only seen shelves that empty when I’ve watched the news about some hurricane about to hit North America and they show the inside of a supermarket.
You could get quite a lot of pre-packed bakery goods (some of which would be genuinely quite good for a stash in the freezer or even, in some cases, just the bread bin) but not much else. The car park was bonkers but the rest of the roads were half-empty.
The funniest thing was the way you could tell the probable staple diets of the local customers by the drinks which were left. Plenty of smoothies but no Coke, Fanta, Sprite or similar. Someone’s even made a dent in the Easter eggs now (pun intentional).
Meanwhile, the local small Co-op is fine. Not all types of pasta or frozen goods in stock, but enough to survive for weeks on end with endless variety, especially with sauces and spreads. Must have had about 15 types of pasta sauce, more curry ingredients than you could ever reasonably choose from, and any amount of things you could spread on toast...