COVID-19: Spaniards panic-buy wine, beer, chocolate
Thompson Nsisongabasi
Apr 03, 2020
Toilet paper is no longer the problem. Spanish supermarket shelves are stocked. Instead, Spaniards are panic-buying beer and wine, olives, potato chips and chocolate.
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Or at least they are consuming more than usual of these key staples amid the nationwide coronavirus lockdown in place since March 15, according to market data.
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Spaniards bought 80 per cent more beer and 60 per cent more wine last week than in the previous seven days, the trade publication Inforetail reports.
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Olives were apparently even more popular, with sales up by 94 per cent.
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Potato chips, chocolate, ice cream and anchovies are also booming, all seeing increases of between 76 and 87 per cent.
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Spaniards, who normally socialise in public populating cafes, bars and outdoor spaces, have now "built their own bar at home,ÔÇØ the Spanish daily newspaper El Pais commented.
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Psychologist Olga Castanyer traces her countrymens' changed buying behaviour to the anxiety caused by the virus and the strict curfew.
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"You don't eat steaks when you have a lot of stress. In such a situation, the body craves sugar and fat,ÔÇØ Castanyer told El Pais.
"I am going to meet my friends on Skype now to have a few beers,ÔÇØ she conceded. (dpa/NAN
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