{"id":815167,"date":"2026-10-27T05:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T05:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/815167\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T05:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T05:56:10","slug":"sharp-rise-in-sales-of-essential-goods-after-government-says-to-stock-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/815167\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharp rise in sales of essential goods after government says to stock up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some retailers have seen a dramatic increase in sales of essential goods after the government called for people to stock up in case of a crisis, according to figures obtained by Newsnight.<\/p>\n

The Iceland supermarket chain said it was “clear” consumers had listened to warnings after it saw a 40% increase in sales of tinned products over the weekend.<\/p>\n

The rise in sales came after Defence Secretary Wes Streeting said<\/a> that people should stockpile goods to prepare for an emergency such as a cyber attack or an extreme weather event. <\/p>\n

Robert Dyas reported a 160% increase in sales of radios compared with last week, while Maplin said sales had increased by 92% in radios, 284% in torches and 106% in power banks.<\/p>\n

The Maplin figures cover the period since the government’s announcement last week compared with the same period last month.<\/p>\n

“Within hours of the Be Ready announcement we saw people reach for the basics – a torch, a wind-up radio, a power bank. Torch sales nearly quadrupled and radio sales almost doubled in three days,” said Ollie Marshall, managing director at Maplin.<\/p>\n

“These are simple, affordable products that keep a household connected and informed when the power goes out, and it’s encouraging to see people taking the advice seriously.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some retailers have seen a dramatic increase in sales of essential goods after the government called for people…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":815168,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[84,1294,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-815167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=815167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/815168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=815167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=815167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=815167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}