Friday has seen large crowds shopping for food and household supplies across South Bayview. The phenomenon appears to have been triggered by the cancellation of league sports, travel limitations and enormous losses on stock markets. Behind it all, COVID-19. At Longo’s, lines stretched down aisles and across the store. One shopper guessed she would be 30 minutes checking out. Another called it the Zombie Apocalypse. Some shoppers abandoned their filled carts and left the store rather than wait. At Loblaws on Moore Ave., staff scrambled to refill shelves but seemed unable to keep up with the demand for paper towels, meat, soup, eggs and milk. There were absolutely no bananas, paper towels or maple flavoured cereals.
