No children allowed in supermarket

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My sister went to Tesco with her toddler and was told no children allowed from next week. Understand this is wise for infection control but what if you're a single parent with tiny kids and can't do online shopping?

A colleague of mine went to her local Asda yesterday and they were turning people with children away and only letting one adult in

@ukgift2016 I was the only person with a child too actually! Although there were plenty of couples together.

So this is fake news basically.

SeperatedSwans really sorry, your poor son.. That sounds tough. I hate the smell of weed but hate the selfishness of people more. Twats.

Thanks all, I think people need to see the wider scope.

We don't all have lovely neighbours, we all don't live in the sunny pleasant suburbs.

Some of us have no support. So to damn us and condemn us to possible starvation as "a good idea" is somewhat unhelpful

Presumably single parents are now vulnerable people or otherwise it's illegal to shop on their behalf.

I've never even met my neighbours. I live in a flat and we've all got private entrances so I never see them. Doubt they'd help me out anyway after I posted a shitty note through their door to tell them to keep the late night music down.

Judging by the behavior of most kids I see at the supermarket, a large cage outside where all would be deposited would be very suitable.

But they're happy for people to congregate outside their store waiting to get in still, I suppose?

My partner has a terminal brain tumour and is housebound. No letter yet to enable us priority online, I'd have to take our toddler with me. Not many people voluntarily bring their children shopping with them

That is discrimination I am a single mum her grandparents are old I can’t leave her with them , her father died so Are we meant to starve ! Absolutely ridiculous , I am still working I’ve more chance of catching there bringing it home then picking up my shopping

I'd recommend "making other arrangements" by heading to a different supermarket

I’ve often thought supermarkets should have ‘drive-through’ sections where people could show up (with or without a car) select what they need, wait for 10mins then pick it all up. It would be like the McDonald’s system, but for something much more useful! This is certainly a situation that shows up those who’s in touch with reality and who isn’t...a bit like the way grocers used to operate in fact

I really hope that's not the case. I'm a key worker for the NHS a single parent and have 2 at risk parents to buy For.

I get the part of not wanting children running about touching stuff.

But one of mine has a disability and I cannot leave them at home or outside a shop.

My local shop- co-op has already taken this approach :(. It is hard for many parents to buy the essentials. Where I live, I am told I can ask a volunteer to go to the shop and buy food on my behalf. That is the solution put in front of me.
My children take the same precautions as an adult should, they wash their hands before we leave home and as we leave the store- I have hand sanitiser in my handbag. My children are 8 and 6 yrs. I do not feel I will win this one but to be banished from shops is a strange thought. I like to go to the shop myself as if the shop does not have what I am looking for I can shop for substitutions. Disposable gloves come in handy as well. This legislation does not sit right with me but it is legislation, nothing I can do about it I feel

I’m a single parent in isolation for two weeks so haven’t been anywhere let alone a supermarket for a week. I sympathise, the feeling of ‘what am I going to do?’ Is exactly what I felt when I realised I couldn’t go out and couldn’t get an online shop. I have been completely reliant on voluntary help. It’s difficult. But do-able.

That's crazy not allowing kids in, mine are 15, 12 + 5 + I'm a single mum. At least my 15 Yr old will be able to watch the other 2. I'm also shopping for my mum + elderly cousin........ When is all this going to stop??????

The one thing I have seen that I object to hugely are mums or dads with children who drag them along to boost their entitlement. Yes, I have actually seen this in action, mum, 4 kids, 2 packets of bog roll each, 10 packets off the shelf. And the supermarket allowed it. I am sure the kids would have rather been anywhere else at that time than the supermarket.

Not a single parent BUT myself and my husband are both keyworkers, working 12 hour shifts and we make sure we don't have any shifts on the same day. My parents work, partners father is on 12 weeks isolation because of health reasons. There is literally nowhere I can leave my kids to go shopping.

My partner is a keyworker. Our son is 7. He won't fit in a trolley and I can't exactly leave him on his own somewhere. I can only hope the member of staff at Tesco has got it wrong.

I’m a single parent of two, I have no family nearby and their fathers have no involvement. My friend text me to tell me Asda near her has refused her with her two children; she’s also a single parent.

I work for the emergency services (not NHS) and thankfully I’m in training courses until end of April. But how am I supposed to go and get food for my children if I can’t go to stores? No delivery slots for at least 3 weeks near me.

Shall I just leave my two young children home to fend for themselves whilst I travel 30 minutes each way to a supermarket or leave them in the car outside the shop? Which is the safest option?

Absolutely braindead.

My husband and I shopped at our local Tesco this morning, as we always do. We arrived early but queues had already started to form, going round the corner towards the back of the store.

A large man was ordering shoppers to stand on the specified lines, with their trolleys in front. He was very serious! My husband usually comes along, as he chooses lots of his own preferences, however we were asked why there were two of us.

We queued for about 25 minutes, then as we approached the front of the shop as one shopper left, the next was allowed to enter.

Parts of the store was sectioned off, but the staff were lovely and we see the same ones each week, usually having a chat. Many shelves had already been raided.

Although it's difficult for us shoppers, it must be awful for staff having to endure such extreme circumstances. I don't know how they keep so cheerful!

I saw a woman actually turned away from our local Tesco this morning. She told them she was a single parent. I thought I might tweet them but her Mum already seemed to have done it. No reply from Tesco though.

It doesn’t matter how bloody well behaved your kids are...they are extra people in a space that is supposed to be practicing social distancing!
Single parents are exempt from this.
Everyone else needs to find a way round it. I haven’t been able to get a decent shop for ages... primarily as l am working in the store all hours!
By the time l get off - it’s mostly all gone!

No children in supermarkets is a good idea, and should be adopted more widely at this time.