@whitesoxx we're moving from cold weather to warm, clothing requirements change and children grow fast.
This situation was unexpected and stores are only just getting their summer clothes in. So many people won't have prepared in advance.
Me and DH can manage perfectly fine with last years clothes, my child can't because they don't fit. That is even more likely to be the case with babies and teenagers who grow at ridiculously quick rates.
No one here is suggesting a special trip just to browse the latest fashions, but if you're in the supermarket getting eggs, milk and bread what's wrong with also getting shorts, socks and T-shirt's?
The stores obviously don't have a problem with it or they would have put the stock away and filled the space with racks of loo roll.
The Government have said on the topic of things like Easter eggs that if stores normally stock those things alongside the essential items then they can continue to do so.
There is a balance to be had between depriving ourselves of everything but tinned meat and frozen bread or daily leisure trips to buy luxuries.
The sensible balance is that you leave the house as infrequently as possible and combine all of your needs into as few trips as possible.