Milton Keynes supermarkets: How coronavirus has affected opening hours for Tesco, Waitrose, Asda, Morrisons and Sainsbury's

Supermarket chains have altered their opening hours during the pandemic - in order to restock shelves and allow the elderly and NHS workers to access products first.

Across the UK, supermarkets have seen huge queues, with shelves stripped bare of loo roll, flour, pasta, tinned food, milk, bread and handwash.

Also, since the Government's announcement on social distancing, many shops have only been allowing a smaller number of customers in a time.

Here's our guide to the altered opening times:

TESCO

Many stores are now operating at reduced hours. Some Tesco Extra stores and larger Metro stores have reduced their hours to between 6am and 10pm, so staff can restock overnight.

Tesco introduced a special shopping hour for its workers and NHS staff last week. Those eligible will be able to browse an hour before traditional shop opening hours on Sundays, and will have an hour between 9am and 10am to shop on Tuesdays and Thursdays at all stores except for Express stores.

Anyone visiting the store early will need to bring a form of ID with them like an NHS staff card.

Check your local opening times hereASDA

As MK Citizen revealed earlier Asda has already ceased 24-hour trading due to the virus.It is also prioritising NHS staff. Check the opening times hereSAINSBURY'S

The store is also prioritising NHS ID holders Monday to Saturday 7.30-8am. Elderly customers, carers and disabled customers also have priority Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8-9am.

Sainsbury's is open daily 8am-8pm and 11am-5pm on Suhnday. For more details, check hereALDI

From Monday to Saturday, Aldi will open between 8am and 8pm, with Sunday hours remaining the same - 10am to 4pm.

As of this week, the store is also giving priority to emergency workers at any time of the day. For more details, check hereMORRISONS

The store has introduced an NHS hour every day, Monday to Saturday from 7am to 8am. Thye store is open 11am to 5pm on Sunday.

To check opening hours for your local store, visit hereWAITROSE

As MK Citizen revealed earlier, Waitrose has introduced two-metre marshalls, protective screens and contactless payments at its stores.To check opening times, visit hereLIDL

Most Lidl stores are opening the same time. To check the opening times, visit hereM&S

M&S has announced that it will give the first hour of trading on Monday and Thursday to vulnerable and older customers and the first hour of Tuesday and Friday morning to NHS and emergency service workers.

They have also introduced temporary purchasing restrictions on some products. To check opening hours for your local store, visit hereICELAND

Iceland has reserved the last hour of trading for NHS customers, who will need to produce an official NHS ID. The store will be open 9am-6pm, Monday to Saturday and 10am-4pm on Sunday.

To check opening times, visit hereCO-OP

Co-op has paused personalised offers to avoid creating more demand for certain products during the lockdown.

All stores have a dedicated shopping hour for vulnerable customers, those that care for them and NHS workers. This will take place from 8-9am Monday to Saturday and from 10-11am on Sundays.

The Co-op is also limiting selected products to two per person. To keep up-to-date with opening times, visit here