HOUSEWIVES rushed to the shops buying up food stocks as managers appealed "Don't panic."
The "be reasonable" plea came from East Lancashire's grocery managers who watched shoppers stock up on extra food against a background of growing shortages caused by the lorrymen's strike.
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