"I miss the Aldi & Lidl middle aisle" Banning sale of unessential items in Lockdown

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"I miss the Aldi & Lidl middle aisle" Banning sale of unessential items in Lockdown

Aldi and Lidl have agreed to end the sale of middle aisle or non essential products after the government threatened to clampdown on supermarkets breaking the lockdown guidelines. Henry McKean met shoppers outside a German supermarket and asked does it give large multiples an unfair advantage if they can still sell non essential goods in Level 5 when the small independent shops have to close, and what is the strangest thing you have ever bought in the middle aisle?

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"I miss the Aldi & Lidl middle aisle" Banning sale of unessential items in Lockdown