People were queueing for around one and a half hours to get into Pak’nSave Gisborne this morning, with the line trailing down towards Cobden Street and back on itself.
The store has eftpos working but is limiting purchases of milk, eggs, butter and margarine to one per transaction with additionallimits on long-life milk, frozen goods and toilet paper.
Security staff are limiting the number of people allowed in at one time and people are waiting another hour to get through the check-out.
The store is providing fresh drinking water and gave out cut watermelon to the shoppers waiting in line this morning.
