Leclerc boss: enough food in French stores despite coronavirus disruption

PARIS (Reuters) - The head of French supermarket company Leclerc said on Wednesday the coronavirus crisis was disrupting the supplies of some basic staples in its stores but that there were no shortages to fear.

"There is no reason to panic. There will be enough food to eat until summer," Michel-Edouard Leclerc told BFM TV.

Lecler said there was disruption to supplies of basic staples such as pasta, rice, or toilet paper in some stores as consumers were stocking up in areas most affected by the virus, such as eastern France or the Oise region, north of Paris.

(Reporting by Dominique Vidalon, editing by Louise Heavens)