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Christmas shoppers have described chaotic scenes at supermarkets as people turn up en masse to do their final festive food runs.

With only three days remaining before Christmas Day, people are cramming in their last minute grocery shopping, and it looks as though the turkeys will be flying off the shelves, Liverpool Echo reports.

Customers have been posting about their experiences at packed shops on social media.

Benn Brownn said he dived into a Tesco for lunch-on-the-go but almost collided with other shoppers: "Supermarkets are a joke this time of year only went in Tesco to get a £3 meal deal and nearly got taken out about 47 times."

Another Twitter user described tears over a loaf of bread in Tesco.

"Saw raised voices & tears just over which loaf to buy during my time in Tesco, the mind boggles at times," they wrote.

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It seems like one customer missed the Christmas memo though, writing online 'Dunno what's going on but Tesco is heaving'.

Tesco wasn't the only supermarket to be busy this afternoon.

@megan_96 suggested Asda needed to have a bar in the middle of its stores to help shoppers cope with the sheer volume of people, Hull Live reports.

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She said: "They need a bar in the middle of Asda on Days like today."

In an Asda in Hull, the queues at the cashier tills were so rammed customers waiting to pay were pouring down the aisle.

Karen Trelling said that as busy as the store was, it was to be expected.

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She said: "It's heaving in there and I had to queue down one of the food aisles to get to the till, even though I got here at 10am.

"But it's nearly Christmas isn't it and people will be wanting to get their veg so it's fresh and pick up any last minute bits, so it's expected really isn't it. You just have to grin and bear it.

"I might have to send my husband next year though and I'll put my feet up with a mince pie."

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Another customer, Gareth Sullivan, said that he was glad that he did not drive to the store.

"I got here as soon as the Asda opened so that I could get in and get out - I hate shopping," he said.

"I'm just waiting for my taxi now and I'm glad that I didn't have to drive here as the car park is heaving.

"As I've been waiting I can just see cars driving around in circles trying to find somewhere to park - what a nightmare."

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UK high street shoppers were estimated to fork out a staggering £1.7 billion over the weekend, as retailers slashed their prices by up to 70 per cent in last-bid to bolster sales before the years draws to a close.

London's West End is predicted to make a staggering £136 million after catering to 1.7 million customers.

The weekend kicked off with 'frenzied Friday' that saw workers' raid the shops during their lunch break and early evening.

Those that braved London's busiest high street posted pictures of Oxford Street online, showing shoppers shoulder-to-shoulder as they scouted the shops. Meanwhile, others were blocked from entering the tube station due to ovecrowding.

Shoppers are expected to buy at a later date and less than usual this Christmas, particularly after cautious spending in the run up to the general election.

Lisa Hooker, PwC’s consumer markets leader, said: “We expect to see significantly higher promotional levels this weekend and a bumper Boxing Day sale compared to previous years, with deep discounts for patient consumers.”

Diane Wehrle, insights director at Springboard, said consumers had 'clearly' took advantage of early discounts to purchase Christmas presents, and are now waiting for discounts to deepen once again in the days immediately before Christmas as retailers do their best to shift unsold stock.'