Empty Shelves

[gulliver1]

It seems that there is very little evidence of empty supemarket shelves in E/U Countries or shortage of lorry drivers, as the hard line Brexit MPs keep telling people.....

Nothing compares with the UK shortages, which are getting worse by the day. Brexit and Exit from the single market and Customs union are to blame . Blaming Covid is just face saver... Time for a few U turns Boris

[AuntPG]

Gulliver -Exactly! The UK is being made to look like a naughty child and is being punished as an 'example'. I sold some goods to Russia today -simple process took five minutes. If the parcel had been going to Germany I would have had to have had Defra code numbers, licenses and a vet's certificate ( for washed sheep fleece For Funks Sake) and the recipient would have had to pay 20% import Tax even if I sent it as a gift.

[burlyshirley]

I have yet to notice empty shelves in my neck of the woods and I went to the supermarket yesterday. I've still been able to get everything I need.

[Stickybottle]

Another post by the originator based on spite and supposition with no link
Try not to feed the troll

[Gromit]

Gully,
Imports from the EU are higher than before Brexit. That is a fact not something daft you believe without any evidence.

A quarter of a million people got Covid last week and are staying off work. Even you with your flimsy brain must realise that if s large section of the workforce is absent, that less production is the result.

[gulliver1]

18.11 Best answer again APG.,,,,,18.15 . I used to buy loads of goods from the UK , not anymore, cant even get anything shipped out of Southern Ireland .

[ToraToraTora]

oh dear another VBQC love in!

[ToraToraTora]

I've not seen any empty shelves or struggled to buy anything. Must be in cloud cuckoo land inhabited by Gully.

[Gromit]

And a quick google demolishes the whole premise of the question.

// France is struggling to get hold of essential grub. According to the news agency Reuters, Marks & Spencer has struggled to fill the shelves of its 19 food stores in Paris since Brexit day.

As a result, the hungry denizens of the French capital are no longer able to get hold of ‘sandwiches, black rice and edamame bean salad, and turkey tortilla with curry’. //

[Gromit]

I have seen empty shelves. But not of goods from the EU. Stuff that is processed here are in short supply.
They are warning of a beer shortage.

[Arksided]

Nice one Gromit shedding a bit more light, I personally have not noticed any shortages either TTT.

[ToraToraTora]

so more BS then, right oh!

[david small]

No shelves empty here at all. The one exception was at Homebase who had run out of shelves.

[gulliver1]

18.33 You must be in cloud in eejit land inhabited by TGT

[ToraToraTora]

gromit: 18:39 "And a quick google demolishes the whole premise of the question." - there's your BA right there!

[DTCwordfan]

Wait until the Ruskies cut your gas off, Gully and then we'll see who has the brown outs.....

[gulliver1]

18.44, Beer shortage , wouldn't think so at £6 A Pint ,in Rip of Britain.

[DTCwordfan]

No shortages down here apart from tourists who, thankfully, have gone home, our Covid rates dropping quickly down.....

[DTCwordfan]

£3.25-3.75 a pint down here in 95% of the outlets....you don't half make a mountain out of a molehill by 'selecting' high end bars in the middle of London. Please, do not visit Venice and the businesses around St Marks - £7 for a coffee??? Every city has its extreme examples, ditto hotels - talking Italy, Belmondo in Portofino or Firenze at £1000 a night....

[DTCwordfan]

And I am talking an ordinary room, not a suite.

[ichkeria]

Of course it wouldn’t necessarily just be goods from the EU affected.
Plainly there’s an issue with a shortage of HGV drivers. It’s hard tho not to come to the conclusion tho that the conditions caused by Brexit have caused issues with getting replacements.