Did You Know.....supermarkets..

[gulliver1]

Are experiencing Empty shelves again , of fresh fruit and veg also cold goods .
Some people are blaming covid, but supermarkets are blaming Brexit.
Long queues of Lorries have formed at Calais trying to get supplies into the UK ,
as New year import control of goods from the E/U begins to bite.
Super market workers are saying delivery lorries are just not arriving....(they should know)..

[aelmpvw]

must be boris's fault . . .

[royfromaus]

AB will now experience empty-heads engaging with the chief empty-head.

[gulliver1]

One Lorry driver had driven from Poland,but told he had the wrong paperwork.
He had to turn around and drive back fully loaded

[gulliver1]

Aelmpvw @ 13.02 Spot on ..well done.

[Gromit]

We have just had christmas where the public go on a massive spending spree. It is not unusual for the shelves to be stripped of produce at this time of year.

Also, because of the way Christmas and New Year fell this year, we have had a string of bank holidays with drivers not working for the best part of 10 days.

The shelves will soon be replenished.

[Teapots1]

Roy, Its the empty heads who will not want to engage with this post may be? The ones that refuse to believe that the OP is happening.

[gulliver1]

Gromit 13.09........... No empty shelves in the E/U ..................
,,,,,,,,,,,Christmas fell about the same time there... 25 Dec...

[royfromaus]

Save yourself some time ABers.

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1766359.html

[Gromit]

// No empty shelves in the EU //

It is usual to provide proof if you are going to assert something like that.

[mushroom25]

// One Lorry driver had driven from Poland,but told he had the wrong paperwork. //

whatever you think of brexit or its perpetrators, the rules have been in place for more than a year now. there can no longer be any excuse for trucks arriving at the point of entry with the wrong documentation. the fault for something like this rests with the importer.

[Teapots1]

The winter of discontent normally starts after Xmas when people finish celebrating and reality hits home. :0)

[gulliver1]

Teapots @13.13 Spot on again T/P .....as usual .

[goodgoalie]

You must be delighted

[gulliver1]

goodgoalie 13.36......Why.

[Gromit]

My local Asda had gaps on the shelves yesterday.
They have the produce in the back warehouse but can’t get it out because a high number of staff are off ill.

[rowanwitch]

No empty shelves in any of the three supermarkets I went to this morning, not were there any last week, my feeling it is far more to do with Omicron and people having to isolate rather than being able to work. Also it's turnaround time as the Christmas stuff is cleared and the Valentine's /Easter stock hasn't arrived yet as it isn't a business priority.

[gulliver1]

It's quite amazing what the UK imports
Toilet rolls and kitchen rolls which are showing empty shelves again . (Why...?
.........60% imported from the E/U and the rest from China.

[mushroom25]

// Toilet rolls and kitchen rolls which are showing empty shelves again . (Why...? //

at a guess, from previous observation, Covid clearly makes you terribly incontinent. no other reason for shoppers to trolley mountains of the stuff to their cars.

[gulliver1]

Fruit and veg are imported .....Why!...UK farmers can produce Quality fruit and veg on your door step, but the farmers cant get the labour to harvest them.
Brits won't get their hands dirty and Brexit has stopped labour coming into the Country you can only blame.....................Brexit...................