Unless deal is secured with EU, supermarket shoppers will see their bills rise £1.3 billion a year in tariffs.
The EU is not contemplating blocking food supplies to Northern Ireland, a representative of the country's largest supermarkets has said.
The outcome being pursued by the prime minister in the Brexit trade talks will not avoid costly friction at the border.
Customs experts and leading supermarkets warn produce such as meat, fruit and vegetables could be in short supply in Northern Ireland.
Charlie McConalogue says trade between Ireland and UK will be difficult without deal.
NI businesses are facing a "very, very difficult" time in January when the Brexit transition period ends, a senior civil servant has warned.
Marks & Spencer has warned that up to 15% of its food product lines could be unavailable in its Northern Ireland shops in January.
Warnings of food price hikes and shortages after no-deal are ‘bumps along the road’, Raab says
10/12/2020
'There will be some bumps along the road if we don't get the free trade deal – that's the inevitable consequence of change’
Ten-mile queues at ports as businesses across the UK stockpile in rush to avoid New Year chaos
19/12/2020
The chaos at ports such as Dover, Felixstowe and Southampton is heightening concerns over whether online Christmas orders will arrive in time.
Sainsbury’s forced to stock rival supermarket’s products in Northern Ireland as Brexit border disruption hits supply lines
05/01/2021
‘Temporary’ agreement seeks to avoid empty shelves as a result of new trade checks.
Days after Brexit, many products vanish from Sainsbury’s in Northern Ireland and are replaced with Spar brand
04/01/2021
Days after the Secretary of State declared “there is no Irish Sea border”, scores – and possibly hundreds – of products are disappearing from supermarket shelves in Northern Ireland because of that new border, the News Letter can reveal.
Brexit: The reality dawns
08/01/2021
New Brexit arrangements have caused disruption to fresh produce reaching supermarket shelves in Northern Ireland, some of the leading shops have confirmed.
‘You can’t interfere with a finely honed, 50-year legacy supply chain and expect it to all run smoothly on day one,’ says Lord Rose.
Fresh fruit and vegetable items listed as out of stock on some grocers’ websites as government warns border issues will get worse before they get better.
The U.K.’s biggest supermarket chains are warning that food supplies in Northern Ireland face disruption because of new checks imposed by Britain’s departure from the European Union.
The UK's major supermarkets have warned the government that an "urgent intervention" is needed to prevent further disruption to NI food supplies.
Retailers and suppliers battling through ‘impenetrable’ red tape that has resulted in empty shelves in Northern Ireland
It is an "insult" for the prime minister to describe disruption to trade across the Irish Sea border as teething problems, a DUP MP has said.
Deliveries from France and Germany are at around 50 per cent of pre-Brexit levels as hauliers avoid red tape and queues.