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Driver shortage crisis: Bring back EU workers to get food to supermarket shelves, industry bosses plead
25/06/2021
‘There has never been a more challenging time’ for the UK’s food supply chain, according to industry leaders, who are pressing the Prime Minister to grant them access to EU and EEA labour.
Britain needs 100,000 more drivers if it is to meet demand, according to the UK's Road Haulage Association (RHA). The signs are already there: sporadic gaps on supermarket shelves, pubs running low on beer, McDonald's suspending milkshakes.
Ministers are saying “this won’t be as bad as the winter of discontent”. I dread to think what they’ll promise next.
Loss of 100,000 hauliers due to Covid and Brexit will cause food ‘rolling power cuts’, experts warn
Supermarkets face post-Brexit fruit and veg scarcity thanks to shortage of skilled pickers
15/05/2021
Government's failure to allow in enough EU workers and new rules limiting visas for seasonal pickers are expected to leave tonnes of crops to rot while shelves lie empty.
Lack of truck drivers to force supermarket prices up and lead to food shortages, experts warn
03/06/2021
The Road Haulage Association says the UK has lost 15,000 drivers since Brexit and that this will lead to a lack of deliveries of everyday products to supermarket shelves by the autumn. / “Despite what those politicians backing Brexit told us, the UK’s exit from the EU is going to cost everyone in the UK more in their shopping basket.”
Supermarket shelves 'could be empty' due to huge lorry driver shortage caused by Brexit and Covid
27/06/2021
The PM has been urged to introduce temporary worker visas for HGV drivers.
THE boss of the Food and Drink Federation has said that the days when UK consumers could expect to pick up nearly whatever product they want whenever they want from supermarket shelves are "over".
Major UK supermarkets have warned that they are experiencing shortages of cat and dog food amid a surge in people acquiring pets during the pandemic.
Amazon halts alcohol sales in Northern Ireland and prepares to de-list more products due to new Brexit customs rules
26/01/2021
Amazon has stopped selling wines, beers and spirits to its customers in Northern Ireland as it wrestles with new customs rules post-Brexit.
UK meat exporters have warned the government that post-Brexit changes at the border have caused disruption to meat shipments crossing the channel.
"There’s about 10 days of food in total ... will lead to gaps on the shelves within a week."
07/08/2019
"There’s about 10 days of food in total. The kind of disruption the government is talking about today… will lead to gaps on the shelves within a week.” / Former Sainsbury’s CEO Justin King tells @Emmabarnett why he thinks we should be worried about a no-deal Brexit
Brexit impact ‘will get worse’ with supermarket shop to cost more and some EU products vanishing from shelves
23/09/2021
The full impact of Brexit on both businesses and consumers will not be felt until next year with shortages set to worsen in sectors ranging from food to building materials, a leading customs expert has claimed, writes David Parsley.
Six supermarkets that provide three-quarters of Northern Ireland’s groceries have urged the UK government to take action to keep trade flowing when a Brexit grace period ends in October.
The UK is facing a “winter of discontent” after the Tories pushed ahead with Brexit taking Britain out of the European Union, Scotland’s Deputy First Minister has warned.
It comes after a former environment secretary criticised the treatment of farmers in the UK-Australia trade pact.
Brexit: The reality dawns
08/01/2021
Boris Johnson believed to have overruled ministers unwilling to compromise on post-Brexit immigration as forecourt queues mount
FRESH produce headed for UK supermarkets is being dumped due to driver shortage linked to Brexit, a major distributor has warned.
At the very time when government wants to be less dependent on food imports, it’s becoming impossible for some farmers to survive.
Kent farming giant reports 8% fall in harvest due to lack of seasonal pickers – saying it’s easier to import fruit.
'Gaps on the shelves within a week': former supermarket chief's stark no-deal Brexit warning
08/08/2019
A former Sainsbury's chief has warned of 'significant gaps' on supermarket shelves within a week of a no-deal Brexit.
A British-owned supermarket chain supplying expats in Belgium with a taste of home is being forced to turn to Irish companies because of difficulties getting goods from the UK since Brexit.
Retailers and suppliers battling through ‘impenetrable’ red tape that has resulted in empty shelves in Northern Ireland