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'Deal or no-deal, the cost of food is going to rise for businesses and very possibly consumers' - Sky News
14/12/2020
Deal or no-deal, the cost of food is going to rise for businesses and very possibly consumers. Our business correspondent @pkelso explains why ingredients we take for granted today may become a little harder to come by if there is no #Brexit deal.
The U.K. is due to lose the ability to sell fresh sausages to the European Union after Brexit, a sign of the economic upheaval that comes from quitting the bloc’s single market.
Post-Brexit transition border checks could cause fresh food supply problems, an industry body has warned.
Boris Johnson Brexit deal to cause price hikes and shortages of fresh fruit and vegetables, retail chiefs warn
11/02/2020
'This is going to hit us in January....customers are really going to see the problems on supermarket shelves'
With a host of new rules and regulations in effect (and many more still to come) experts from the BRC and Deloitte sat down for a look at the impact on E-commerce, the future of digital trade, and the major changes on the way for UK retailers.
New rules after Brexit have increased credit and debit card costs by 150 million pounds ($200 million) a year, with both U.K. and European retailers losing out.
Wholesalers recently warned that the cost of basics such as cooking oil and vegetables had mushroomed.
The end of the holiday season heralds the return to centre stage of a number of burning Brexit-related issues this autumn.
Brexit isn't done yet - Andrew Opie, BRC
03/09/2021
We could have been forgiven for thinking Brexit was done when the UK left the EU at the very end of 2020. However, for retailers the real challenge of Brexit is likely to be felt in early 2022 when border controls are finally introduced for the UK.
Fears of new disruption to fresh produce supply from EU when import controls hit in October.
Retailers and suppliers battling through ‘impenetrable’ red tape that has resulted in empty shelves in Northern Ireland
While politicians fail to understand the basics of the Single Market and customs unions, retailers are spending millions mitigating the risk of a ’no-deal’ Brexit – this cannot continue.
It may have been over three years since the UK formally left the European Union but UK brands and retailers continue to face a slew of challenges in navigating post-Brexit trade. Drapers identifies the persistent pain points and how they are being managed.
It is absolutely critical labelling issues raised by the Windsor Framework are resolved ahead of an October deadline, a group representing British supermarkets has said.
British Retail Consortium says a no-deal Brexit will result in shortages of fresh food [2 mins]
04/09/2019
“Do you have any explanation at all as to why [Michael Gove] should have said there will be no shortages of fresh food given what you've just told us? / “No.” / The British Retail Consortium says a no-deal Brexit will result in shortages of fresh food.
One of the UK’s biggest business lobby groups has hit back at government advice to invest in domestic workers, saying the move will not solve short-term labour shortages that are increasingly putting retailers and supply chains under pressure.
UK agriculture is highly exposed to serious diseases imported from Europe, including African swine fever (ASF), because of a failure to get new border control posts (BCPs) operational before July 2022, a senior vet has warned.
EU goods will face import controls from Jan 1 2021 after transition period ends, Michael Gove warns
11/02/2020
GOODS coming to Britain from the EU will face import controls from January 1 next year, Michael Gove has warned.
Customs experts and leading supermarkets warn produce such as meat, fruit and vegetables could be in short supply in Northern Ireland.
Food bank charity Trussell Trust warns rise in prices will lead to more families relying on grocery handouts
16/02/2022
Three food parcels are handed out to struggling households every minute, as Tesco boss warns worst of supermarket price rises are ‘yet to come’.
Food Businesses Brace For A New Wave Of Post-Brexit Paperwork Affecting Pizza, Pies And Sandwiches
21/04/2021
The UK food industry is warning that a deluge of new post-Brexit red tape which comes into effect today will increase export paperwork by a third and make some sales to Europe unviable.
‘Mounting pressures from rising commodity and shipping costs as well as Brexit-related red tape, mean [low costs] will not be sustainable for much longer,’ warns British Retail Consortium
Industry body for UK retailers says claims there will be no fresh food shortages are 'categorically untrue'.
M&S expects to pay between £42 million and £47 million in additional costs this year, versus £16 million in 2020.