"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

Our Economics Correspondent @HeliaEbrahimi explains how no-deal Brexit preparations are impacting the UK economy.

A former Sainsbury's chief has warned of 'significant gaps' on supermarket shelves within a week of a no-deal Brexit.

Alastair Campbell hit out at the West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP over his views on the shortages.

The company has spoken out as supermarket shelves empty in Wales.

Food producers and road hauliers have warned the government that the supply of food and drink to supermarkets is “failing” due to a chronic shortage of HGV drivers.

Today marks 100 days since Brexit properly happened in the UK - with seamless trade and EU rules replaced by a weighty trade deal.

‘We will never compromise on the standards or specifications of our products,’ says supermarket boss.

Amazon has stopped selling wines, beers and spirits to its customers in Northern Ireland as it wrestles with new customs rules post-Brexit.

ANDREW Bowie has been chastised by Alastair Campbell over his denial that Brexit is to blame for supermarket and labour shortages.

The rain in Spain has largely been blamed, but is it the only factor?

At gas stations, there’s fuel rationing and hours-long lineups. At the supermarket, there’s sometimes no milk or meat, and warnings that Christmas turkeys may be unavailable – along with Christmas trees and many popular toys. Building materials are so scarce that construction sites have shut down.

Birds Eye fish fingers and Walkers crisps are asking supermarkets for price rises of up to 12%, in the latest standoff between household brands and retailers over the dramatic fall in the value of the pound.

'This is going to hit us in January....customers are really going to see the problems on supermarket shelves'

Brussels rules out 'mutual recognition' of regulations between EU and UK ahead of talks.

A disorderly break with the European Union at the end of the year poses a bigger threat to Britain’s food supplies than the coronavirus pandemic that saw supermarket shelves emptied, a Parliamentary committee warned.

Iceland's boss says a dearth of fruit and vegetables in stores is due to climate change, but a European country's minister suggests other factors are also at play - saying: "Brexit was not a great deal."

At the very time when government wants to be less dependent on food imports, it’s becoming impossible for some farmers to survive.

British supermarkets that have stores in Europe are facing supply problems because of post-Brexit rules on exports to the EU. It's affecting fresh produce at 20 Marks and Spencer stores in France, Morrison's in Gibraltar, and a chain of UK supermarkets in Belgium is on the verge of closure with no deliveries since December.

UK’s exit from EU ‘no doubt will have been a factor’, transport secretary concedes.

The image of empty shelves is being incorrectly linked to Brexit. Carrefour's supply chain has been hit amid a strike at its logistics provider.

Brexit has made supply chain "bottlenecks" worse in the UK, according to the independent financial watchdog that provides the government with data.

'Flower passports' ruin trade as supermarkets corner the market.

A leading customs expert who predicted the truck driver shortage and issues causes by the sea border in the Irish Sea believe delayed bureaucratic customs laws will lead to meats, fruit and vegetables from the EU being too costly to import.

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.

Kent farming giant reports 8% fall in harvest due to lack of seasonal pickers – saying it’s easier to import fruit.

Kent farming giant reports 8% fall in harvest due to lack of seasonal pickers – saying it’s easier to import fruit.

Lord David Frost will declare 'the long bad dream of EU membership is over' amid punch-ups on petrol forecourts, empty supermarket shelves and warnings thousands of pigs will be dumped in skips.

Retailers and suppliers battling through ‘impenetrable’ red tape that has resulted in empty shelves in Northern Ireland

Every now and then there are weeks when Brexit issues surge back to the foreground, and this has been one of them.

56 per cent of Britons have now noticed food shortages in their local shops or supermarkets, as Brexit-caused supply chain problems continue. / The figures are up from 45 per cent in mid August, and 36 per cent in late July, according to YouGov polls. / Of the 56 per cent, the age group which most noticed the shortages are those aged over 50.

Now that Brexit has been ‘done’, the British government is refusing to talk about it. But the rapidly escalating crisis in the UK has everything to do with the country’s departure from the EU. The opposition, meanwhile, has gone awol.

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.

Britain has delayed imposing its full post-Brexit import controls on goods from the European Union again, pushing it back until the end of next year, saying it did not want to add more fuel to fast-rising inflation.

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.

It comes after a former environment secretary criticised the treatment of farmers in the UK-Australia trade pact.

A specialist supermarket selling British produce in the EU is struggling to keep food on its shelves because of post-Brexit supply problems.

The former CEO of Sainsbury's has said UK supermarkets have been "hurt horribly by Brexit" as they struggle with fruit and vegetable supply shortages.

Supermarkets to be given extended ‘grace period’ until at least October.

Industry bosses say retailers will struggle to keep shelves stocked at Christmas amid worker shortage.

ONE third of Scots say empty supermarket shelves and closed petrol station forecourts boost the case for Scotland to restore freedom of movement with the EU as an independent nation.

Supermarket chain says it may have to fly in fruit as it books extra warehouse space to stockpile goods

City councillor shares images of bare shops in city amid fresh food crisis.

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.

Ian Wright, who leads the Food and Drink Federation, said that things are going to get worse before they get better.

‘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.

Shoppers have been warned that they could face more empty shelves due to a collapse in the supply chain as retailers face increasing pressure to keep up with demands whilst tackling staffing problems.

It comes after the UK extended grace periods until October to avoid red tape for goods travelling from Britain to Northern Ireland.

The EU is not contemplating blocking food supplies to Northern Ireland, a representative of the country's largest supermarkets has said.

Analysts in Europe say Britain committed “Anglo-Saxon suicide” when it voted for Brexit.

It comes as Brexit means fall in crops and fewer British products in supermarkets. / Leaving the EU has led to a decline in crops and fewer home-grown products on the shelves of Britain’s supermarkets, farming chiefs have warned, reports The Independent.

First time around we blamed it on the pandemic, then on the pingdemic. But there can be no doubt that Brexit is a primary cause of the empty vegetable crates and unstocked shelves in supermarkets this week.

The outcome being pursued by the prime minister in the Brexit trade talks will not avoid costly friction at the border.

Britain’s departure from the European Union has triggered the biggest change in trade since it joined the bloc 48 years ago, with companies grappling with export documents, longer delivery times and the need to re-engineer supply chains.

Here we go again: The implications of Brexit have been blamed for widespread food shortages at UK supermarkets this weekend.

Customs experts and leading supermarkets warn produce such as meat, fruit and vegetables could be in short supply in Northern Ireland.

Deliveries from France and Germany are at around 50 per cent of pre-Brexit levels as hauliers avoid red tape and queues.

"It's not us putting the prices up, it's Brexit." / Rosa shared some staggering statistics. Between the referendum result in 2016 and May 2018, 1900 florists shut up shop. Between May to October 2018 more floristry businesses closed.

Three food parcels are handed out to struggling households every minute, as Tesco boss warns worst of supermarket price rises are ‘yet to come’.

The head of a farming and food campaign group has laid the blame for shortages of fruit and veg on supermarket shelves squarely on Brexit.

Tariffs ranging from 2% to 20% will be passed on to consumers, says frozen food specialist.

Co-operative Group chief executive Steve Murrells said the retailer has significantly reduced its range of some products.

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".

Gaps are starting to appear on supermarket shelves because of a “desperate shortage” of lorry drivers – a problem that will likely lead stores to raise food prices.

Scotland's food and drink industry is warning of price rises and potential shortages when new Brexit rules on imports come into force in April.

‘In two years’ time you are all going to realise Brexit was bigger news than Covid,’ warns Justin King.

UK supermarkets have been “hurt horribly by Brexit”, according to former Sainsbury’s CEO Justin King.

FRESH produce headed for UK supermarkets is being dumped due to driver shortage linked to Brexit, a major distributor has warned.

Billy Coull, co-director of the Gowanbank Crisis Support Centre, said he is "very concerned" about the effect of Brexit on supermarket stocks and the upcoming cut to Universal Credit.

Just three years after the country voted to leave the EU, supermarkets are restricting the number of vegetables shoppers can buy.

THE SNP’s Westminster leader has made a plea to Scots who are undecided on independence as the consequences of Brexit become more apparent.

It is the latest bid by a major supermarket to minimise post-Brexit trade disruption with the EU.

At 23:00 on New Year's Eve a new EU trade border was effectively created in Northern Ireland's ports. / The first of these grace periods is set to expire at the end of March and businesses are already anxious about what comes next.

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.

Boris Johnson’s reluctance to turn to the European Union to ease a supply chain crisis that has seen shelves in supermarkets run empty has highlighted his government’s priority: Brexit first.

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.”

Lidl has blamed empty shelves at some of its stores on "disruptions to supply chain networks".

The retail chain says trading conditions following the UK’s departure from the European Union make continuing the cross-Channel venture impossible.

Marks & Spencer (M&S) is to close 11 franchise stores that it currently runs in partnership with SFH in France, as a result of the changes that came about with the post-Brexit EU and UK trade deal.

High street retailer says border controls are leading to gaps on the shelves and tons of food being spoiled.

Marks & Spencer has warned that up to 15% of its food product lines could be unavailable in its Northern Ireland shops in January.

Prices will soar and border delays will halt fresh food imports following the "shock" of a no-deal Brexit, Britain’s major supermarkets have warned.

Sacha Berendji also told a House of Lords committee that M&S had faced increased costs and wastage due to new rules and administration.

McDonald's, KFC and Pret a Manger have joined with UK supermarkets to warn that crashing out of the European Union will result in "significant" disruptions to their supply chains.

57% say Brexit behind gaps on supermarket shelves, as shortages hit school meals. / Most voters think Brexit is to blame for widespread shortages of fruit and vegetables on supermarket shelves, a poll for The Independent has found.

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.

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.

EMPTY SUPERMARKET SHELVES, queues at petrol stations and pumps running dry is far from what one would expect from Britain in 2021.

Firms will have to pass on extra costs of red tape, warns Fresh Produce Consortium.

NI businesses are facing a "very, very difficult" time in January when the Brexit transition period ends, a senior civil servant has warned.

Supermarkets bringing meat products from Great Britain to Northern Ireland face new bureaucracy from Monday.

Sainsbury's, Asda and McDonald's are among those warning stockpiling fresh food is impossible and that the UK is very reliant on the EU for produce.

Items to disappear from supermarket shelves and prices to increase if UK crashes out of EU, group including Lidl, the Co-op, Pret a Manger and KFC say.

October worst time to stockpile as warehouses full of Christmas goods, says retail body. / Retailers have warned that there will be shortages of fresh food coupled with potential price rises if there is a no-deal Brexit.

Unless deal is secured with EU, supermarket shoppers will see their bills rise £1.3 billion a year in tariffs.

The warning comes after similar cautions from the country's leading supermarkets.

Industry faces "disaster" as only root vegetables may be on sale, and cost of ready meals could surge.

Health certificates could add 40,000-pound cost per truck. / Supermarkets may pull out if business unviable: Trade group. / Extra paperwork required by Brexit will raise U.K. supermarkets’ cost of operating in Northern Ireland so much that some may pull out, a trade group warned.

Supermarkets are preparing to introduce rationing for online shoppers to prevent panic buying in the event of a no-deal Brexit, The Sunday Times can reveal.

The sector relies on labour from the EU that is no longer available, producer Paul Kelly of KellyBronze said.

With inflation set to rise, alongside the cost of shopping and transport, the economic fallout will squeeze Britons’ budgets.

House of Lords hears costs related to chilled and fresh goods could prove a fatal barrier.

Forcing all UK supermarkets to put “not for EU” labels on meat, dairy and plant products in a move to assuage the concerns of unionists in Northern Ireland will force up prices and undermine the war against inflation, ministers have been told.

Increases of up to 63% on products across big four supermarkets, says research by the Guardian and MySupermarket.com

Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Lidl are just some of the stores that have responded to the complaints from customers.

Average supermarket truck ‘will need 400 certifications’ to enter from British mainland.

Charlie McConalogue says trade between Ireland and UK will be difficult without deal.

‘Temporary’ agreement seeks to avoid empty shelves as a result of new trade checks.

Britain has been outside the EU’s legal regime for a year and has faced a number of impacts.

Scots shoppers have been confronted by empty shelves in recent days as the big supermarket chains struggle to obtain fresh produce.

SUPERMARKET bosses have warned that shortages could hit Christmas food supplies.

Something odd is happening with Brexit. Since June 2016 polls have all shown a nation split 50-50 on its merits. But now as we see what the reality of Brexit means there is a shift.

Levies to cover the increase in red tape, VAT and customs declarations are hitting trade to the European Union.

Shoppers will feel the impact of a no-deal Brexit at supermarket tills, the British Retail Consortium has warned.

Shoppers said basic fruit and vegetables were missing in supermarkets across the country.

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.

Brexit and Covid blamed for shortages.

‘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.

THE SNP have slammed the UK Government after reports suggest ministers are preparing to relax post-Brexit plans for border checks on EU imports due to fears of food scarcity.

Gaps are appearing on supermarket shelves in Northern Ireland, including at our biggest grocer Tesco, as stores struggle to keep up deliveries amid a shortage of lorry drivers.

As small businesses crumble, shelves get emptier and the care-worker shortage intensifies, life outside the EU is having a dire effect on many of us. Why aren’t politicians talking about it?

A shortage of UK workers is hitting supermarket shelves in Wales.

Supermarket contracts and Brexit have been blamed for the lack of fruit and vegetables impacting British consumers.

A fruit and vegetable buyer for a major supermarket told James O'Brien the reality of how food supplies and prices would be affected in a no-deal Brexit - and it's not good news.

These shortages have been compounded by high energy costs and other issues impacting the UK’s supply and transport chains, which have added stress on businesses exporting and importing food between the UK and EU.

The PM has been urged to introduce temporary worker visas for HGV drivers.

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's major supermarkets have warned the government that an "urgent intervention" is needed to prevent further disruption to NI food supplies.

Supermarket prices will rise more than is necessary unless there is greater collaboration with European suppliers on post-Brexit trade frictions, a Dutch business has warned.

Empty shelves are being seen in supermarkets across the north.

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.

Consumer groups and Lib Dem MP Layla Moran call on chains to follow Waitrose's lead ahead of US-UK trade deal.

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.

Boris Johnson believed to have overruled ministers unwilling to compromise on post-Brexit immigration as forecourt queues mount

Industry experts warn the current supply problems and product shortages could be "the final straw for some" firms. How are small independent traders coping?

The chaos at ports such as Dover, Felixstowe and Southampton is heightening concerns over whether online Christmas orders will arrive in time.

Two weeks into Brexit, problems are mounting and recriminations are flying in all directions. The reality of Brexit is proving every bit as toxic as the four-and-a-half-year slog that got us to this point.

From one end of the supply chain to the other, the UK's food producers have endured a summer of trouble.

Thanks to higher costs, increased red tape and supply chain damage, we must get used to living in a country with empty shelves.

New checks coming into effect from 1st October look to make food shortages worsen and increase prices.

People, businesses and communities are now paying a heavy price for a hard Brexit we never voted for, imposed by a Tory government we never voted for. / Here’s a rolling list of the impacts of Brexit.

A post-Brexit deal should make it easier to build supermarkets, avoid tax and sue the UK, US business lobbyists say.

UK meat exporters have warned the government that post-Brexit changes at the border have caused disruption to meat shipments crossing the channel.

JAMES BALL examines the areas where Britain is now feeling the painful consequences of its departure from the EU.

UK to extend grace periods for supermarkets without EU approval.

Export health certificates on food from the EU will now only be needed from July 1 next year - instead of October 1 under previous plans - after a crisis of lost lorry drivers and empty shelves.

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.

Loss of 100,000 hauliers due to Covid and Brexit will cause food ‘rolling power cuts’, experts warn

A food manufacturer dubbed ‘the chicken king’ has warned Covid-19 and Brexit could result in the worst food shortages since the war.

The UK failed to secure the Brexit agreement it wanted for Northern Ireland, its negotiator has admitted – despite Boris Johnson hailing it as “a great deal” at the time.

As supermarket giants pile pressure on suppliers to serve cities and bigger towns, shops in rural areas and tourist hotspots such as Cornwall, Norfolk and the Highlands stand to be overlooked.

Supermarkets have begun removing product ranges and lowering their standards when it comes to fresh produce in preparation for Brexit, and British customers are already showing recessionary behaviours, according to new research from Kantar.

Many industry experts have also pointed at Brexit – claiming the UK’s current position has left it vulnerable as trade links have become less secure than they once were. / Thanks to new post-Brexit administrative checks, the farming industry has also seen seasonal labour shortages, leaving gaps in a workforce...

The new charges are set to come into force at the end of the month and will mean higher food prices will be passed on to consumers, suppliers warn.

'There will be some bumps along the road if we don't get the free trade deal – that's the inevitable consequence of change’

Ministers are saying “this won’t be as bad as the winter of discontent”. I dread to think what they’ll promise next.

New Brexit arrangements have caused disruption to fresh produce reaching supermarket shelves in Northern Ireland, some of the leading shops have confirmed.

Three big retailers are placing limits on shoppers on some produce lines. What is behind the rationing?

Lines of cars snake from gasoline stations. Fights break out among angry motorists trying to get fuel. Grocery staples are out of stock on store shelves. A charity warns that doubling heating bills will force a million households to rely on extra blankets to stay warm.

With supply chain problems being blamed on workers self-isolating, Caolan Robertson reports on what business owners, managers and labourers have been telling him across the country about the consequences of Brexit.

Continent’s press liken situation to 1970s Winter of Discontent and ‘boycotted Cuba’.

Former No 10 chief of staff says it is ‘dishonest’ to pretend Brexit deal has not added costs to trade.