Double whammy as Brexit and Covid hits supermarket shelves

[papasmurf]

Dubious story.

Outgoing paperwork is preventing incoming goods?
Uh huh.

This isn't dubious and there are  lot more cases like it. Effectively the export of fresh fish and shellfish to the EU has stopped

https://cornishstuff.com/2021/01/11/if-we-cant-export-scallops-the-business-is-not-viable/

[Baff]

The group estimates that of the 2,000 outbound lorries a day through Dover and the Channel Tunnel last week, one in five were turned back.

Dubious story.

Outgoing paperwork is preventing incoming goods?
Uh huh.

[Sheepy]

Look on the bright side — at least that can be spread on the fields as fertiliser...

One of your better ideas, keep him over here.

[patman post]

Oh dear what with that and no foreign crop pickers available in Britain because the Angel of Death, (Priti Patel) screwing up the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme we are in the poo.

Look on the bright side — at least that can be spread on the fields as fertiliser...

[papasmurf]

Oh dear what with that and no foreign crop pickers available in Britain because the Angel of Death, (Priti Patel) screwing up the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme we are in the poo.

[patman post]

We're fresh out of fresh food! Supermarket shelves are hit by Brexit port chaos and staff shortages as stores start to run low on fruit and veg

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9132689/Supermarket-shelves-hit-Brexit-port-chaos-staff-shortages-stores-run-low-fruit-veg.html

Having a pandemic affect supplies is unfortunate. Allowing Brexit to affect supplies seems like carelessness...

(Hit! Hit! Hit! in title — crappy productive smelling!)