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By Lyndsey Cambridge2021-05-06T14:20:00+01:00
Source: AF Blakemore
AF Blakemore and Booker retailers have complained of empty shelves as wholesalers struggle to deliver goods without enough drivers
The government has shunned urgent calls from wholesalers to extend driver hours following a shortage of goods in convenience stores.
The decision comes after crisis talks were held this week between Chris Tyas, who headed up Defra’s Food Resilience Industry Forum and has lobbied for an extension, the Department for Transport, the Federation of Wholesale Distributors and the Road Haulage Association.
The calls for maximum driver hours to be extended, in a move lasting until June 2021, were made after retailers complained that shelves had been left empty.
AF Blakemore said the issue was particularly acute in the Midlands
Shelves at UK convenience stores are being left empty as wholesalers struggle to cope with an escalating driver shortage.
Spar wholesaler AF Blakemore has been forced to introduce caps on the amount of products retailers are able to order as the lack of drivers has resulted in fewer wagons on the roads and therefore less space to transport goods between its depot and shops.
The Grocer understands products are also being returned to its Midlands Willenhall DC as the available drivers are running out of hours they are allowed to work. It comes as the relaxation to driver hours, which was implemented in 2020, came to an end on 31 March.