Asda and Sainsbury’s customers furious as turkeys and festive food missing from deliveries
Updated: 21 Dec 2020, 16:48
ASDA and Sainsbury’s customers are furious after finding turkeys and other festive food missing from online deliveries.
Shoppers had pre-ordered turkeys and delivery slots up to two months ago only to find they now face going cold turkey as items are now out of stock.
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Customers from Asda, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose have taken to social media to complain.
“I would like to know why I bothered pre ordering my turkey from yourself,” one Asda customer said.
They added: “As it s now out of stock[.] I need to remove it from my delivery tomorrow.”
Sainsbury s reveal food that could be missing from shelves. (PA/Canva) Sainsbury’s has warned that some products could be missing from shelves in the coming days due to restrictions at ports amid the ongoing border crisis. The warning comes as Boris Johnson is set to hold crisis talks today after France banned lorries from travelling from the UK. With France suspending all traffic from the UK for 48 hours, it raised fears that trade flows could be severely disrupted while passengers across Europe could be left stranded in the final run-up to Christmas. However, the supermarket confirmed food for a traditional Christmas lunch is available and already in the country so disruptions should not affect celebrations this Christmas.
Sainsbury s reveal food that could be missing from shelves. (PA/Canva) Sainsbury’s has warned that some products could be missing from shelves in the coming days due to restrictions at ports amid the ongoing border crisis. The warning comes as Boris Johnson is set to hold crisis talks today after France banned lorries from travelling from the UK. With France suspending all traffic from the UK for 48 hours, it raised fears that trade flows could be severely disrupted while passengers across Europe could be left stranded in the final run-up to Christmas. However, the supermarket confirmed food for a traditional Christmas lunch is available and already in the country so disruptions should not affect celebrations this Christmas.
Sainsbury s reveal food that could be missing from shelves. (PA/Canva) Sainsbury’s has warned that some products could be missing from shelves in the coming days due to restrictions at ports amid the ongoing border crisis. The warning comes as Boris Johnson is set to hold crisis talks today after France banned lorries from travelling from the UK. With France suspending all traffic from the UK for 48 hours, it raised fears that trade flows could be severely disrupted while passengers across Europe could be left stranded in the final run-up to Christmas. However, the supermarket confirmed food for a traditional Christmas lunch is available and already in the country so disruptions should not affect celebrations this Christmas.
Britain s two biggest supermarkets have warned gaps may start to appear on shelves within days due to France s ban on hauliers taking freight across the Channel from the UK.
The French action is over fears around the spread of a new, more infectious strain of coronavirus which is prevalent in London and southeast England.
Tesco and Sainsbury s said there would be shortages on products including lettuce, cauliflowers and citrus fruit if transport ties with the continent are not restored quickly.
However, the supermarkets said they had plenty of food for Christmas available in stores.
Their warning echoed a statement from the Food and Drink Federation (FDF), which said that fresh food supplies face serious disruption over Christmas.