Supermarket food products that may be missing from shelves amid border crisis
Sainsbury s has published a list of items that may be missing from their shelves due to problems at the border
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Lorries queue on the M20 on December 21, 2020 in Sellindge, England.
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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.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Gaps will start to appear on British supermarket shelves within days if transport ties with mainland Europe are not quickly restored, the UK’s two biggest grocers warned on Monday.
Freight from France is being disrupted as part of a wider suspension of travel links with Britain to try to curb a new faster spreading strain of COVID-19.
The French government has closed its border to arrivals from Britain for 48 hours, which means no lorries can leave the English port of Dover, the main gateway to Europe.
Market leader Tesco and No. 2 player Sainsbury’s both said if the disruption continued food supplies would be impacted.
Newark: Tesco latest supermarket to warn of fresh food shortages within days due to France s ban on hauliers
| Updated: 11:19, 22 December 2020
Tesco is the latest supermarket to warn gaps may begin to appear on shelves within days, due to France s ban on hauliers taking freight to its shores.
The French have responded in fear over the new variant of the coronavirus, currently prevalent in London and the South East â but is expected to surge across the country.
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 sorted soon.
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BRITAIN faces a human disaster unless there s a full New Year lockdown with Tier 4 everywhere, a Sage scientist has said.
Professor Robert West warned the UK was facing catastrophe after Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance said the new strain has already spread everywhere in the UK.
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Shoppers filled a temporarily-pedestrianised Regent Street in London before Tier 4 restriction were enforcedCredit: Getty Images - Getty
Sir Patrick said last night the new Covid strain was spreading at terrifying speed and Sage scientist Professor West, a psychologist at University College London, called for intensified efforts to stop the virus in its tracks.