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Waitrose deliveries being cancelled due to staff absences
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Where have all the water bottles gone? Supply shortages lead to bare shelves
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Missing products from supermarket shelves listed after covid and heatwave hit
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FOOD producers’ representatives have warned the supply chain is on the brink of collapse as shelves empty and firms brace for a future of Covid-closures and produce availability dictated by already decimated staffing levels. The Brexit labour shortage backdrop created by Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government means many businesses are not prepared to tackle the latest set-back in the fight against coronavirus. The British Meat Processors’ Association said “food supply chains are right on the edge of failing”, and despite UK Environment Secretary George Eustice announcing some workers will be exempt from self-isolating if they’re pinged by the NHS app, businesses say they are still missing key details.
Supermarkets have reassured customers there is no need to panic buy following pictures of half-empty shelves and reports of temporary shortages.
A “perfect storm” of aggravating factors lies behind the problem. What are they and how long will the situation go on for?
– The test-and-trace system, aka the ‘pingdemic’
On Thursday the British Retail Consortium (BRC) spoke on behalf of the UK’s supermarkets warning that staff shortages, caused by huge numbers of healthy workers self-isolating after being pinged by NHS Test and Trace, was “putting increasing pressure on retailers’ ability to maintain opening hours and keep shelves stocked”.
The empty sausage and burger section of the freezer aisle at a Sainsbury supermarket (PA)