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By *gent Coulson OP   Man
over a year ago

Secret hideaway in the pennines

Having just taken a stroll up to my local co-op supermarket to get some milk.

I was greeted by empty shelves where the fresh veg should be, empty fridges where the meat and dairy should be.

Is this the start of the feared food shortages as a result of the lack of hgv drivers

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By *ig1gaz1Man
over a year ago

bradford

So your just going to blamme the hgv then ?

What about the collection of the food at the farm processing before its set out.

Processing of the materials before storage into tins.

There loads of jobs where theres people involved.

Instead they blame driver shortages the industry they dont want to pay a decent wage too.

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By *rs mischiefWoman
over a year ago

Manchester

I've been to aldi many a time in the late afternoon and salad/fresh produce has been empty, but I assumed that's because they had sold out and restock doesn't happen until the night shifts

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By *om and JennieCouple
over a year ago

Chams or Socials

There’s lots of reasons for the shortages. We’ve been gifted a good sized chest freezer so I’m going to start bulk cooking & freezing leftovers again. I tend to use frozen veg anyway as we all like different ones & rarely all eat together so more cost effective.

J x

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

I've been having trouble getting essentials for months. I've been able to adapt, but it's less than ideal.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Most of our food chains are too long and energy wasteful. A reform or rethink is long overdue.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Grow your own veg

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

There's plenty of milk in my local Morrisons

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By *inky-MinxWoman
over a year ago

Grantham


"Most of our food chains are too long and energy wasteful. A reform or rethink is long overdue."

Very true

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By *iamondCougarWoman
over a year ago

Norfuck! / Lincolnshire

We relied heavily upon a European workforce that is no longer on tap in the UK ….

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By *innie The MinxWoman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet

Don't think I'm going to starve just yet.

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By *icolerobbieCouple
over a year ago

walsall


"We relied heavily upon a European workforce that is no longer on tap in the UK …. "

Maybe employ some of the unemployed? Seems like there are plenty of work opportunities.

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By *ady LickWoman
over a year ago

Northampton Somewhere

Most shops ive been in seem to have problems getting bottled water I've noticed.

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham


"We relied heavily upon a European workforce that is no longer on tap in the UK ….

Maybe employ some of the unemployed? Seems like there are plenty of work opportunities."

Can't force them though can you. Years ago I watched a documentary about migrant workers. Someone stood outside a job centre offering everyone that came out a job picking crops on a field. Very few took them up on the offer and a few even said 'give tye work to the Polish'.

Availability of jobs is not the only barrier to unemployment.

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham


"So your just going to blamme the hgv then ?

What about the collection of the food at the farm processing before its set out.

Processing of the materials before storage into tins.

There loads of jobs where theres people involved.

Instead they blame driver shortages the industry they dont want to pay a decent wage too."

That's what it's being blamed on in the media, no need to have a go at the op lol

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By *icolerobbieCouple
over a year ago

walsall


"We relied heavily upon a European workforce that is no longer on tap in the UK ….

Maybe employ some of the unemployed? Seems like there are plenty of work opportunities.

Can't force them though can you. Years ago I watched a documentary about migrant workers. Someone stood outside a job centre offering everyone that came out a job picking crops on a field. Very few took them up on the offer and a few even said 'give tye work to the Polish'.

Availability of jobs is not the only barrier to unemployment. "

Well the ones who want to and are capable will find work.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's the fallout of brexit and covid and the big ship that got stuck in the suez canal. Also they are struggling to find staff. Where I live the hospitality industry are very short staffed and you are right about lack of food in supermarkets I noticed this a few weeks back. We're all doomed

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By *ove2pleaseseukMan
over a year ago

Hastings

Is it more about wages with minimum going up do people want to do some jobs.

We have relied on chap for in labour for to long and prices will go up to pay worker a living wage to do jobs that bothers don't want to do..

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By *orksRockerMan
over a year ago

Bradford

Yeah, I noticed today that certain shelves are bare again... Hmmmm are some panic buying or buying is the transport system grinding...

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By *eah BabyCouple
over a year ago

Cheshire, Windermere ,Cumbria

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By *eah BabyCouple
over a year ago

Cheshire, Windermere ,Cumbria

A lot of HGV drivers have jumped on to the local van delivery jobs instead, due to everyone online shopping, it opened up big job opportunity’s in that area, agency driver rates for HGV drivers are rocketing so you get what this means, knock on affect, so how most people thought it was great to online shop with it being cheaper this is now brining on the closure of the shopping centres so prices will now rocket for online shopping, along with everything else including your weekly food shop as they have to pay those increasing HGV wages somehow.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"We relied heavily upon a European workforce that is no longer on tap in the UK …. "

Absolute tosh. A lot of polish drivers started to go back to Poland before brexit was a thing because wages there increased because of labour shortages. Why live and work in a foreign country with a high cost of living, when you can live in your home country earning similar money and have more of it left over at the end of the week because stuff isn't as expensive?

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By *den-Valley-coupleCouple
over a year ago

Cumbria


"Having just taken a stroll up to my local co-op supermarket to get some milk.

I was greeted by empty shelves where the fresh veg should be, empty fridges where the meat and dairy should be.

Is this the start of the feared food shortages as a result of the lack of hgv drivers"

Lol it's the coop that the best that get..

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