Oh look Crockett must be pissed again . The shelves in Bordeaux are full . It must be so because Owen Jones/The Guardian say so . So you believe this even if it is not true. Because your political beliefs mean you cannot have an open mind .
How about if you've travelled to Europe in the past fortnight or so, seen the full supermarket shelves, spoken to people who live there and asked if they've had any shortages and been told, 'No, not really.' And then you return home to find you can only sporadically get peppers in Waitrose? Sorry, Asda. How about if you know someone who works in supermarket supply logistics who has said that fresh produce gets on our shelves considerably older than it used to pre-Brexit, meaning that the shortened lifespan of the stuff that gets into the country makes it hard to keep shelves replenished as fully as they used to be. Of course it's a complex picture not served very well by someone popping into their supermarket and taking a photo of a full / empty shelf and saying: "See!" Or is that a bourgeoisie anecdote rather than evidence? Thing is, this whole 'it's no better anywhere else' argument really is the equivalent of walking round with a balaclava on with the eye holes facing the wrong way.
This a very interesting point, I was in Tesco a few days ago and it seemed that almost all of the salad items only had a day or two of "life" in them.
As a regular visitor to Spain, I can say that they definitely do not have the same level of supply issues, especially when it comes to fresh goods, as we do. Yes, they have had some issues since Covid and I would say the choice in supermarkets is a little bit less than it was before the pandemic. But it is minor in comparison to our issues. As I said before, Covid has had an impact on supply chains but so has Brexit. The only reason we are suffering more than the EU countries is the latter.
I agree. Which ever way you want to spin it. The effects of COVID are now starting to be assessed more clearly. The effectiveness of that can be measured in time, good or bad. The Governments lack of enthusiasm for research into the effects is worrying, but I think we all knew there would be risks. Brexit does play a part, for sure. But it is a price worth paying, from my point of view (that the intention was to get out of that poop-show). It may sound crass of me to say that, but then some people think that the effects on lives, the economy, ecology, etc., of the Ukrainian war on fuel and food is also worth paying. So I don't think it is that out of order. Not likening Ukraine to Brexit. Just pointing out the things people will take into consideration when weighing up the odds.
There was a report here during the week that fruit and veg was getting short due to weather causing crop failure through Europe, I must say we haven't noticed it yet. The report stated that you guys were having a much greater issue due to the fact that exporters from Europe would prefer deal with EU countries as it is less paperwork. I'm going over for a match in March and I might just out of interest visit a supermarket to see first hand if I notice any change in your goods since Brexit
Your lame attempt to appear working class will butter no parsnips with Davy Crockett who only shops at Bejam and Somerfield - everything else is for Champagne Socialists.
I think that is true of many prepared goods too. Oddly things like Hummus seem to have shorter best before dates. I guessed that was because of labour shortages in food production in the Uk since covid/BREXIT led to many Eastern European workers returning to nations of origin.
https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/u...st-ein-a-0c222f0d-ed75-425c-af7a-7cc34886d9da Der Spiegel reporting on British shortages of vegetables...no mention of Germany having similar issues.
