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the soft drinks aisle was a little short of bottles and cans but other shelves were full
The supply chain troubles caused by Brexit and the pandemic have been so bad for Satyan Patel that the shelves at his convenience store in central London are seriously lacking water and soft drinks.
"Last week I ran out of Coca-Cola. I haven't had large bottles of Evian for three weeks," said Patel.
"Without products, there's no business. With empty shelves like this, no one is going to come in the shop anyway," he added.
A wide range of businesses have suffered through shortages for several months in the UK -- from milkshakes at McDonald's to beer at a pub chain to mattresses at Ikea.
But shoppers are also facing empty shelves for things as basic as water and milk at UK supermarkets and grocery stores.
The coronavirus crisis has severely disrupted the global supply chain, but Britain's divorce from the European Union late last year has exacerbated the problem in the UK.
Shops are not getting products delivered to them as rules making it harder to hire EU citizens has left haulage companies with a drastic shortage of lorry drivers.
Many people who returned to their home countries from Britain during the lockdown have not returned.
Co-op, a cooperative supermarket group, said it was "impacted by some patchy distribution" to its deliveries but it was working with suppliers to re-stock quickly.
The group said it was recruiting 3,000 temporary workers "to keep depots working to capacity and stores stocked as quickly as possible".
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According to recent estimates, the UK currently faces a shortage of about 100,000 lorry drivers.
"We had already decided to reduce our stock because of Covid... but now we're finding it hard to get some products as well because they're just not available," Patel said.
At a supermarket near his store, the soft drinks aisle was a little short of bottles and cans but other shelves were full.
But 22-year-old sales assistant Toma said the situation was grim.
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Shocker. Racist voters get sucked by lying pols to vote against their own interests.
Sounds familiar.
the soft drinks aisle was a little short of bottles and cans but other shelves were full
What Brexit, RG? They've repudiated Brexit every day since it was decided, like you all resisted President Trump every day after he beat Hillary.
Where the do you think they learned that tact from?
Very prophetic.
“It’s going to disappear. It is disappearing.”
- President Trump
Mother er Biden made it appear again,,,30 stacks of High Society is comin, Effy. And I'm a totin' it.
This is what happens when you f*ck with the economy, ass clown OP.
This is what big government intrusion results in tbh. Very foreseeable.
Odd, my faucet has water. In fact, every faucet inside and outside my home has water available, with plenty filtered water inside.
I cannot help you with milk, maybe Winehole is lactating though.
Its done.
Now its time to see the manifestations of shooting yourself in the face.
There is already a long list. Basically they have made themselves a significantly poorer nation.
Damn globalism and trading with foreign countries.
fkn Marco Polo...
He runs a store dumb .
And why do you filter your water?
You dont like the Edward's aquifer you old fart?
Or you got lead pipes as ancient as your brain.
And yes we know YOU will sit down to a nice cup of coffee tomorrow.
Just sitting there drinking your coffee and maintaining your rights.
(They) never exited, peeg, just like (you) never accepted President Trump as President of the United States.
"If I can't have my way I'll just resist them every which way I can till I get my way. Damn, I feel better now. Now I know why the Yanks did it."
High mineral level here, lines will clog and shower/tub/toilet will show hard water stains.
This isn't rocket science. Water softeners and filtration systems are common place here.
​Those are for the pipes and for the soap to be more effective, not for YOUR body internally.
CaCO2 is perfectly fine unless you are afflicted with kidney stones. In fact the sodium levels in water softners aint gonna help your high blood pressure old man. Ca is not a bad thing at all for you wife. By pass your softner and drink some of the best water cleansed by limestone (CaCO2).
Thank you Mr. Rocket science...
Well you ing idiot, do you expect me to run outside to drink from the hose?
Cliff Clavin strikes again.
isn't ST great?
Its your body you fkn idiot.Well you ing idiot, do you expect me to run outside to drink from the hose?
Sof er is clearly worse for old farts like you than CaCO2.
I have a water softner as well. And a line come off of that to water the lawn.
You cant fill a water dispenser and then use your filter? Hard on the old man's back?
Sure is.
When know it all's like you step into the trench of ignorance.
Wait until someone asks you. You seem personally affected by this, you re ed .
You're not playing with a full deck. I'm sure you hear this a lot.
my s are dry, fwiw
Im not playing with a full deck from a guy who claims he writes for Popular Science.
Thanks for giving credence to sanity.
Just dont pretend like you understand something when you dont and I wont bust your chops.
And you did not even read the article. The guy was selling bottled water IN LONDON and where ever else and you smartly claim you drink water out of your tap like the home pro tip guy in the SA area.
Just stfu and you will be fine.
Looks like toilet paper shortages are coming again. Costco and Sams limiting purchases to one bundle.
Roundhouse kicked their own nuts.
There will be more.
And the EU is far from perfect. The Uk got a ton of concessions from the EU but the tories had to make it into "we dont want the Pakis taking over, they smell." They went for the "foreigners out package" and lost big time.
My blood pressure is fine. Never had a kidney stone. Didn't ask for your analysis. Stick to impressing your uneducated friends and audience, Cliff.
I don't live in SA
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