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No-Deal Brexit Will Bring Food Shortages Despite Assurances, Supermarkets Warn

Retailers have warned that there will be shortages of fresh food coupled with potential price rises if there is a no-deal Brexit.

The body representing supermarkets and other chains told MPs that they could not understand why Michael Gove had claimed otherwise in a BBC interview over the weekend.

Read the full article on The Guardian website

NAM Implications:
  • Given UK rapid rotation in retail, stockpiling is rarely an option…pre-Christmas or not…
  • Best for UK-based suppliers to gear up for increased demand…
  • …using price rises to limit offtake.
  • Not the best way of making friends…but will keep you in business.