[theo_luddite]

This article in the Grauniad shows two sides of the coin. Some producers have no issues, some do, however when you've a market that is easy to sell to and another one that is a bloody pain in the arse, who doesn't pay you for the full load because some is already a bit over-ripe due to delays of days, not hours at Calais (and the rest), realistically, who are you going to supply first?

Supermarket shelves have been devoid of certain items for weeks on end for the last year (the local Morrisons, Asda as examples of where I regularly shop), whether perishable or non-perishable. Not all of it is shipped in from abroad either. In the past, if a shelf was empty, it was because they hadn't restocked from the stuff in the back, just a timing issue. Now it's an almost permanent issue. Morrisons is a 5 minute walk for me so I don't need to do a humungo shop once per week and it's not down to bad timing on my part. If the useless woman(?) that is our Environment Secretary thinks we're all going to live on a diet of turnips, (neep soup, neep curry, neep risotto, neeps 'n' tatties alfredo, neeps and custard), well fine - but where the feck are the turnips this week you dumb assed @@@@@ let alone the softer fresh fruit and veg that is normally there?

https://amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproje...port-rules

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