The era when British shoppers can expect to pick whatever they want on supermarket shelves anytime, anywhere is over.
The boss of the Food and Beverage Federation said that part of the reason for the shortage of truck drivers is that they switch to online Retailer And start to deliver Amazon And Tesco.
The agency’s chief executive, Ian Wright, said these jobs usually have better working hours and pay.
The farm-to-fork supply chain lacks approximately 500,000 of the 4 million people who normally work in the industry.
Part of this will come from EU nationals who left the UK during the pandemic Brexit He said.
In recent months, many companies have reported serious problems in their supply chains, resulting in empty shelves in some stores or forcing restaurants to remove items from their menus.
Mr. Wright told the audience at an event organized by the Government Research Institute: “The situation will get worse, and it won’t get better soon after it gets worse.”
The situation will get worse and will not get better soon after it gets worse
He added: “As a result of the labor shortage, the continuous just-in-time system supermarket, Convenience stores and restaurants-so the food has reached the shelf or kitchen when you need it-no longer work.
“And I don’t think it will work again, I think we will see that we are now in a permanent shortage. These shortages now do not mean you will run out of food.”
But just as the supply of bottled water in most of eastern England ran out last week, suppliers will decide to prioritize products that can bring them higher profits.
“This is a first-world problem. If you don’t get bottled water, no one will lose it completely,” Mr. Wright said.
“But what is changing now is that British shoppers and consumers may have expected that almost all the products they wanted were always on the shelf or in the restaurant.
“This is over, I don’t think it will come back.”
