The British groan about empty shelves in supermarkets – a result of labor shortages and delivery bottlenecks.
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London Sausages in a dressing gown are a Christmas classic in the UK. The excitement was therefore great when Andrew Keeble, head of the English sausage manufacturer Heck, recently warned his compatriots of possible delivery bottlenecks during the holidays. The reason: Many slaughterhouses have cut production due to the acute labor shortage in the kingdom and are delivering less meat.
Keeble himself is also desperately looking for staff. His son Roddy even got a truck driver’s license to deliver goods because there are too few truck drivers. “Everyone has their opinion why there are these bottlenecks,” said the entrepreneur of the “Daily Mail”. “The truth is that numerous Eastern Europeans have gone home and don’t want to come back. They don’t feel welcome after Brexit, which is a shame. “
Nine months after Brexit, the UK is a country at the limit. If the supply of “pigs in blankets” is no longer even guaranteed, something must be wrong.
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