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Brexit may not be helping matters, but it certainly isn't responsible for those shortages. Every western country is facing the same issues. Schools near me in

Brexit may not be helping matters, but it certainly isn't responsible for those shortages. Every western country is facing the same issues. Schools near me in (not UK) are struggling to feed students lunch because the companies they had contracted to deliver their food dont have enough drivers. One company a state over just cancelled their contract with nearly 60 rural schools because they simply aren't able to deliver.

Symbiote 5y ago
It helps if you say which country you're referring to. Maybe the USA? i.e. [1]. As far as I've heard, the EU doesn't have these problems. It's only the UK. (I can't speak all the languages, but I asked friends from Denmark, Germany, Portugal, Spain and Italy if they'd seen reports of shortages in supermarkets and restaurants, but none have.) The American problem looks fixable with vaccination, testing etc. A lot of drivers in Britain left the country, and there isn't a short-term fix. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/27/us/politics/schools-labor-supply-shortages.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/27/us/politics/schools-labor...
- zdragnar 5y ago
  You should ask more people, the driver shortage in various EU countries has been pretty widely reported. For example, https://www.ft.com/content/e8ca2a08-308c-4324-8ed2-d788b074aa6c https://www.ft.com/content/e8ca2a08-308c-4324-8ed2-d788b074a...
  - Symbiote 5y ago
    I don't have an FT subscription. Driver shortages have been reported across the EU, but as far as I'm aware, food and fuel shortages are only in the UK. e.g. https://trans.info/en/there-s-a-europe-wide-hgv-driver-shortage-so-why-do-uk-supply-chains-seem-more-disrupted-254524 https://trans.info/en/there-s-a-europe-wide-hgv-driver-short...
    - zdragnar 5y ago
      I don't have one either, but the page didn't have any sort of paywall when I opened it. Sorry if one popped up for you :/
Bayart 5y ago
>Every western country is facing the same issues. There's none of that in France, at least not for every day consumer goods. The prices of energy however have skyrocketed and semi-conductors are as lacking as anywhere else.

Symbiote 5y ago

It helps if you say which country you're referring to. Maybe the USA? i.e. [1]. As far as I've heard, the EU doesn't have these problems. It's only the UK. (I can't speak all the languages, but I asked friends from Denmark, Germany, Portugal, Spain and Italy if they'd seen reports of shortages in supermarkets and restaurants, but none have.) The American problem looks fixable with vaccination, testing etc. A lot of drivers in Britain left the country, and there isn't a short-term fix. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/27/us/politics/schools-labor-supply-shortages.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/27/us/politics/schools-labor...

zdragnar 5y ago
You should ask more people, the driver shortage in various EU countries has been pretty widely reported. For example, https://www.ft.com/content/e8ca2a08-308c-4324-8ed2-d788b074aa6c https://www.ft.com/content/e8ca2a08-308c-4324-8ed2-d788b074a...
- Symbiote 5y ago
  I don't have an FT subscription. Driver shortages have been reported across the EU, but as far as I'm aware, food and fuel shortages are only in the UK. e.g. https://trans.info/en/there-s-a-europe-wide-hgv-driver-shortage-so-why-do-uk-supply-chains-seem-more-disrupted-254524 https://trans.info/en/there-s-a-europe-wide-hgv-driver-short...
  - zdragnar 5y ago
    I don't have one either, but the page didn't have any sort of paywall when I opened it. Sorry if one popped up for you :/

Bayart 5y ago

>Every western country is facing the same issues. There's none of that in France, at least not for every day consumer goods. The prices of energy however have skyrocketed and semi-conductors are as lacking as anywhere else.