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As with Covid, I think one major contributor is the inflexibility of the supermarket supply chains. Even when local supermarkets have been missing cucumbers or
by b800h 4y ago
As with Covid, I think one major contributor is the inflexibility of the supermarket supply chains. Even when local supermarkets have been missing cucumbers or something, they have been readily available, at slightly higher prices, at small shops.
Right at the beginning you could say that was down to profiteering, but from what I've seen the supply network for these places flexed and was able to reconfigure a lot more quickly because it's less monolithic.
- the_mitsuhiko 4y agoWhy is this a uniquely British problem?
- b800h 4y agoWe have pinch points at the English Channel, which probably doesn't help. I expect that means that the delivery system is more "release train" and less "agile". Also, it's worth noting that it's not uniquely British; the Irish have had the same problems.
- YeGoblynQueenne 4y agoLooks like Agile to me: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/60111856 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/60111856 (source: worked as a mainframe engineer in an "Agile" team a large financial corp).
- dazc 4y agoThe people who complain about shortages of produce are the same people who complain prices being too high. As a consequence, supermarkets have become reliant on overseas producers who, sometimes, are not able to meet demand. People want to buy locally produced fruit and vegetables but they do not want the people who pick it to have a decent standard of living.
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- dazc 4y agoI saw a lady with a basket full of cucumbers in the supermarket the other day. I have never in my life bought a single cucumber and managed to consume the whole thing before it has gone off. I can sympathize with supermarkets having to try and mitigate every panic buying frenzy that the media are all too willing to encourage.
- rcme 4y ago> I saw a lady with a basket full of cucumbers in the supermarket the other day. I have never in my life bought a single cucumber and managed to consume the whole thing before it has gone off. I think this is more of a reflection on you than it is on frenzied buying. It's pretty easy to eat multiple cucumbers a week if you like them.
- dazc 4y agoApologies for being judgemental, buying a basket full of cucumbers (it was actually every cucumber on the shelf, at the time) is in no way selfish, especially on the same day that a shortage of cucumbers makes headline news?