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brooklynite

(93,878 posts)
Thu Sep 12, 2019, 04:35 PM Sep 2019

Fruit, vegetables and wine will be scarce and costly under no-deal Brexit, warn retailers

Source: The Guardian

Fresh fruit, vegetables and wine are among the products likely to become scarcer and more expensive after a no-deal Brexit, according to a flurry of warnings issued by retailers and the drinks industry.

The department store chain John Lewis and the Co-op supermarket said customers’ weekly shop could be disrupted, amid concerns that retailers will have to fly in supplies if the chaos predicted in leaked government documents becomes a reality.

It came as the Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) criticised the government for “reneging” on plans for a nine-month suspension of paperwork on imports on wine, the UK’s most popular alcoholic drink, if no deal is reached with Brussels.

In an open letter to the Brexit ministers Michael Gove and Stephen Barclay, the WSTA said the added administrative burden on imports would force up the price of a bottle of wine by 10p, reduce choice and cost the thriving UK wine industry £70m.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/sep/12/co-op-boss-warns-of-no-deal-brexit-fresh-food-shortages-and-price-hikes



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Fruit, vegetables and wine will be scarce and costly under no-deal Brexit, warn retailers (Original Post) brooklynite Sep 2019 OP
Claiming wine will be scarce is complete bullshit cstanleytech Sep 2019 #1
Is there really no appetite at all for a re-vote? LiberalLovinLug Sep 2019 #2

cstanleytech

(26,084 posts)
1. Claiming wine will be scarce is complete bullshit
Thu Sep 12, 2019, 04:55 PM
Sep 2019

as Boris and Brexit supporters actually have an over abundance of whine.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,154 posts)
2. Is there really no appetite at all for a re-vote?
Thu Sep 12, 2019, 06:56 PM
Sep 2019

That's all I hear. What's done is done. Labour and Cons SUPPORT THE BREXIT VOTE.

Can't a case be made that there was a lot of disinformation spread before that referendum? Add to that a lot of new information about the cost of leaving the EU?

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