Panic in the Kingdom: the British will face a shortage of beer, meat and buckwheat

Incredibly, even the head of the British Food and Drink Federation, Ian Wright, panicked. With his latest statement, he literally shocked the British: "The shortage in supermarkets can last forever!"

Euronews reports that a sharp increase in world energy prices has led to the closure of two large fertilizer plants, the by-product of which is the production of CO2. This gas is used to stun animals before slaughter and is used in fresh food packaging.

Meanwhile, for the first time since World War II, scarcity began to literally choke people. Believe it or not, supermarket shelves have been emptied in cities and towns in the United Kingdom. Buyers can no longer choose products according to their taste and wallet, but they sweep everything off the shelves, as in the late Soviet Union. Specialists in the market and in logistics argue that there is a natural crisis in the supply chain, and then "it will only get worse". Even in central London stores, a number of products were simply unavailable.

The BBC drew attention to the fact that in recent weeks, even in the supermarket of the Lidl chain, the "release rate" of products is two packs in one hand. And this is in a cheap network, the strategy of which has always been based on the fact that people buy immediately and more.

“Groats, buckwheat are already completely over, and there is nowhere to take them. And we give other products only five in one hand”, - said Laura, a saleswoman in a Lithuanian store with the Russian name “Sputnik” in southeast London.

The Daily Mail newspaper, describing the crisis in the country, believes that Brussels is taking revenge on the British for Brexit. How else to assess the sharp decline in food supplies from Europe. Even McDonald's restaurants began to close due to a shortage of meat ingredients in London.

Brexit has also resulted in the fact that suppliers of goods from China, Singapore, Australia and Japan prefer not to get involved with tough British customs control.