Sunday Times: Stores set to stockpile food
Todays Sunday Times is reporting:
Ministers are in talks with supermarkets about emergency food reserves in case fuel protests lead to shortages at shops. The government wants to ensure retailers and suppliers can continue to sell basics such as meat, bread and milk if hauliers bring the country to a halt. They have asked supermarkets to make contingency plans “in case the infrastructure of the country breaks down”. Among those who have taken part are farmers, dairies, bakeries and supermarkets. Having spent half of my childhood in the UK. And a lot of adulthood, such headlines are very unusual. Fear seems the motif of our times. There might well be reasons for genuine concerns, although I would question if the ‘Hauliers’ are the real reason. The Army would normally be expected to do the hauliers work in a situation of food shortages. Perhaps there are concerns for food shortages full stop.
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