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Thread to note supply shortages in the shops

Tesco has been out of own brand leaf tea in both Carmarthen and Pembroke Dock for the last 3 months or so. I had to pay twice as much for Yorkshire tea instead. :mad:
 
In sainsburys i have been able to get Hubbards hot chocolate for the last few months not sure weather it's been discontinued or not?
 
The fruit and veg shops by me are suffering. The long standing fruit (and a bit of veg) stall on the main drag had been closed for at least a month. I seldom used it as quality was often questionable. The main veg shop I don't use very often as the prices have been a bit much for years.

My preferred veg shop, which is further away but generally great if you shop seasonally and imaginatively is starting to look a bit limited and pricey too. I was looking to score a good selection there this morning, but only came away with 2 OK sized butternut squashes for a quid, a big bag of garlic for a quid and an 80p aubergine. Everything else was just more than I was prepared to pay for.

I've not made kimchi for a couple of months as I just can't justify paying £2 for a napa cabbage.

My local Chinese supermarket is starting to look a bit limited as well.

I know its February and the lean time for veg but I can't recall seeing the offerings this poor in years. I think I'll have to try and turn as much of the garden over to veg as possible this year
 
nogojones said:
The fruit and veg shops by me are suffering. The long standing fruit (and a bit of veg) stall on the main drag had been closed for at least a month. I seldom used it as quality was often questionable. The main veg shop I don't use very often as the prices have been a bit much for years.

My preferred veg shop, which is further away but generally great if you shop seasonally and imaginatively is starting to look a bit limited and pricey too. I was looking to score a good selection there this morning, but only came away with 2 OK sized butternut squashes for a quid, a big bag of garlic for a quid and an 80p aubergine. Everything else was just more than I was prepared to pay for.

I've not made kimchi for a couple of months as I just can't justify paying £2 for a napa cabbage.

My local Chinese supermarket is starting to look a bit limited as well.

I know its February and the lean time for veg but I can't recall seeing the offerings this poor in years. I think I'll have to try and turn as much of the garden over to veg as possible this year
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See you on the gardening thread.
 
Ive stopped buying veg from the supermarket and just eating what I get in veg box. Its all seasonal and top quality and £16 for 2 weeks I reckon it works out bout the same as supermarket really. Prices have gone up a lot.

I have noticed shortages of various biscuits including Nairns oat biscuits with chia and coconut but now they are back suddenly. Still massive shortage of eggs. Shortages of some kinds of chocolate too in Waitrose t'other day.
 
existentialist said:
Tesco has been out of own brand leaf tea in both Carmarthen and Pembroke Dock for the last 3 months or so. I had to pay twice as much for Yorkshire tea instead. :mad:
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I have not been able to get my favourite brew for a year or more now and seeing this Ive just checked and it's still missing :(
 
Why is it Lidl and Aldi are mostly full of produce but the big four supermarkets have empty shelves? Could it be about paying suppliers in full and on time? See also paying lorry drivers decent wages instead of shite?
 
My village shop was almost out of milk today, they don't get deliveries every day and I can never remember which days it is.
 
What an excellent time for me to finally for the first time in my life finish eating through the massive stash of canned tomatoes and pasta sauces that were cluttering up my kitchen :facepalm:
 
Bingoman said:
supermarkets reckon this will last for a couple more weeks
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I think that it's wishful thinking. If my understanding is correct it's going to be a few years yet and even longer for prices to get back to where they were a few years ago.

TopCat said:
Why is it Lidl and Aldi are mostly full of produce but the big four supermarkets have empty shelves? Could it be about paying suppliers in full and on time? See also paying lorry drivers decent wages instead of shite?
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One main reason is in comparison they are late comers and have been better able to adapt. They are not completely immune however.

Over the last thirtyish years most supply chains have moved to a 'just-in-time' supply chain model. This has the benefit of being cheaper and more efficient and has allowed cost savings to be passed onto the end consumer. It has however come at the cost of supply chain resilience.

Major supermarkets used to have distribution wearhouses at their core. Suppliers used to deliver entire lorry loads to these, stock was built up and sent out as required to stores.

Then someone realised lorries and wearhouses are expensive. Wouldn't it be a better idea to get the supplier lorries to deliver partial loads as required to stores? This has worked well until the mix of COVID and Brexit.

Supply chains that have been built in thirty years have been destroyed in three. The likes of Aldi and Lidl are coping better because they have expanded in this environment. Rather than making efficiency savings they have been investing in the distribution wearhouse model and don't have direct store deliveries. Of course they are not perfect and there's pros and cons to the different approaches.

it's not just supermarkets and is an issue for most if not all supply chains. From bread to cars just about everything has been impacted by similar issues. Supply chains are the economy and it needs to improve urgently or the future isn't going to be great....
 
WWWeed said:
I think that it's wishful thinking. If my understanding is correct it's going to be a few years yet and even longer for prices to get back to where they were a few years ago.


One main reason is in comparison they are late comers and have been better able to adapt. They are not completely immune however.

Over the last thirtyish years most supply chains have moved to a 'just-in-time' supply chain model. This has the benefit of being cheaper and more efficient and has allowed cost savings to be passed onto the end consumer. It has however come at the cost of supply chain resilience.

Major supermarkets used to have distribution wearhouses at their core. Suppliers used to deliver entire lorry loads to these, stock was built up and sent out as required to stores.

Then someone realised lorries and wearhouses are expensive. Wouldn't it be a better idea to get the supplier lorries to deliver partial loads as required to stores? This has worked well until the mix of COVID and Brexit.

Supply chains that have been built in thirty years have been destroyed in three. The likes of Aldi and Lidl are coping better because they have expanded in this environment. Rather than making efficiency savings they have been investing in the distribution wearhouse model and don't have direct store deliveries. Of course they are not perfect and there's pros and cons to the different approaches.

it's not just supermarkets and is an issue for most of not all supply chains. From bread to cars just about everything has been impacted by similar issues. Supply chains are the economy and it needs to improve urgently or the future isn't going to be great....
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That’s all good but crucially the big four refused to pay supplier invoices on time during the pandemic. With the accompanying threat of no future business if they didn’t agree to the deal break. This was widespread with the big four.

Meanwhile lidl and Aldi were advancing invoice payments to support supplier expansion.
 
TopCat said:
That’s all good but crucially the big four refused to pay supplier invoices on time during the pandemic. With the accompanying threat of no future business if they didn’t agree to the deal break. This was widespread with the big four.

Meanwhile lidl and Aldi were advancing invoice payments to support supplier expansion.
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It's certainly another factor and makes a bad situation worse. I guess that's what you can do when you have a large percentage of a market

There a lot of shitty situations going on at the same time unfortunately.

Another one is people are buying more than usual as they are not sure when their local shop will have stock again.
 
Plenty of big “family” bags of tomatoes in Lidl tonight. Didn’t need any though

I’ve found non bio laundry powder to be a bit hard to find
 
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