Food Industry Head Warns of Permanent Food Shortfalls in UK

The United Kingdom faces potentially permanent shortages of food and drink items due to a 500,000-worker shortage, Ian Wright, head of the Food and Drink Federation, said, Bloomberg reported Sept. 10. Due to a lack of truck drivers, slaughtermen and engineers, supply chains have been completely upended in the British food industry, Wright said. This is due, in part, to European Union nations returning to the trade bloc after Brexit, Wright said at a webinar hosted by the Institute for Government think tank. “It’s going to get worse, and it’s not going to get better after getting worse any time soon,” he said. The prime minister's office rejected the claims, Bloomberg said.