Eight million Britons unable to buy essential food items in last fortnight

Re:Eight million Britons unable to buy essential food items ... by dTal on Saturday October 09, 2021 @12:27PM (#28811178)

Congratulations, you're not one of the 8 million.

Meanwhile my parents had to eat cupboard food for dinner because their local Co-op looked like this: https://imgur.com/a/a2aEaxG

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Re:Eight million Britons unable to buy essential food items ... by cbozeman on Sunday October 10, 2021 @12:56AM (#28815856)

"Thanks Brexit"... and not "thanks worldwide supply chain disruption partially caused by a pandemic and ridiculous overreaction to it".

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Re:Eight million Britons unable to buy essential food items ... by jonathanleane on Saturday October 09, 2021 @08:00PM (#28814466)

Can I use these pics in an article?

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Re:Eight million Britons unable to buy essential food items ... by dTal on Saturday October 09, 2021 @08:57PM (#28814810)

They're potato-quality but sure why not?

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Re:Eight million Britons unable to buy essential food items ... by 0898 on Saturday October 09, 2021 @04:35PM (#28813042)

There’s only a few things missing. Just choose different veg?

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Re:Eight million Britons unable to buy essential food items ... by nickkell on Saturday October 09, 2021 @04:42PM (#28813109)

I don't think they want recipe tips, they're just highlighting there's a lot of produce missing from the shelves

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Re:Eight million Britons unable to buy essential food items ... by Socketier on Sunday October 10, 2021 @07:27AM (#28817579)

Having less variety of food l and "having to eat cupboard food" don't really go hand in hand. It's not essentials, they're luxurious options.

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Re:Eight million Britons unable to buy essential food items ... by dTal on Sunday October 10, 2021 @03:28PM (#28821213)

I'm glad you think meat is an inessential luxury item. I suspect it's a viewpoint we're all going to have to embrace before long.

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Re:Eight million Britons unable to buy essential food items ... by goldenkey on Sunday October 10, 2021 @11:25PM (#28824328)

It is a luxury item in most of the world where large livestock are needed to pull heavy equipment.

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