AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |
Back to Blog
Food stockpile4/10/2023 “We'd most likely see price increases, reductions in supply and potentially some specialist imported cheeses disappearing off our shelves.” Pasta and rice “I find it hard to believe that a no-deal Brexit wouldn't impact our dairy supply in a pretty significant way,” says Nikhil Datta, co-author of the Arla/LSE research. But the Irish food production sector is worried about border checks and delays, and believes 50,000 jobs could be lost in the country.Īnd don’t even think about cheese. The Republic of Ireland produces nearly 10 billion litres of milk a year – the majority of which goes into the British market. MilkĪnd we mean dry cereal: Elliott says the joke used to be that the British begrudgingly fed the Irish now Ireland feeds the British. “And a lot of yoghurt comes from mainland Europe, driven by prices.” As a result, supermarket shelves may become barer in the weeks after Brexit – and you could have to switch to dry cereal. “The UK imports nearly all the yoghurt it eats,” says Elliott. In a press release accompanying the release of the report, the MD of the company that commissioned it said yoghurt could become an "occasional luxury."' “It’s the moment at which we switch over to much greater dependence of imports.” YoghurtĪ report commissioned by dairy giant Arla and published last year by the London School of Economics makes for sobering reading. “One of the reasons October 31 is bad timing is that it’s right at the end of the British growing season,” says Rycroft.
0 Comments
Read More
Leave a Reply. |