'We should get used to the fact that occasionally empty shelves...is going to be the new normal,' said the chief executive of the Food and Drink Federation.
Officials have told British citizens to"carry on as normal" amid supply shortages, according to the Associated Press.
As concern over the disruption mounts, the haulage industry is pressing the government to loosen immigration rules and recruit more drivers from Europe to avert Christmas shortages of turkeys and toys. "It opens up the opportunities," 31-year-old Stephen Thrower, who works as a van driver but is training on trucks, said."It's more of a job for life."
An instructor watches as a learner truck driver practices reversing at the National Driving Centre in Croydon, South London, on Wednesday.Britain's trucking industry is lobbying for truck drivers to be added to the"shortage occupation list," which would make it easier to recruit drivers from Europe. There are similar calls from Britain's farming and food processing industries, which are short of fruit pickers and meat packers.
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