UK faces chilled food shortage over summer, logistics industry warns

Shortage of HGV drivers and workers exacerbated by Brexit and Covid is creating real crisis of food supplies'

Chilled food will struggle to reach some shops in the UK this summer, logistics organisations have warned, due to a lack of drivers and production workers.

A chronic shortage of HGV drivers, exacerbated by Brexit and Covid, is now running into unusually high summer demand as the end of lockdown and opening of hospitality combines with the UK's forced staycation.