Brexit now affecting supermarkets?

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Tesco has dropped all 200 of Unilever's brands from store shelves, over a dispute over pricing.

Unilever is blaming Brexit as the reason for wanting a 10% price increase for supply of it's products.

Whereas, MPs are saying Unilever are just using Brexit as a smokescreen to raise prices.

Unilever own some of the biggest brands in the UK - Persil, PG Tips, Dove, Hellmans etc.

And with Tesco's being the UKs biggest supermarket chain, this can't be good (other supermarkets have also said they would drop the brands as opposed to absorbing a price hike).

Do you think Brexit is really now affecting our supermarket shelves?

Sorry for the source (but would imagine it's in others too as heard it on the radio) HERE

I rarely use supermarkets now if I can help it. If you use your local markets and independent Butchers, Fishmongers, greengrocers, bakery, etc it's far cheaper and obviously you aren't buying all the crap that supermarkets sell.

gilly their prices will rise shortly too.

No I don't think it's anything to do with Brexit.

The £ has collapsed, we import most of our food, do you really see no connection? Unless you believe the collapse in the £ is nothing to do with the vote on the 23rd June, is that it? Are you saying the GBP would have sunk anyway?

please remind me how much home grown tea we produce?

They grow tea in Scotland now! weeteacompany.com

You can all drink that! Although.... it is grown in Scotland and who knows if we'll still be part of the same country....

Toast

Why will local prices increase?
Do you mean supermarkets won't be able to get fresh food so local suppliers will be the only providers and put prices up because of this?

fake that's awesome. So basically we need to turn all of Scotland into a tea producing zone. I'm sure no one will mind as long as there's tea

gilly their costs will rise and this will be passed onto consumers just like the big supermarkets/suppliers

fake I think the current story is that absolutely nothing is happening, if something is happening it would have happened anyway, and if something is happening that would have happened anyway it's the fault of Remainers . HTH.

gilly independent grocers, butchers, fishmongers and bakers in places like my area are few and far between. We have exactly one of each around us, one in each of 4 towns, between 10-20 mins drive between each town. It takes a lot of dedication, time and a car to access these places. It would be impossible on public transport. The closest working market is an hour away on the motorway.

Oh and they definitely, definitely are not cheaper than supermarkets.

You are very lucky if you have independent, accessible shops around you that can compete with supermarkets.

I expect the fall of the pound will affect independents the same (if not more) as the supermarkets.

gilly the UK is not self supporting in terms of food. We are a net importer.
Fuel prices are also going to rise and this has a knock on effect again.
I'm genuinely surprised that people don't know this stuff!

Where will the local indy shops source their produce from and how much will it cost once British farmers don't receive any EU subsidies? slaps own hand for negative think

The falling pound will also have a significant impact on the NHS, which is already on its knees and has to buy expensive supplies like equipment and drugs. The Guardian is reporting that May has told the NHS it will not be getting a penny more (what happened to that £350m?!) and it will have to make cuts.

Honestly what did people expect.

I am so ridiculously angry that we have been led into this chaos by people who just wanted to make a protest.I am so angry that David Cameron gave people this false choice ( and it is false because it is impossible to leave the EU , we are linked for ever more it's just that we have lost any influence ) .Why has no one got the courage to stop this disaster , I feel like we are stuck on the edge of an abyss just waiting to fall off , we are going to pay a very very heavy price for this folly , sadly the very people who voted most heavily to leave , the poor, will suffer the most, but make no mistake we will all suffer .

Less than a third of the eligible electorate voted for this , I want to shout stop the train I need to get off , I want the elected MPs to stop fighting amongst themselves, get off their backsides and do something .

I met someone the other day who voted leave , she now says she's not interested in politics and turns the news off , she almost seemed proud of this as if not being interested in politics is a badge of honour .I felt like screaming 😢

I love the people who are welcoming the chaos as a chance to "buy more British". People actually think if only we 'stand tall' that we'll be able to say 'screw you' to importing food and be able to feed ourselves!

Which is ironic y'know, because we are constantly being told that leavers are very educated and knew the facts perfectly well.

This is what happens when one lives in a post-truth, post-fact society where everyone's opinion is supposed to carry equal weight.

The worst thing is that I just keep thinking of all the things we could have been doing both personally and as a country , we could have been getting on with our lives .Instead everything is on hold , no Decsions can be taken about anything , worried sick about pensions , can make no constructive plans at all as a family because we just don't know where we are going to be income or jobs wise over the next couple of years , I have three sons their plans are up in the air .As a country every spare penny we have is going to be spent on this ' Brexit' project it will cost us billions , just look at the new depts of state being set up , the lawyers bills , the new legislation to be drafted etc etc

Post-truth and post-fact and also the idea that somehow we don't need experts. I'm sure I would want an expert if I was diagnosed with an illness, for example.
Like Yellow I am incredibly angry with the level of stupidity that seems to be surrounding us. Higher prices are not a result of Brexit. Unbelievable.
The pound has dropped 15 per cent against the dollar. Some people are living in a dream world.

I blame social media, Toast. How often do you see the most bigoted, ill-informed posts end with "just my opinion!!!" as if the mere possession of an opinion gives it profound weight and validity. I find it really quite frightening to have my lot thrown in with a population that has apparently embraced a post-Enlightenment, anti-rational way of acting, and where experts have the same standing (probably lower, actually, because they have now been cast into the category of the evil elite) as a Daily Express reader.

People are getting more entrenched into their positions now, so having had a near-as-dammit 50/50 split on the votes in the referendum, I don't expect anyone to change their minds.

If it is true that the mostly pro-EU under-45 citizens didn't bother to vote as much as the mostly-anti over 65's, it's possible we will see a tip in the balance if the younger citizens become more politically aware and some of the anti's peg out. I doubt this will have any effect is less than 5-10 years.

I hear the Daily Mail has been cutting staff recently as the importance of newsprint diminishes.

If you use your local markets and independent Butchers, Fishmongers, greengrocers, bakery, etc it's far cheaper
Cobblers. If we all tried to buy our food from these non-existent places we'd starve.

Has anyone else noticed small price rises already?
ie 10-20p here and there.
I buy the same every week from a local odds shop (they sell a bit of everything) I presume they are independent.
I normally buy wash powder at £1, this week it was 1.10.
Detergent at £2, this week it was £2.25.
4 isotonic juices ( knock off powerade ) at 50p each, this week it was 70p per bottle.
The only thing that didn't go up was the cereal I buy there, which held at 1.40.
Looking at the packaging the isotonics, detergent and wash powder are all made by EU companies.
DH's company imports some things from EU (some meat) that has definitely gone up... He'll have to put prices up soon.

I buy loads from independent shops etc. Its actually more expensive, I just like walking around town to go and get these items as our main shop is delivered. gives me an excuse for some fresh air.
I do piss myself though that loads of people giving unilever stick were brexit voters (Ie ''I'd rather you go bust than lose brexit!' and other such comments)
Weren't these people the same ones pledging to buy more british home grown produce from grocers and butchers....??????

I noticed butter went from 95p when I last bought some 2 weeks ago, to £1.20 this week.

Independent local retailers are usually much more expensive than the supermarket.

Has anyone else noticed small price rises already?

Yes - I'm not so clued up that I notice it on individual items yet - but when I get what i usually get I'm slightly more at the till overall. I expect that will increase - DH thinks I'm imaging it.

It's happened before - I'm more award of food bill since children - last time we were in a worse position to accommodate.

Wealthy leave voters will be able to absorb price rises, working class leave voters not so much.. The rest of us must "suck it up" as "democracy in action".