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Which groceries will be affected by no deal Brexit?

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ifonly4 · 12/11/2020 15:22

Other than fresh fruit and vegetables, can anyone please let me know the main groceries that will be affected by a no deal Brexit please. DD home from uni for the foreseeable and uses a lot of store cupboard items for veggie cooking, ie tins chopped tomatoes, pulses, pasta, rice - I'm guessing it'd be wise to have a few extras of all these in? Anything else?

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BlackeyedSusan · 12/11/2020 15:44

Order prescription meds slightly early.

Gove reckons we won't go hungry but if you have preferences or dietary restrictions get those things.

Maybe they will prioritise staples not the extras so get in your treats and luxuries. Possibly non food groceries like washing up liquid and shampoo.

If there are delays maybe the same things that vsold out just before lockdown will go out of stock again.

If there are reduced amounts of fresh veg coming in people will look to replace those with something else, maybe frozen or tins.

Ashdownstar · 12/11/2020 16:26

Honestly, I have stocked up on things so that if the shit hits the fan we will survive and not have to fiddle about in the shops which may well look a lot like they did in March. Therefore we have pasta, rice, tinned stuff, olive oil, spices etc, plus baking stuff. Also long life milk and porridge oats. I have meat, batch cooked meals and frozen veg in freezer. Intend to get sack of spuds mid December.
We are expecting a grandchild in Feb, so I've gathered up nappies, calpol and baby milk ahead of time.... Just in case.

myhobbyisouting · 12/11/2020 16:50

Wondering the same - we eat a lot of Mediterranean type foods, chorizo, beans, fish

Ashdownstar · 12/11/2020 16:55

@myhobbyisouting none of us know exactly what we may be short of, but the way I see it is that if things that people normally eat aren't available, then there'll be less of what's left.

Ashdownstar · 12/11/2020 17:00

Posted too soon. So there will be much greater demand for things that don't come from/via the EU. I don't think it's only things that are not produced in the UK that will be harder to get.
I'm hoping to be wrong!

myhobbyisouting · 12/11/2020 18:33

Yes that makes sense @Ashdownstar

I suppose I'll just work out what we need to hunker down until summer. I'm always prepped for a few months anyway but the freezer is currently being emptied for Christmas so I'll keep 2 drawers for Brexit meat

BlackeyedSusan · 12/11/2020 22:05

^So there will be much greater demand for things that don't come from/via the EU. I don't think it's only things that are not produced in the UK that will be harder to get.
I'm hoping to be wrong!^

yep, that was what I was trying to say, but failing...

if everybody needs 10 protions of fruit and veg every couple of days, and they can't get five of them as they come from abroad, they are not just going to eat no fruit and veg everyother day, they are going to try and replace them with something else, so things grwon here will be harder to get as well. (elements, ( another poster) good old British carrots example)

CatrinVennastin · 22/11/2020 20:00

I was chatting online last night with a friend who works in Pharmaceuticals and she said lots of supermarket own brands meds are manufactured in Italy and these might be in short supply.

I find Tesco own brand migraine tablets work best for me so am stocking up on these.

Worth bearing in mind if there's own brand meds that you prefer.

BlackeyedSusan · 22/11/2020 20:02

Thanks.

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