Brexit hits Great Britain with full force. Petrol crisis, delivery bottlenecks and hardly any truck drivers. The fight at the pump has calmed down in the meantime. A few weeks ago things looked different. Many gas stations had hardly any petrol. There were fights among motorists.
There are also more than 100,000 truck drivers missing. And this shortage leads to empty shelves in supermarkets. To save customers the sight, the supermarkets have come up with something. Food photos to fill the gap. Fake carrots, oranges or asparagus.
«Mmhhh, delicious photo of asparagus»
A printed, deceptively real picture is hung up wherever the shelves are empty. Customers in Great Britain now have to be careful not to fall for a picture. «Watch out. The middle three rows are just photos, ”wrote a British woman on Twitter about a photo of a laundry detergent shelf. And indeed: at first glance, the photo trick cannot be seen. But see for yourself.
In addition to the confusion, the pictures of the wrong products make people laugh on the Internet. “Mmhhh, delicious photo of asparagus,” jokes someone on Twitter.
One reason for the empty shelves: lack of staff due to Brexit. Because of the stricter immigration rules, this can no longer be compensated for in the short term with employees from the EU. In addition, after initial reports of bottlenecks, there was a sharp increase in demand for fuels.
Not only Brexit is to blame for the misery
The British government had called on the army to get the fuel crisis under control. In addition, 5000 temporary visas should be issued for truck drivers. However, the interest in it was very limited. To solve the problem, Vice Prime Minister Dominic Raab (47) even suggested that prisoners and criminals should get behind the wheel.
However, it is not just Brexit that is to blame for the empty shelves. “This is not only due to the shortage, but also to the fact that many of the larger stores are now simply too big,” explains Bryan Roberts, retail expert in the “Guardian». In the event of a shortage of goods, these would appear particularly empty. It is a well-known tactic that product photos are used to hide empty shelves. Now it would just be used more often. (jmh / AFP)