Customers mock supermarkets using cutouts of fruit & veg to hide empty shelves

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Customers mock supermarkets using cutouts of fruit and veg to hide empty shelves

It comes after a mixture of HGV driver shortages and less pickers and packers on farms and food processing plants led to a shortage in some food supplies.

There have also been problems at ports with handlers struggling to cope with a surge in Christmas deliveries.Tesco said they use them in some larger stores where there was additional space - with the pictures of some items to deter shoplifters. While a Sainsbury's spokesperson said: "Our colleagues and suppliers are working hard to make sure customers can find everything they need when they shop with us.

"Availability in some product categories may vary but alternatives are available and stores continue to receive deliveries daily."Eagle-eyed shoppers noticed Quality Street, Celebrations and Dairy Milk nestled in the fruit and veg aisle.Steve Dresser, a director at Grocery Insight, said: "No one wants empty shelves as it’s a negative perception of availability and that can impact sales and leave customers thinking that the store is poorly presented.

"Blocking the shelves with cardboard ‘fillers’ is preferable as it’s a nice halfway house, reflecting that gaps are longer term but not forcing the store itself to change layouts."They are also using photographs to mask other missing essentials - including fabric softener and detergent

 

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They are treating us like idiots, there’s no shortage

Not short of pumpkins

Bit like the suns news stories, all cardboard pre fabricated rubbish.

The only ones being mocked are the media for trying to fabricate a story out of nothing

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