Beans and coffee soar in price as freezers lie empty: Supermarket staff are forced to tell shoppers to 'buy alternative items' as Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury's run out of fresh fruit and veg and frozen meat amid HGV and C02 chaos

  • Kraft Heinz CEO says firm is 'raising prices' if it has to, blaming a lack of UK HGV drivers and labour shortages
  • About one in six adults in Britain have been unable to buy essential food items in the last fortnight
  • Ministers seek to allay fears as a number of companies warn there may be shortages this Christmas
  • And a third of retailers in the South East have warned they have either no or limited fuel supplies
  • Boris Johnson has appointed ex-Tesco boss Sir Dave Lewis as his new supply chain crisis tsar


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