YouGov poll finds more evidence of food shortages

By Éilis Cronin in Industry News 3rd September 2021

The pollster YouGov reported today (3rd September) that more than half of Britons say they have experienced food shortages in their local shop or supermarket in recent weeks.

In a survey of 3,564 adults, 56% said they had experienced a shortage, 39% said they had not, while 5% did not know.

The shortages were most noticed in Scotland (67%), the South of England (57%) and the Midlands/Wales (55%). Londoners were the least likely to have reported encountering shortages at 46%.

Delivery problems have been reported all over the UK in the last month, mainly blamed on the shortage of HGV drivers available to carry out deliveries.