Brexit consequences: British supermarket chains are now using a trick to hide empty shelves

After Brexit, there is a yawning emptiness on many British supermarket shelves.

In order to spare their customers the sight, the big chains are now reaching into their bag of tricks.

London - The consequences of Brexit are drawing ever wider circles in Great Britain.

Many supermarkets are now complaining of delivery bottlenecks due to the lack of truck drivers.

Many truckers had left the island in the wake of Brexit.

In addition, there is a lack of offspring for those who are retiring.

As a result, many products do not even arrive in stores, which in turn leads to empty shelves in retail.

Brexit: asparagus out of season?

Now a reality thanks to cardboard dummies

So that it doesn't look too bleak on the shelves, several supermarket chains have now come up with a trick.

However, it tends to cause amazement and laughter among customers.

A customer of the Tesco supermarket chain shared a picture of a vegetable shelf in Wimbledon, London, on Twitter.

At first glance everything seems to be normal there, but if you take a closer look, you will see the cheeky fake.

In addition to real cauliflower and broccoli, there are three boxes covered with cardboard lids.

Pictures of green asparagus are printed on the cardboard - which, to make matters worse, is upside down on the shelf.

Cardboard carrots at Fakenham Tesco - yum yum pic.twitter.com/aRKrn8mchU

- Piers Richings (@Piers_Richings) October 22, 2021

Shortly afterwards, another user comments on a picture of carrot-cardboard dummies in another Tesco store.

And products such as detergents or peanut butter are simply replaced by dummy goods if they are not available.

The British take the supposed tricks of the supermarkets with humor.

A Twitter user commented on a picture of empty shelves in his Tesco store and wrote, “Unfortunately, stocks of fake food are low in my local Tesco.

Hopefully we can do our weekly fake shopping on Monday. ”Quite a few other users are wondering whether it's“ fake asparagus time ”again.

Hopefully we can do our weekly fake shopping on Monday.

@ AldronicusRex / Twitter

Brexit is not solely to blame for the gaps in the supermarket

But concealing empty shelves is no longer that rare in Great Britain.

Retail expert Bryan Roberts told the

, “It's gotten pretty common.

This is not only due to bottlenecks, but also because many of the larger stores are now simply too big. ”According to him, it is not only Brexit that is to blame for the gaps on the shelves.

Many large supermarkets are currently reducing their quantities of products in order to increase efficiency, lower prices and to be able to better compete with discounters.

This often creates gaps in the markets that are filled with posters, marketing material or cardboard dummies.

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