Crisis, what crisis?

Supermarkets airlifting fruit and vegetables to UK amid shortage fears

Shops and suppliers take action as border issues persist despite end of French blockade

Freight lorries parked near Ramsgate. Retailers say vehicles need to begin moving within 24 hours to avoid shortages.
Freight lorries parked near Ramsgate. Retailers say vehicles need to begin moving within 24 hours to avoid shortages. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Supermarkets and their suppliers are planning an unprecedented airlift of fresh fruit and vegetables into the UK next week amid fears the lifting of a French blockade will not prevent some shortages in stores.

One major supermarket, which declined to be named, said it had already begun flying in produce from Spain and north Africa and another said it was considering doing so, while the Lufthansa landed 80 tonnes of fruit and vegetables at Doncaster airport on Wednesday.

Note report of airlifts by Germany- the Berlin airlift in reverse?

An this is before Brexit chaos- though the much touted deal is apparently imminent.