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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ben Chapman

Brexit: Shoppers face less choice and higher prices as food suppliers ditch UK over new red tape

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UK shoppers will see less choice of food and steep price increases as EU suppliers shun the UK over the latest round of Brexit red tape, retailers and hauliers have warned.

Specialist food shops in particular are being hit hard by bureaucracy introduced on 1 January with some fearing that their businesses will no longer be viable when physical checks on food imports are introduced in July.

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