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  • British supermarket group Sainsbury's warned on Monday the gaps will start to appear on shelves within days if transport ties aren't quickly restored with mainland Europe.

  • The movement of freight from France has been halted as part of a wider suspension of travel links with Britain to try to curb a new, faster spreading strain of covert 19.

  • The French government closed its border to arrivals from the U.

  • K for 48 hours.

  • That means no Lorries.

  • Kenly leave the English port of Dover the main gateway to Europe.

  • Sainsbury says.

  • If that doesn't change, they'll be quote gaps over the coming days on letters, some salad leaves, cauliflowers, broccoli and Citrus fruit, all of which are imported from the continent at this time of year.

  • It urged the British and French governments to come to a mutually agreeable solution that prioritizes the immediate passage of produce on any other food at the ports.

  • Sainsbury's, Britain's second biggest supermarket group, said it was sourcing everything it could from the UK on looking into alternative transport for products sourced from Europe.

British supermarket group Sainsbury's warned on Monday the gaps will start to appear on shelves within days if transport ties aren't quickly restored with mainland Europe.

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