Reply With QuoteBut then you'd have to have trucks moving the freight from the depots to the shops.Originally Posted by millertop
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Let's not go down the Brexit road! In France we have shortages in the shops due to delays in delivery. It seems to be a Europe wide problem.
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But then you'd have to have trucks moving the freight from the depots to the shops.
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Brexit must be far reaching because the US is having exactly the same problems
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Yes but not long distance so maybe some won’t mind doing the job then, won’t have to spend days on road but I’ve never been a truck driver so not got a clue tbh
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easiest job ever sat on your arris most of the shift. Sat on your arris in a greasy spoon the rest of the shift.
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You're right. I watch a programme where Nestle and United Biscuits used the same trucks.
https://www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/Ar...n-distribution
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Didn't they stop the driving tests during Covid?
And many drivers took to driving delivery vans instead because the hours are better.
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There seem to be a reluctance to being employed from a report I watched. They can earn more self employed.
£60 a night to park up to be paid for by the driver and claimed back at the end of the month.
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Other road users nights out no family time.
Traffic Jams.
Bosses pushing you more and more ..
Stagnate pay.
Really if lorry drivers was French farmers they would off strike years ago.
Train driver gers 40-70k
Tube driver gets 60-80k
Lorry driver gets 20-50k
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