Three things that could help save Christmas 2021 from shortages

By Jas Kalra, Assistant Professor in Supply Chain Management, Newcastle University
Jens Roehrich, Professor of Supply Chain Innovation, University of Bath

When problems with food shortages in the UK first started making headlines over the summer, the government played down the seriousness of the situation. It said that the UK had a “robust and resilient food supply chain”, referring to “isolated incidences” of problems within the system.

Several months later, it looks anything but. The chairman of Tesco, John Allan, recently…

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