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Where do UK supermarkets get their food from?

Sounds like a simple question, but I was wondering if any one had any details on who provides the food, why and at what cost.

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From large bulk supply warehouses and giant freezer stores,sometimes owned by the supermarkets themselves as distribution centres.That is what all the freezer trucks and and all the other food transporter trucks are doing on the roads.Most have allocated time windows for the deliveries they are carrying,as warehouse logistics mean there is no space for incoming material and foods until the outgoing deliveries have been loaded and gone to free up the space needed for the new stuff.The transport costs and working practices are cut to the bone with times virtually to the minute in some cases,this is why i never hold up a truck on the motorway,if he is going faster than me i pull in and let him pass,every delay can mean a refused load being sent back,this puts costs up in the shops.

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• 95% comes from abroad and shipped by sea.