Brexit forces retailers to localise Northern Ireland supply chains

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Brexit has forced some retailers to localise supply chains in Northern Ireland in a temporary move to bypass new customs restrictions.

“Hundreds of product lines” have disappeared from shelves in Sainsbury’s supermarkets in Northern Ireland, the retailer has confirmed.

Following the Christmas Eve agreement between the EU and the UK, ministers in Downing Street and Stormont said there would be “no border” across the Irish Sea, but a Sainsbury’s spokesperson claimed the missing product lines were the result of new border rules.

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