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Aren't Asda and Aldi German, whilst Tesco and Sainsbury's are British?It’s a funny situation at present, of the supermarkets Sainsbury’s seem to be worst affected followed by Tesco. Weirdly Asda and Aldi seem to be operating almost as normal with no shortages, I suspect because they have their own distribution fleets while the others rely on external trucking companies.
Aren't Asda and Aldi German, whilst Tesco and Sainsbury's are British?
All are actually British in the way you mean (all are fully British subsidiaries and have in-country warehousing and distribution), but parent wise Asda is part of Walmart so American and Aldi is German owned (even though it's a truly multinational company stretching from the USA through Europe and into China and Australia).
ah confused Asda with LidlAll are actually British in the way you mean (all are fully British subsidiaries and have in-country warehousing and distribution), but parent wise Asda is part of Walmart so American and Aldi is German owned (even though it's a truly multinational company stretching from the USA through Europe and into China and Australia).
Of the four Aldi is probably the biggest champion of British produce.
In my opinion the biggest issue is that Asda and Aldi run their own delivery fleets while Tesco and Sainsburys rely on external companies (and are more exposed to driver shortages).
Nothing of that has to do with what they did in regards to quarantine...How the UK became the sick man of European tourism | CNN
Tourists are returning to Europe, but the UK tourism sector has crashed due to a combination of the pandemic and political problems, according to the travel industryedition.cnn.com
And then:Lee agrees. "We [in China] wear masks, so maybe we wouldn't feel safe seeing no one wearing a mask. Maybe we wouldn't want to take the Tube." While the mask mandate has been removed by government, one has been imposed on London transport by mayor Sadiq Khan -- yet Londoners say it is often ignored, and rarely enforced.
That means ~115 EUR pp for a trip, rather just go to Spain, Italy, France, etc.Since October 1, EU citizens can no longer travel to the UK on their ID cards; instead, they must use passports.
"That's enormously important," says Tom Jenkins, who says that around three quarters of Europeans don't have passports, since they can travel around Europe with their ID cards.
And that's a 4% contraction, not impact on future growth.Richard Hughes said leaving the EU would reduce the UK's potential GDP by about 4% in the long term.
He said forecasts showed the pandemic would reduce GDP "by a further 2%".
"In the long term it is the case that Brexit has a bigger impact than the pandemic", he told the BBC.
Impact of Brexit on economy 'worse than Covid'
The boss of the UK's forecaster says Brexit will be worse for the economy than Covid.www.bbc.com
That means ~115 EUR pp for a trip, rather just go to Spain, Italy, France, etc. And if it's for English, Ireland is right next door.
Sure, was talking about non-Irish.Just to clarify a point, Irish citizens can still travel to the UK on their ID card.
Common Travel Area between Ireland and the UK
This page discusses the Common Travel Area between Ireland and the UK, an area which is not specifically provided for in legislation.www.citizensinformation.ie
Amazon is offering customers 20 pounds to change from Visa as they default payment card. Quite a bit of money...We had another Brexit bonus announced today, Visa has decided that as the UK doesn't have to be treated as EU and is increasing merchant fees way above the EU mandated cap. To such an extent that Amazon UK has announced it won't be accepting Visa Credit cards anymore.
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I presume it's a pressure tactic to force the charge down, so we'll see what happens.
Amazon is offering customers 20 pounds to change from Visa as they default payment card. Quite a bit of money...