Jul 17th, 2023
2 mins
The Institute of Grocery Distribution (IGD) has recently published its latest consumer research highlighting that concerns around food and drink product availability have remained stable since last month.
In this latest consumer research, conducted for IGD (23-25 June 2023), two thirds of adults (64%) experienced shortages of some food and groceries in-store or online recently. This remains the lowest level since September 2022. However, this is still significantly higher than when this was first measured in July’21 (50%).
Availability concerns have declined again for fresh produce (29% compared to 32% last month and 52% in March). This followed some supermarkets introducing limits on some fruit and vegetables due to extreme weather conditions in Spain and north Africa affecting harvests. Availability concerns are now highest for dairy products (33%).
Availability concerns are highest in Northern Ireland, mostly around availability of fresh meat or fish, household paper, pet food and baby products.
Concerns for fresh produce are highest for those living in Wales whereas the East Midlands is most concerned about dairy.
You can view the research in more detail here
