In it United Kingdom Some supermarkets have begun to set limits on the amount of cooking oil (or vegetable oil) that each customer can buy, due to supply problems caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Some of these British networks today issued statements to explain to the public the measure taken in recent days.
In the case of Tescothis company currently allows the acquisition of three units of oil per buyer, while Waitrose y Morrisons They let each customer purchase up to two.
“We have good availability of cooking oils in stores and also online. If a customer cannot find their preferred oil, we have many alternatives to choose from,” Tesco said in a note issued today. In that statement, the chain explains that so that “all customers can continue to get what they need” it has introduced “a temporary limit to buy three units per consumer in products from its range of cooking oils.”
Tom Holderof the British Retail Consortium (BRC)he stated today to the BBC that it is a temporary measure “in order to ensure availability for all”.
For his part, the managing director of the supermarkets Iceland in this country, Richard Walkerpointed out that his chain will ration sales of sunflower oil to one bottle per customer.
“It is not the toilet paper craze (which caused the pandemic) a couple of years ago and we are managing how to maintain supply,” said this manager in statements made to the BBC Radio 4 station.
Iceland, in addition to limiting the purchase, opts for smaller packages to ensure that the stock can serve more customers, he explained.
Most of the sunflower oil in the UK comes from Ukrainealthough restrictions also apply to olive oil and rapeseed oils in some supermarkets.
In this sense, the BRC revealed that retailers are now working with suppliers to speed up the production of alternatives to minimize the impact on consumers. (EFE)