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Fruit juice and cordial shortage

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    Fruit juice and cordial shortage

    Anyone else noticed a dearth of longlife fruit juice and cordial in HK? We are struggling to find all our normal staples. Global shipping issues or what? Anyone seen Santal Pear Juice anywhere recently?


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    Stock up when you are in the UK before your cruise departs?


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    Quote Originally Posted by emx:
    Stock up when you are in the UK before your cruise departs?
    Yes but I also want to drink something in the interim..... the cruise was pushed back to September!

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    Shipping is nuts at present (has been all this year) - not quite sure what percentage of "blame" lies where, but actual containers are in short supply (lots stuck at land borders, unable to return to port), merchant seamen likewise - either in their home countries or stuck out at sea (along with their ships) bcause ports won't allow them to land.
    Shipping lines are virtually auctioning off container spaces to the highest bidders on the routes that are running: published rates are >300% higher than a year ago, plus all sorts of random extra charges being introduced.

    Definitely playing havoc with supply chains

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