Christmas trees in the latest breakout of panic buying.Garden centre boss Chris Bonnett has seen pre-orders for firs soar by 500% amid fears of driver shortages, Covid restrictions, and Brexit playing havoc with deliveries.Chris said: “Panic buying is clearly spreading to other sectors apart from fuel and food.“But given the level of imports and lack of HGV drivers Europe-wide, it’s very questionable if the UK will receive its full quota of required Christmas trees this year. "Luckily, we’ve secured our stock from a local plantation so we know we won’t have issues filling our orders, unlike others that rely on imports and tree traders for their stock.“The supply situation is pretty dire out there in the garden centres and customers will.
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