Restaurants recruiting prisoners to ease employee shortages caused by 'pingdemic'
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dailystar.co.ukDaily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!Food manufacturers and restaurants have been forced to try and recruit prisoners amid a "desperate" shortage of supply chain workers, it has emerged.In recent weeks, supermarket shelves across the country have been left empty as the so-called pingdemic and Brexit has resulted in a drastic drop in HGV drivers, factory workers and fruit pickers.As a result, businesses are desperately trying to gain employees via a scheme which allows prisoners in the UK to undertake paid work while out on day release.One prison has even run out of inmates to offer for the scheme due to the surge in demand.Between October 2020 and March this year, prisoners across the country have taken part in nearly.
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