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Northern Ireland looks south as Brexit takes bite out of UK trade links
As a major supplier of food in Northern Ireland, Lynas Foodservice is sourcing more goods such as cheese from across the open border with EU-member Ireland to avoid the bureaucratic trade hurdles being erected with Britain after Brexit.“They tend to be pretty loyal, so when they move the likelihood is they won’t be rushing back,” he said. The UK’s biggest supermarkets have also warned in recent weeks that they may not be able to provide the same variety of food to their Northern Irish stores due to uncertainty over how the new requirements will work. A poll in late November by the UK Food and Drink Federation ... (full story)