“I hate driving in the UK.” What's life like for an HGV driver? 

totally correcy

His dad's the real legend

Channel 4 and the BBC and The Guardian would miss Marcus Rashford more.

@@ozhoneybadger I’ve been making this point for years, long before Brexit in fact. The world we live in today is a madhouse, the majority of the population are only interested in idiot celebrities and possessions.. I’ve given up trying to educate pork. I worked for years as an airline pilot (HGV driver of sorts), all the cabin attendants were interested in was finding a famous footballer or some such, one I knew married a plastic surgeon (for the money). It’s engineers, scientists and trades people that make the world go around, not footballers, or some pleb off strictly come dancing. Unfortunately your wasting your breath trying to point this out to the masses. Even my brother is a serial offender, telling me how extra special some boxer or snooker or darts player is. It never occurs to him to praise the hospital staff who stopped him losing a leg a few years back. Sigh!!

@@gerrym5257 I agree. Materialism is impressive to people. Fame is impressive. Women want the easiest life.

Even worse, what idiot came up with the regulation to have a vet check them just because they have cream in them? That's a food industry hygiene problem.

@@macjim if the UK were importing products with cream in, let's say from Turkey or Russia, wouldn't you want them certified as safe for us to eat? So does the EU. We left and refused to align food standards. Whose fault is that?

@@davebox588 yes, but if have an inspector from the food industry to check as its ‘cream’, not an animal...

@@macjim Cream is of animal origin, we are no longer aligned with EU food standards so checks are required. It's solely down to Brexit.

Another brexit bonus? Taking back control !!!!

I’m not from the uk and I am on the floor hollering

Hi you made my day 😂😂😂👍

@XtraPixel they could, but then who would drive our lorries?

I didn't clap I was busy working

Government officials have used the NHS Trust as a way of "scoring points", yet they make little or no effort in updating systems, logistics and that's one talks about the recruitment process: some of those in there, aren't the envy of the world.

And the rest?

Too right. The rest as well.

Why, just because she's a woman?

What a great attitude she has. Very difficult to work those shifts. Could be away three days in perfect conditions. could be a week if you have a couple of little hold ups en route. Respect.

she is a lovely hard working woman, i know her personally.

In uk ...32£ for parking and @ 20£ or more for food in Europe with 10€ you eat well and the parking is free and in some services if you fill your truck with diesel more then 200 l you have the breakfast free..... no wonder why so many drivers left uk ..... and above all you are treated with respect ... Night and day... not even close....

True usualy there is truckdriver only restaurants with healthy meals some even with acomodation for the night to have a good night rest and a shower. for free or minimal charge as it its payed for by the company .

growing up in UK first then europe and only going back to visite family ...so many aspects of being in the UK is 3rd world country experiance. Coming to UK after over 2 years what with covid and all that..and all i can look forward to is a proper pint and prawn cocktail crisps...THATS.ALL!

Your understanding of Europe is narrow. It isn't only Germany, Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland and Denmark with Norway.

Britain's the 6th richest nation in the world, and we didn't get there paying decent wages or investing in good infrastructure. We did it with financial fraud and ripping our work force off. Victorian wealth was mostly built on slavery. Nothing really changed. Pff...

@@fezario equal respect for either gender, I am sorry I don't think my statement discriminated between gender. I used the word 'profession' capturing all members of it. I thought it goes without saying and wouldn't need explaining or qualifying however some people deliberately seek outrage.

@@fezario did u really make that into a gender thing? XD

@hognoxious ...yes, women are strong ....helped you win the war...satisfactorily took over all your jobs in the factory, farms etc....but as usual, many men like you say such stupid things like 'old dear' to an Amazonian...all jealousy...would love to know what you do to help your wonderfull brexit situation.

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I’m confused; who doesn’t respect Truckers? Why does anyone assume that Truckers deserve, need, or seek more respect? Why the stated assumption that they currently lack respect. Lack respect from whom exactly? I have no less respect for a Trucker than I do for a Doctor, a Policeman, a Refuse Collector, a Scientist, or a bloke who sculpts replica coffee beans from Owl poop. Why is the world seemingly so focused on being respected and from a position that assumes that no one has respect for anyone else?

if you talking about truck driver manners then it's true but most of car drivers are so terrible...

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It makes no sense UK is the highest taxed place in Europe the only thing I can think is mass corruption and pathetic leadership.

By improvements you mean smart motorways and tons of speed cameras?

@@modrisusackis5733 depends where you are? Up north most seem to have some decent road manners and etiquette where I live anyway. Down south ( mainly Birmingham and London) are rude fuckers.

True. That’s why you’ve got to kit your truck out with a microwave, coffee maker and your own wifi so you have Netflix and T.V to watch on the night. I never eat cold food, just take a weeks worth in the truck fridge and heat it up in the microwave so I can at least enjoy a hot meal every night. But yes the facilities in the U.K are diabolical compared to mainland Europe, which is exactly why I always do continental deliveries👍🏼

@@matty6848 Since Maggie Britain has gone into full class war against its productive workers.

You are essential workers and should be valued, respected and paid as such. In our economy most essential workers, from care workers to cleaners, seem to be taken for granted, disrespected and definitely underpaid. There is something wrong with our values and with our system, to paraphrase Beatty.

Strike. See how quickly they appreciate you when the bins aren't collected

@@TheWeepingDalek yep 👍. Office workers seem to be more valuable to the council than essential services and our council tax seems to go up and up.

Yes that's why I left it was a cracking job but the way you get treated is disgusting 👌🏻

Big respect to refuse collectors. You do a vital service . More thanI can say fir most MPs and BBC presenters and staff.

The way I read it, the UK also just made it out before new anti money laundering and anti corruption laws Came into place in the EU. Who would have guessed...

Let’s see who comes out as bent when the news comes to light soon about the tax haven dodgers (Pandora papers)

To pay for imports we have to sell something abroad of equal value so we sell our property as we do not make enough things foreigners want.

but according to those kind of people, all Helen has to do is work harder to be able to do the same! Because apparently that's all it takes :)

@@alanjenkins1508 and rich foreign owners are stupid enough to pay the prices. It also generates thousands of building jobs and supply jobs connected.

Right!?! I had exactly the same thought.

Mind boggling isnt it? The flip side though is costs. Processed food of the dairy variety is so much cheaper here. That is down to raw milk being 6p/litre. In Germany it is heading to triple that. Skimming off the cream to make skimmed milk vastly increases the profit margins over here. The cost of transporting an individual donut is also rediculously low. There were probably about 300,000 in that lorry. Each tray can hold 120. 480 to a stack, 4 stacks to a trolley. That's 2000 near enough per trolley. An HGV does about 2000M/L of fuel on a bad day. It's about 1600KM so we are talking £1000 in fuel that's only 0.3p per donut. Call it 45 hours driving @£15 per hour. That's less than 0.25p/donut. So with the cost of the train or ferry we are talking 0.6p. If they are just 0.65p cheaper than the locals for a supermarket it makes sense. The supermarket probably takes 3 loads per week. So even if they are just 0.005p per donut cheaper that is a saving of near quarter of a million per year.

@@gordonlawrence1448 There's a program on tv here sometimes called Inside the Factory, and it's really interesting to see the large amounts of engineering that go into manufacture. One episode that stuck in my mind was one episode where it shows these frozen pizzas made in Italy that take about 3 hours for the ingredients to come into the factory to be turned into a pizza, and it's then sold in a UK supermarket for about £1, it's silly really. Whilst it's more efficient in terms of money, I can't see it being more efficient in terms of carbon production.

@@gordonlawrence1448 Thank you for the breakdown. That explains why it makes financial sense. I think it also exemplifies how transportation is actually too cheap, insofar as the price of transportation has so far been really bad at capturing _all_ the costs it incurs, like pollution and the health problems it causes (and in turn, lost productivity caused by illness caused by pollution), lost time and reduced quality of life from having the extra traffic on the highways, etc.

I’m just wondering why it took that long, probably had to wait a day to unload.

@@Gump1224 Move to The Philippines man, best thing i ever did, currently back in Wales though, stuck here due to there Covid19 laws as they took the disease seriously and stopped all foreigners coming in in March last year. I have a small farm, bamboo house on the side of a volcano on Mindanao and a beautiful missus out there. They welcome foreign immigrants with open arms and you get a 3 year tourist visa, leave for 24 hours and get another 3 year visa. It's a beautiful place and the people are so friendly, sea is a s warm as bath water and as clear as tap water, 30-35C every single day. I can't wait to get back out there. Up until then i, like you, was worker i had 2 businesses both of them where me in the UK and working in the EU in Czech, austria, france, germany, netherlands, i had 2 people working for me, who loved it but Brexit ended both of those businesses, great, i knew this was coming as soon as the leave vote come in in 2016, so i looked for somewhere else that i would be happy as i knew that Britain was about to fall to pieces and go back 150 years all due to a racist leave vote. Worked out well for me though as i would never of even thought of going somewhere like the philippines to live due to what i thought i knew about the place which was half a dozen news stories about the president being a nutter and killing 30,000 people and other things, how wrong those stories are, the filipino people love there president, he killed 30,000 drug dealers on the streets top get rid of them as he could see norther way, it worked, drugs are no longer a problem there after he killed all the dealers. Poverty is rife but you only see it in the big cities. It's a brilliant place, best place on earth as far as i'm concerned.

I will never ever come back to the UK once i get to The Philippines next time, i'm out ion here and gone forever, that's one less tax payer to the tories, i hate them, Boris Johnson has nearly single handedly destroyed the UK in one move, just a little help from his racist mate Nigel Farage, who is still about on GB news spouting his right wing racist cr*p! The pair of them need locking up forever for what they have done to this country and the people who live here, they've destroyed it because of there lies.

Precisely on point

Tory Britain, what do you expect. Can you believe people vote for this misery.

@@lauralishes1 shocks me all the time that there are people in england that voted for that oompa loompa (boris and the toffs)

thought that was what unions were for

@@markslater1081 shut up will ya you don't have a clue you are just a mug. What are the Union gonna do thats more shite then the actual government.

You don't hear of shortages of train drivers and bad pay and conditions there. Strong unions perhaps? Britain has had trade unions for over 100 years because they didn't expect, even back then, companies to be as altruistic as brexitears have suddenly become now for some reason. Now that they need an excuse for their historic folly that is You numpties ain't fooling anyone with your sudden love for your fellow workers now. Where were you when the miners had industrial action, or teachers, junior doctors, council workers, or train drivers etc? Just fakes really aren't you?

@Josh wtf? where's he going to put his tea then? On the floor? Health and safety.Now, maybe if they let him stop train on route to use the onboard canteen, every 3/4 of an hour I could see your issues, but your talking about someones tea break here, you know? Where do you think we actually are Germany? Missing panels? What's underneath those panels then? What about turbulence? I've never seen even a bus going along with missing panels, or a lorry, let alone a train. Where do you think we are India?

@Josh your coming out with the same problems as everywhere else, which is a lack of inward investment by companies, but at least rail workers have better conditions than lorry drivers is my piont, so this money for them and the conditions had to be fought for. Even though they may take it too far, at least thats down to the individual, regarding the cup and the loose panel and they have s choice to be like that.

US trucking infra is good, but the pay can be low too (loading dock can be crowded and waiting is unpaid time), so it is also a tough job that young people won't do, but if you already have a truck and is doing owner operator then you can make decent money (60k USD to 100k USD if you are good), but still not great compare to the amount of work you put in (general contractor can pull 200k a year, commercial air conditioner tech 100k easily if you are good).

Australia too. we figured out that decent rest areas, toilet stops etc, results in less fatigue and accidents too.

Because it is good. Probably the best in the world. Certainly the most extensive.

@@maggiejetson7904 just dont own a 2010 truck or older in the peoples repulic of kalifornia. You cant even license it its illegal

It has been improving thanks to competition and somebody realizing that higher standards bring in more money. (I don't know about the showers, though.)

@@ColonizerChan have lived and worked in the Middle East, Norway, USA, and Thailand. All were better than the UK. The Middle East for sure is warmer and pays about three times the UK and is tax free. The USA tax is minimal, you can do almost anything in the USA because it is not so restricted or as expensive as the UK. There is more land open to the public. You just about double your standard of living in the US over the UK. Norway is expensive and taxed high, but apart from possibly being the most beautiful country in the world, everything is covered by social programs. Thailand is warm and friendly. It is super cheap to live in. The medical, banking, transport and housing are the best anywhere I have lived.

@@andyrbush where in the middle east that theys paid you that much?

@@mmd6464 Abu Dhabi. Dubai, Qatar, Iraq

What were you working if I may ask ?

Just to dampen the mood further when I was traveling Vancouver Island I went out for fish and chips and it was one of the best I've had, the waitress joked that it won't be anywhere near as good as a UK fish and chips. I have lived abroad and travelled around and I completely agree with your sentiments, the UK has an awful quality of life over many other places and we pay through the roof for the privelidge. Some parts of the UK are nice but these places are really few and far between and unless you have loads of cash you are priced out.

There's good HGV jobs out there, you just gotta find them. Depends where you live too, it's much better up north than it is down south

@@mrcaboosevg6089 Agreed. I love my job. The hardest thing I have to do is wind the trailer legs down! It's fantastic! Well paid too

@bab ep3 Wishing you all the best in finding a better job 🤞

300,000 HGV drivers, 2000 left a week and half only join-in .... no wonder there are problems. They should increase their salary and incentives and train more drivers. Driverless lorries - I don't think so.... there are many unforseen circumstances that only humans can sort out.

@@elenastone6011 why become a lorry driver if so many other job offerings with better wages and working conditions are available?

@@neodym5809 hi I'm also lorry driver now as working qatar

@@neodym5809 i can only speak for myself but im in with a good company. Class 2 earning ~65k. Delivering to mcdonalds. Hemel hempstead depot. Had a huge 25% payrise about 10weeks ago. Im at my earnings ceiling for class 2 though. Class 1 can earn up to £35 ph atm in the south east

@Brian Williams The spelling could have been deliberate

In Poland if you want to eat good with good price you have to chose road restaurants where is a lot o lorries. That is best recomendation

@@bartoszbielecki1722 man, I need to get some Żurek into my stomach soon. My favourite dish from Poland!

@@ruinerblodsinn6648 you have to try highlanders "kwaśnica" its like żurek at next level 😍

@@bartoszbielecki1722 thanks man, I will try to find it!

@@bartoszbielecki1722 thanks! Travelled to Poland alot and will try this out

Yeah lol that don't happen.... you get chucked a folder with minimal paperwork in and told to crack on

Ya that's right. When you're late before you leave, it's your fault. I used to write on the bill of lading arival,start and finish loading time. Usually didn't go over well. Shippers and receivers need to be regulated more than they are. And actually be held accountable. Of course I got black balled and when it came time I quit trucking. That was 28 years ago.... It's been broken for a long time.

Warehouse staff have been treated more like garbage since about 2005 and after

Sounds like a Superdrug warehouse to me 🤣

This is actually everywhere like in US too, but at least they don't have too much custom crossing nonsense.

Brexit obviously ain't helped getting a vet over to check a donut when they should be helping sick animals great use of vets already scarce time.

Agreed, they do it way too much

@Rory O'Neill Wages for the little man are going up thanks to Brexit. I think that's a good thing. So thankyou Boris. All he needs to do is build some good truck stops.

@@BritishFreedom What proportion of the workforce are “little men”, and AFTER INFLATION how much are their wages going up by ?

It’s up to companies to train its drivers not the Government, Tories are for free enterprise and small state, it is the haulage industry that is to blame for capitalising on cheap Labour and not training drivers.

@Rory O'Neill USAs inflation rate is 5.3%. Germanys inflation is on 4.4% and the Eurozone inflation is the same as that of the UK around 3.4%.. So what are you talking about?

Exactly

People especially car drivers don't realise without trucks the country would come to a stop. I say all truckers should park up for 2 wks and watch the country grind to a halt

@@anthonyrobinson782 it’d be interesting to see that mate! Not sure people in general realise what it takes to do this job either but I’m sure some Karen will tell me how easy it is sooner or later 😂 they should teach learners what to do at roundabouts etc on lorry turning circles really but I’m hearing that they’re putting people straight into their class one now without having to reverse on the test! 😳🤯

That's gonna be fun to see on the road,

I dont need to respect this job more than just doing a simple shopping. Boss must respect workers more and pay them more so they know what they working for

Keep voting conservative, keep up the spite.

@@user-ms7gt2km5f Tory, Labour...what's the difference any more. They're both useless 95% of the time.

Doesn’t matter who you vote for you clown, politicians are all the same, benefiting there own pockets! Cut there wages and put it elsewhere, where it is needed

Both I would presume... but it is like with all socalled "low qualified" and unfortunately "low paid" jobs... they require a lot more skill than socalled high profile jobs. An Investmentbanker has his office and doesn't need to worry about some football rolling down the street with a kid suddenly appearing behind it and make a split second decision. It is time to honour the so-called low end jobs... but that would take a population that supports a new start. BoJo does want a new start. Maybe not the one he will get I presume. It is time for the British people to demand real Change and policies that actually produce results. Something the Tories seem to be able not to deliver for more or less a decade. And still you read comments like... Oh, if somebody else would be in power it would be soooo much worse. I could go on and on...

Both

Labour had a decade to fix it ........ did they??

@@leonblittle226 that's bullshitting and not adding to the conversation or debate at all.

@@illuminatusprimus3683 How do you see England to be able to have a good economy without EU open market? EU born immediately after WW2, and after the end on the british empire. In the 2 years i lived in UK, being blocked of working in my profession and forced to be warehouse worker, i noticed one big detail, that has to do with the old british empire: too much population fro the size and food production of the island... UK are not an empire heart anymore. Today its totally unbalanced. But because it was integrated in EU and being the top 5 developed in EU, the market balance to support that size of population was there. Now what? You can import low wage africans and asians as you wish and need for the industry of today, but, that industry will be economically sustainable to produce for what market? EU will not buy... USA will not buy... Russia will not buy... Africa and latin america? Maybe... but you will have to be able to compete against USA + EU + China....

The government at work.

@@gregnixon1296 Nope that's the EU at work.

@@gordonlawrence1448 Brexit at work

International treaties signed by UK government at work.

@@gordonlawrence1448 UK failed at negotiating a good deal at work.

The M25 is basically a circular car park at some times of day. Also forget the short distances. I used to live 30 miles from work. (48k) almost exactly. Typically in the morning it took 4 1/2 hours which was at least faster and cheaper than the train. Distance and time are not even remotely connected in England. Some routes you can average 50MPH (80kmh) easily others you are lucky to do walking pace for much of it even though you are on a 6 lane motorway.

@@jitenmehra17 No offence but we have a lot of Indian drivers in Australia and to be honest their driving abilities in general leave a lot to be desired. Perhaps learning to drive in India is less involved.

U should try driving a semi trailer in the north part of Sweden when it's winter or in Norway xD

@@1985Viggen The Australian equivalent is driving on dirt roads for 1,000km in 45C and only seeing another vehicle every 4-5 hours or so.

@@1985Viggen where do I sign up?

I think you mean "Continental".

@@thursoberwick1948 Yes, indeed.

Absolutely, what a terrible supply chain. Cream donuts and milkshakes are better when fresh and they can be made locally where the demand is. Why are they travelling from one country to the other in a truck?

It is crazy come on even I can make donuts.

For about a year, I was not able to buy the hash-brown patties I like. When my store finally got them again, I noticed it says "Product of Belgium" on the back. No wonder I couldn't get them. I live in Florida.

@@waveman1500 Milkshakes is probably the kind of pre-mixed cream and sugar you find in local McDonalds where it is used in a soft-serve or milkshake machine for the final process. No chain which makes milkshakes as a significant volume of their business relies on making a milkshake from scratch in store.

Late stage capitalism at work: being so obsessed with "efficiency" that you lose touch completely and end up creating an absurd, inefficient system that functions poorly.

The general public also don’t respect community facilities, I have noticed that since I moved away from the uk. We can’t have nice things for everyone to enjoy because there seems to be a culture of vandalism there. Public toilets in Australia have been almost spotless every time, parks, stations, shopping centres, outdoor gyms. If you had an outdoor gym in a town in the uk the equipment will be ripped off the ground and destroyed within a week I guarantee it.

It's not just about bogs, it's about a lack of people full stop due to brexit and shite wages.

£23 per hour? Which city?

@@nemo.87 Liverpool, UK.

Agreed. Companies often abuse the POA rules to have drivers working 12 hour shifts regularly.

Uber fook the driver

@@mohammeda4135 - I don't disagree with you. The 25% cut is a bit much and they should really offer something as low as 10% or 15% for Uber Pro drivers on the higher tiers... or something. Uber has its fair share of issues too, and obviously being a nightshift driver, you have to deal with all the crazy madness in the middle of the night from people's intoxication, but hey that's not too bad if you develop coping strategies / look past that.

Still is happening today

The main reason for the shortage is the meager payrates. Its getting better tho.

It won't happen, if more facilities are provided they'll soon be spoiled by a minority of drivers to don't care. Drivers are their own worst enemies

@@slackalice4890 That could be said about anyone. And why let a minority ruin it for everyone. The facilities should be provided and cleaned. It's a small price to pay to encourage a wide range of new drivers to the profession.

@@TheGramophoneGirl let's hope you're correct. Good luck if you decide to take your test

@@slackalice4890 Thanks. I'm not sure I will. It'll take years for things to improve - if they ever do.

@@TheGramophoneGirl I have my doubts too, all talk in this country

Brexit is what causes the shortages, nothing else.

@@serinadelmar6012 That's what Adam said, only with more detail.

@@serinadelmar6012 No. Brexit played a role but all of us drivers knew what was going to happen when Toy Blair opened the floodgates to cheap EU drivers in 2004. We witnessed the arrogance of firms towards English drivers. This topic is brought up time and again by disgruntled drivers and the industry had better start listening pretty soon.

@@johnl9234 I agree with you, normally they would wait seven years upon EU membership but instead there was a flood of cheap labour that the British government did nothing about, even took advantage of, and then on exiting the EU also did absolutely ZIP resulting in the chaos the UK is in now, which is entirely down to Brexit. As evidenced by the lack of problems in Europe and Northern Ireland. to qualify that by lack of problems, I mean a running supply chain, obviously there are definite problems, and a profound lack of services especially in the UK which the government also did nothing about regarding HGV drivers. But all of this, Brexit.

@@serinadelmar6012 Serina delmar! Only partly to do with Brexit. We used 20000 EU drivers who have all left. We are still 80000 short. Why? It is not through retirements only. Many have decided to quit. We could have been given some incentives in the government letter we all got,such as scrapping the CPC for older drivers, not requiring us to renew our digi card and reduced income tax on over-time. Just a few points that would go along way in addressing the driver shortage. And what does Boris do? Expect the industry to sort it out! Like tomorrow!!!

Sorry, but I don't see the critical part of the supply chain here. Not for dairy luxury products to travel two ways across the channel.

The government ministers should be forced to drive with her to understand the consequences of their stupidity and arrogance.

Most drivers are, not just her.

@@johnmitchell2269 unfortunately to most people, Hgv drivers are like marmite…….

@@Sacrifice-Paid I agree and both tatse disgusting!

@@redblade8160 so ur saying hgv driver’s are disgusting?

You do realise that it will make all your products more expensive, while your salary will remain the same...

@@skunkw16 You mean paying people properly will increase prices ? It sort of works like that ! You're not wrong.

@@skunkw16 Fine. Brace for indefinite shortages.

@@guillermoperis1673 Drivers want a pay rise whilst in turn contributing to massive inflation of food and energy prices. They are keeping it the same for themselves whilst screwing workers below them such as warehouse operatives and loaders who without them - they would have no load to haul in the first instance and will be not receiving any pay rises. But selfish as HGV drivers usually are, that will not cross their mind nor trouble them in any way.

Correct. It is quite likely that donut supply chain will move to a more local, reliable supplier in the EU.

Trade.

@@edgeyt1 Trade is a way to allow economies to focus on their comparative advantage and - in some cases - to provide meaningful additional choice and competition to the market. But the UK has no comparative advantage in cream donut making. At least not that I know off. And mass-produced donuts that are days old at sale are commodities, i.e. very little additional choice can come from having a British supplier. Which leaves competition, but the brexit barriers to trade make the UK less competitive overall. Unless the workers start earning significantly less than any comparably trained employee in the EU ... this is not a real competition. This is the kind of trade that will not survive. As will a lot of the supply chain trade in unfinished products, at least those going to the EU.

@@NMY232 or in the UK mayB??

@@thebionicwoman1762 Here we are talking specifically about that existing supply chain of UK donuts being exported and sold in the EU. Presumably if there was as big and lucrative a market for those donuts within the UK, then the company would simply sell them there in the first place. With the Brexit-increased trade barriers, it is likely that this particular supply chain (and millions of others) will simply shift to an easier flow with longer shelf life.. e.g. The German donut company that sourced from the UK would simply change to a supplier elsewhere in the EU. Or the UK supplier transfers jobs and production into an EU country in order to continue trading there.

If wages were so poor for you how did you retire at 45? If your wages were so low you wouldn’t have been able to put money away to retire at 45.

@@nigeh5326 Simple. I sold my house, sold everything we couldn't carry, loaded everything else into my Astravan and set off on a road trip across Europe till we found a new place to call home. We are still here, still living the dream ten years later. And we are free!

@@escapetheratracenow9883 nice! Either way something needs to give in the uk

@@escapetheratracenow9883 Fair play to you.. I'm thinking of selling every thing & buying a boat... Everything is just getting to fucking expensive now..

@@seangallagher6075 spot on!

Has she got an Irish passport? Otherwise she's stuck on plague island.

@@Dennis-gr8ex you'll know not to come then, mush. on ya way, albatross head. sort ya ( STILL manacled) head out. geeeez.

@@Dennis-gr8ex Bell end.

@@ScratchySlide name calling is the best you've got? Hahaha you must be hangry or something, must be the empty shelves.

@@Dennis-gr8ex No empty shelves where I am, mate. That's a southern problem.

Your paranoid conspiracy theory is folding in on itself.

@@behemoththekitty - A manufactured shortage is entirely plausible. You trust the government too much. If the government was an individual and that individual was a friend of yours you would no longer trust them after their lies and deceit were proven. Why do you trust them so much? Do you work for the government? Maybe a member of the 77th Brigade?

@@Pickchore I think he was speaking of all paranoia involved with brexit, with UE as the worse vilain.... Now you get what you have voted for. Good luck.

@@IRACEMABABU - I didn't vote to leave nor did I vote Tory. Keep your presumptuous "good luck".

@@Pickchore Funny. YOU evidently was referring to your country who voted the Brexit. Your reaction shows that there's finally no surprise with what's happening ... some of you (!) have some trouble to get it.... LOL

Have you got any leads? Im thinking of changing career, Im not interested in desk work and I've got a regular drivers license. I've got experience driving around London in a ford transit. Not a HGV I know but I've done more than a Sunday drive.

You're definitely a transport manager struggling for drivers 😂😂😂😂

It's because in todays world, most products are made in very large quantities by big expensive machines. This allows those products to be produced very cheap. The downside is, that it requires more transporting of those produced goods to where they are needed. But those costs are often still lower than having higher production costs. (this mainly depends on fuel costs though) In this particular example, those donuts likely cost somewhere like 0,10£ to produce per donut. Let's estimate that a truck carries 10 000 donuts and it costs 1000£ in labour, fuel, truck mainenance, etc... for transport. (2 day trip) So that's another 0,10£ per donut. If those donut's are sold for 0,5£ each => 3000£ profit for that one trip.

Well they were filled with cream when they left, and come with cheese when they arrive....

Doughnuts from Leeds are the best doughnuts in the World... I thought everybody knew that.

Don't worry, Arazhul. The Germans will soon figure out that they DON'T need doughnuts from Leeds. They will buy them from Poland instead. And then - another British business goes down the drain and an EU business profits. The inevitable consequence of Brexit.

@@olmostgudinaf8100 Personally, I'd source my doughnuts from Denmark if I still lived in Germany.

I'd like to see a financial review of his assets after pulling off this HUGE scam... just like they are doing with Trump and his Scottish golf course. Brexit definitely making life more miserable for Brits. Did everyone receive their sovereign citizen ID in mail? >_

@@donmab I'm a LGV driver, yes you need to be qualified, to become qualified you have to pay upwards of £1500 just for class 2 then the same again for class 1 so £3000 total just to pass the test that is not the governments fault (lots of things are but not this) then when you apply for jobs they want 2 years worth of references, how exactly do you get experience if no one will give it you? obviously now you can walk into a lot of places because of the shortage but that is going to mean a lot of inexperienced drivers on the road.

You can't "train drivers up" like you can with other industries. They either have a license, or they don't. You could take inexperienced drivers on, but you're likely to have vastly increased insurance and damage to vehicles and goods, not to mention missed time slots. I used to work in logistics, and drove all over Europe for around 5 years. Another thing is the terrible state of UK truck stops - it's abysmal compared to Europe. If you try to save money (around £50 for parking and food in a UK stop) by parking on the side of the road, you're likely to have the trailer slashed , diesel stolen, and possbily a £100 fine from the police. Why would anyone want to live that life any more? Brexit has of course fucked things up beyond belief for JIT deliveries too.

There is a shortage. It's understandable they want someone experienced right away. I'm sure they understand the need to train drivers but there are challenges to that.

@@martinjp1 they can't have two years experience for everyone, it's not logical. Everyone has to start somewhere, it's up to the hauliers to sort out how they go about it for their companies future.

There's only a few companies able to do this. The small family firm I drive for literally does not have the money to train drivers every year.

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That's true... UK motorways are confusing, confuse signaling and too much speed control cameras... In continental Europe driving is more relaxed...

And caravans 😉

Lorry drivers dont hate tractor drivers. Tractor drivers and lorry drivers both hate: Fat lazy school run women wearing pyjamas, driving kids to school when they could walk them. And long term unemployed people that should not be allowed to own cars!

@@steve-fc6mc but wot iff u needa car steve an uve got no weggs or your a spastic that likes driving wound n wound in circles how we ment to get about ?

@Corona Crisis: So you hate the equipment used by farmers who are producing food to put on your pitiful table. Let me tell you quite bluntly that farmers hate stupid little gormless townies that park in front of farm and field gates because they somehow think that they have the right to do so.

That’s ten words.

@@ArcadeStunfisk Read properly ...2 are for Helen... You can take the rest if you want.

all HGV drivers

@@jeremypeanutbutter6560 3...

Which of 'wonder' and 'woman' are you choosing to retain? Or are you ditching the 'respect' ??? Counting isn't hard...

Too many people make too much money for it to change anytime soon.

I think you're assuming that common sense applies to such decisions to make/stop making 'stuff' anywhere. The EU's lack of borders made it easy to transport that stuff around willy nilly. Now it's rather more tricky. Consequences that were ignored by those who should have known far better.

I think you've stumbled upon the solution to the climate change crisis: a donut manufacturing facility in every town! Maybe we need Homer Simpson in charge rather than the shower we have at the moment.

@@raithrover1976 We used to have them, they were called bakeries.

Yeah, transport is too cheap.

*Dab*

Brexit in a nutshell

Ssshhhh its nothing to do with Brexit 🤥

No we're just outside the EU's mess of red tape specifically designed as an anti free competition measure, the shortage of drivers has been a long time coming due to low wages and put conditions covered up by employers undercutting UK workers with cheap foreign labour.

It was the EU saturating the UK with drivers prepared to be paid peanuts that caused the problem.

@@asensibleyoungman2978 yeah cause the UK had loads of people just dying to drive trucks

It was the eu that flooded the uk trucking industry with cheap drivers. They drove uk drivers out with the low wages.

Oh a poor butthurt remoaner STILL dragging this on. So sad

@@911HRW oh my butt do hurt when I’m lied to, over and over again. The list is long and Someone like you whose unaware of the reality will say I’m moaning again.

Hahahahahahahaha nah mate, the brexys gave all that (30 billion) to Dido Harding:) and Johnson’s donor mates…….

@@911HRW *Denial is the first stage of grief.* It's ok. We understand.

@@madrockon7357 Denial? 😂😂😂. 48% of grown adults whining 6 years after a done deal? And you talk to me about denial? 😂😂😂😂

at least UK get back control... oh wait..................

The same applies in the other direction obviously.

@@jonsid6628 not really. UK pork industry is currently crashing, same for poultry. Where do you think the meat will be coming from instead? EU Uk farmers decided to plant less next year due to worker shortages. Where do you think the food will come from instead? EU List goes on.

@@neodym5809 No, the list doesn't go on. Your obsession however, does.

Benelux and France will run out of Unemployed people at this Rate....

The government plans to privatise channel 4 as it doesn't like hearing the truth.

Apart from the UK-hating agenda in the title, when her first words are saying she loves her job! Also, the EU rules are shown to be a problem, yet the piece allows people to assume it's due to 'Brexit'.

They don't trust our food production standards, but trust our 'vets' to know about food - LOL! I'm guessing the vet was a UK national, and the factory has passed inspections - it's all a waste of time and money. But everyone has to continue the UK self-hating bitterness because the vote to leave the EU was carried. Move on.

@@goatlps Thats some fantastic mental gymnastic there. No, its not the EU it is brexit. If you're in the EU those don't have to be done because they would be compliant with EU regs. The EU has a right to put standards on products entering its market, don't like em? don't send your business there its pretty simple.

@@goatlps It is due to Brexit. The current rules are the ones that apply to any third country that is not in the EU. The UK is not in the EU. In fact UK has a more favourable position than most 3rd countries as it has a deal with the EU that avoids tariffs. Without that tariffs would be added to all this bureaucracy and customs duties. It amazes me that Brexiteers are surprised by the rules that apply to 3rd countries. They could have looked this up at any time in the last 5 years.

Totally agree with you.

All empires fall but no-one wants to believe it when they're building them.

Don't talk about Cyprus like that.

Leave Australia out of this!

Well it’s a good job you don’t live in the U.K then. What mighty fine nation do you live in?

@@matty6848 Could be anywhere in Western Europe and you would still be better off than living in England. Lol!

They pay well in Canada.

@@rfsalad4118 Who would want to live in Canada nowadays? If it wasn't for Jordan Peterson, you'd be speaking gender-gibberish or be fined forever.

Chest a truck driver who only works 40 hours a week? That’s practically unheard of. What are you class 1 or 2 or do you have both? I’ll take a job at your place any day if I can earn good money just driving 40 hours a week.

How much do you get paid if you don't mind me asking, I'm a Trucker from America myself interested to see the rates. And is it by mile? Flat rate to certain cities.

@@matty6848 If there's a shortage on and you're not penniless, you should be able to just refuse to work longer. Do you think they'd rather have no driver at all than one doing only 40 hours? Worst case scenario it should be easy to join another company.

It is less about competition but more about giving customer different choices. So the manufacturer in one country also delivers to the retailer in another country because they have focused on other products that have higher demand in their area. Its not that they can not do it, or can not do it at the same price, but the other product is not their focus. Germany produces enough beer and exports a lot, but still other countries sell beer to Germany, just because the consumer likes the choice of different brands, not because it is cheaper or better.

we told you so 🇩🇪🇪🇺

@@minimax9452 no mate, you said brexit would be a disaster. It is not a disaster. Apparently, Germany is still buying donuts from us.

@@rww805 Your exports to the EU dropped about 16% our exports to GB have risen 7%. enjoy your donuts.

@@minimax9452 fastest growing economy in the G7. Why is a German so invested in the Brexit argument? What's in it for you? It is odd how the remaining EU members are so upset about us leaving. It's almost as if they needed us or something.

Sadly you can't spend respect on, say fuel bills.

They're snorting, more like.

Posh accents. That's what we value. We value posh accents so much that we'll literally vote posh accent thieves into power election after election despite the fact things are getting worse and worse year after year and it's largely down to those posh accent thieves being true to their thieving nature. But they have posh accents, so we let them have at it again and again and then blame people with foreign accents for all our problems.

@@benghiskahn3673 yes always better to be done over by a posh guy in a nice suit.

Cheap $hite 🤣 that's what we value. Cheap $hite made in China, Taiwan, Turkey and Vietnam.

I ride a motorcycle 35 hours a week. For terrible pay. And the roads could actually kill me, let alone aggressive drivers. The UK sucks. It sucks the life out of you.

What's so special about UK?i'm a trucker in Germany nd i can never leave here for England cos they're too proud but in reality they've got nothing. Bad motorways etc.

You're not wrong. The world is quite insane. Green beans from Africa too, flown in by jet and avocados from South America. You couldn't make it up. I've started growing my own fruit & veg. It's the only sensible answer. My tomatoes in the garden are still ripening thanks to climate change ! Really, they are in mid-October.

@@grahamstevenson1740 ... and "one of the foods we are missing in the U.K." Frozen milkshakes!! For Gawd's sake!!

@@clairelemonnier4226 I said nothing about milkshakes. Don't really like them much, don't buy them. Maybe you should save your comments for those who do want them ? BTW, it's called 'trade'. Essential for an 'economy' !

@@grahamstevenson1740 I know, exactly. And the blame comes our way for driving into town, or leaving our lights on or whatever.. meanwhile we're supposed to fret about a shortage of pumpkins!... It's a mess innit...??

@@TheWitchInTheWoods Who actually NEEDS those damned pumpkins anyway ? Leave them to rot I say. A friend of mine just showed me some blueberries from Peru btw ! They're large. Back in my youth much produce we ate was locally produced and consumer products were usually made in Britain rather than China. I wonder how much global climate change is due to transporting food and other stuff absurdly long distances ?

Sugar lobby would love though.

And what do you know having never done the job...... Usual car driver trying nonsense.... Attitude you say you and your car driving selfish and arrogant snobs wouldn't last an hour dealing with yourselves on the road everyday 😅😅😅

Mmmmmm then all is brilliant then isn't?? Except the UK don't have this noobs EU Drivers, to lower the UK drivers wage?? You're 🦄🦄🦄 or...

Guess who has introduced zero hour contracts :D

@@oleole27 Im remain and can't understand what are you saying? Wages have gone up not down. Big companies can't get cheap labour as easily anymore.

@@ermining1 mate your PM said the wages going up cose less EU Drivers are stolen the English work places, isn't?? So you English one's don't have to compete with EU Drivers, on wage, wasn't cose EU Drivers was too many, to steal your jobs??

@@oleole27 first of all I'm Irish not English. Second of all he's not my PM because I don't believe in this farce that people call democracy. Finally wtf are you on about. Yes less drivers means there is more demand for local drivers and wages are going up in the industry. There is a shortage in the US too and they have the same thing, less drivers = better pay for drivers. Have you got a problem with people getting paid descent wages? Have you got a problem with people being paid more than 12 euros an hour, whilst having to sleep in a cab 5 to 6 nights a week away from your family. Again wtf is your point? Guess what yes protectionism works. I've seen it on this case and I've seen it as a seafarer. In Iceland they protected their industry and fishermen make great money, 3 to 4 times what we could make in mainland Europe Ireland or UK, why because to work for an Icelandic fishing company you have to live in the country and be part of the community, otherwise you won't get a job, which means there is no one coming to work for low paying jobs and people living locally get proper descent wages. It's pretty simple to understand.