Ports congestion leads to nationwide champagne shortage
27 Jan, 2021 08:16 PM
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Aimee Shaw is a business reporter focusing on retail, small businessaimee.shaw@nzherald.co.nz@AceeyShaw
Supermarkets and retailers are running short on stock of bubbly as congestion at the ports continues to wreak havoc. Global hold-ups of cargo ships at ports around the world and lengthy unloading delays at the country s major port have been ongoing since October last year.
Imports of almost all goods have been affected by the hold-up at Ports of Auckland, with champagne the latest item to be hit.
Signs at multiple New World supermarkets and other stores around the country are warning consumers of the Champagne shortage . One sign at New World Mount Albert in Auckland said congestion at the ports was the reason it was out of some lines of Champagne .