not least for the owner, as making coffee gets more expensive. i mainly worry that the prices won t change, because we have dealt with them in the current situation, the idea that in those places the same as 0k will be normalised. the business secretary this morning would not commit to lower energy bills for companies like this one. i think it is a critical situation. i am speaking to industry all the time, and the gas prices, which have quadrupled this year, are making an impact, and that is why, as you say, i m speaking to people, listening, trying to work out a way forward. those industries that use a lot of energy for manufacturing say the time for working out a way forward has long gone. so if the situation is critical, which i certainly know it is, then why isn t government acting now, today, to address this problem for energy intensive sectors such as the steel industry? because without that help, now,
how big a shortage do you have? at the moment we are well set, but i have to say we are never complacent, we are always recruiting. always have done and that won t change. it s business as usual for us. we actually employ more of our drivers directly than a majority of the market, so i can assure customers that they should continue to shop as normal, our stores are fully stocked and our deliveries are running as normal. he says there s no impact from fuel shortages either. for quite some time, shoppers have enjoyed subdued orfalling prices here in the supermarket aisles. but for retailers, a whole host of costs are really starting to stack up. and some of that will have to be passed on to consumers. the question is how much? it s widely reported there are inflation pressures out there. i don t think that can be denied. and i don t think anybody is going to be immune from that. but we have within our business a very unique, efficient model which means i think we can insulate customers
across the length and breadth of the country. where are you on hgv drivers? how big a shortage do you have? at the moment we are well set, but i have to say we are never complacent, we are always recruiting. always have done and that won t change. it s business as usual for us. we actually employ more of our drivers directly than a majority of the market, so i can assure customers that they should continue to shop as normal, our stores are fully stocked and our deliveries are running as normal. he says there s no impact from fuel shortages either. for quite some time, shoppers have enjoyed subdued orfalling prices here in the supermarket aisles. but for retailers, a whole host of costs are really starting to stack up. and some of that will have to be passed on to consumers. the question is how much? it s widely reported there are inflation pressures out there. i don t think that can be denied. and i don t think anybody is going to be immune from that. but we have within our business
breadth of the country. where are you on hgv drivers? how big a shortage do you have? at the moment we are well set, but i have to say we are never complacent, we are always recruiting. always have done and that won t change. it s business as usual for us. we actually employ more of our drivers directly than a majority of the market, so i can assure customers that they should continue to shop as normal, our stores are fully stocked and our deliveries are running as normal. he says there s no impact from fuel shortages either. for quite some time, shoppers have enjoyed subdued orfalling prices here in the supermarket aisles. but for retailers, a whole host of costs are really starting to stack up. and some of that will have to be passed on to consumers. the question is how much? it s widely reported there are inflation pressures out there. i don t think that can be denied. and i don t think anybody is going to be immune from that. but we have within our business a very unique, efficie