British consumers will have “a huge problem” buying fruit and vegetables all year round without “very pragmatic” arrangements after Brexit, Patrick Coveney, chief executive of Greencore, has said. “This idea that no deal is better than a bad deal – well, no deal is a truly bad deal,” he said. He said maintaining the employment of the 12,000 people who work for Greencore in the UK was “the single biggest Brexit risk” to the company. Food will rot in containers if there are border tailbacks after Brexit, says Patrick Coveney. Into the abyssIf there was “a material row-back” from the Chequers plan, it would be “very hard” to see how Mrs May could survive politically, said Mr Coveney.

Source: The Irish Times September 05, 2018 10:30 UTC