Shortage of fresh food in stores

Shortage of fresh food in stores
Due to complications with a cargo ship, some grocery stores will not restock fresh food until tonight or tomorrow
 
09.03.2023 - 05:47

Grocery shelves are looking a bit barren these days.

The reason is that Icelandic cargo ship Dettifoss had to cancel its trip from Denmark to the Faroes and Iceland this weekend.

Dettifoss, Tórshavnar havn, Faroe Ship - Mynd: Faroe Ship

Caption: 
Cargo ship Dettifoss cancelled its weekend trip to the north-west countries. Photo: Faroe Ship

Dettifoss was due to arrive in the Faroes on Sunday, but now it looks like the goods will not arrive until tonight or tomorrow morning.

“We are seeing a notable shortage of fresh food such as fruits and vegetables, meat and dairy products”, says Bent Lundsgaard, departmental manager at FK Hoyvík.

 

Read the Faroese version of this article here.

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