There has noticeably been growing gaps on supermarket shelves that are usually ram packed with products.
This comes amid the Covid pandemic as well as Brexit, which has caused a critical shortage of lorry drivers.
As a result, many deliveries to major stores have been held up.
This means many family favourites are missing or in short supply in our supermarkets and other stores.
Retailers have warned people to expect issues in the coming weeks and months.
To investigate, HullLive visited a number of supermarkets in the North East region to see what was missing, with some well-known favourites not on shelves.
Tesco
One Tesco store in the region appeared to be having some issues on Friday (September 17) afternoon.
Despite the typical rush before the weekend, a number of the shelves were bare, with some popular items scarce.
There were no issues when it came to fresh food including food, vegetables, meat, and fish. The same can be said for sweets, tinned items, and dried goods such as pasta were stocked well.
But there appeared to be huge gaps on the shelves when it came to popular drinks. The sparkling water shelves were completely bare, with both plain and flavoured options unavailable.
What’s more carton juices including apple and orange had great gaps in the shelves, as well as kids’ juice boxes, and fruit shoots.
There was short supply of Robinsons Fruit and Barley Orange in litre bottles, as well as a short supply of dandelion and burdock. Litres bottles of fizzy drinks were also low in stock.
Choices of washing up tablets were scarce. The shelves were not empty but there was a significant lack of products.
The cereal isle was likely the emptiest of all; there was only one packet of frosted Shreddies left, and there a severe lack of Jack’s cornflakes.
The mayonnaise section was a mess and it was apparent there is a severe shortage.
The meal deals seemed to be in a normal state but the hot food counter was completely empty.
Asda
An Asda store on Hessle Road had a lot less shortages than Tesco, but nonetheless were short on some essential items.
There were no Pampers baby wipes available to buy around 2pm on Friday afternoon.
Again, juice was also on thin ground here – with squash flavoured drinks in short supply.
There was a sign by the fruit juices saying that items were completely out of stock – including apple juice.
Morrison’s
One man who works in Hull reported he was stocking up on his items before they “vanished” from Morrison’s in Anlaby.
He was gobsmacked to see some of the shelves were empty, and grabbed his firm favourites – sparkling water and Coca Cola.
But, he was unable to pick up some essential items earlier this week – leaving his fridge “bare”.
He recalls there was grand amounts of Coca Cola Zero available in Morrison’s, but a slim supply of standard Coca Cola.
Additionally he said that there was a shortage of sponges and shelves were “generally quite empty”.
Daily Star has contacted Tesco, Asda and Morrison’s for comment.