Supermarkets have created a storm in a tea cup with their statements about tea shortages - Yorkshire Post Letters

I visited my local supermarket today to find that there were very few packs of tea left for sale. Following the announcement by certain supermarkets that the time in the supply chain had lengthened due to ships having to go round the Cape of Good Hope rather than through the Suez canal, this statement has obviously created panic buying by the public.

The supermarkets qualified their statement by saying there was no need to panic as the supply chain was robust enough to stand the longer delivery times. These statements were then amplified in the press and television media.