LONDON, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- As worries over a no-deal Brexit mount, businesses, including major supermarkets such as Tesco, and Marks and Spencer, see there is an increasing need for stockpiling.
In response to concerns about possible shortages or delays of food and medicines with a sudden erection of customs checks at borders after March 29, one business, Emergency Food Storage, stood out with marked sales of its "Brexit Box" -- an emergency kit containing 60 servings of main meals, 48 portions of meat, a water filter, a fire starter and energy gels, according to the product description.
Launched in December, the box, having been sold around 25 packs at a price of 295 pounds each, is a better option than lower-priced supermarket tins, the company's managing director James Black said.
"We genuinely hope it (no-deal scenario) does not happen but we want the Brexit Box to be an insurance issue," he added.
Blake believed that the idea is not to profit from worry, but to help Britons prepare for troubled times.
"We buy life and car insurance just in case something happens and we believe the Brexit box is an insurance option just in case we have shops running out of food," he explained.
British businesses urged the government to take an immediate action to introduce a "Plan B" after Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal was rejected overwhelmingly in Parliament on Tuesday night.
