I saw it with my own eyes yesterday as DD and I were in Boots (Newcastle) looking for baby milk and baby juice. My Dd has told me in the past that she has struggled to find milk in town and that the shelves are often bare and she often has to try quite a few different shops before finding any.
Yesterday I questioned an assistant and she told me “oh don’t get me started, I could stock the shelves to the top right now (if we had any) and the Chinese would come in and buy it all. We have had to limit the milk to 10 boxes per person but they come in 6 and 8 at a time and take the maximum amount per person , meaning that people like your daughter cannot even get one box.....ditto the special baby juices”
Apparently they send it all back to China . There is a large Chinese population in Newcastle and this is becoming common place in most of the shops that stock baby products. I had to hear it with my own ears and see it to believe it ! 
Thankfully Evie is only having one bed time bottle a day now which is just as well. Not sure they can do about it ? Making the limits per person 2 or 3 instead of 10 might be a good start though.
80% of all baby milk is imported from the EU & with ‘No Deal’ looming, there are people actively stockpiling in case of shortages / delays with supplies.
It’s just too easy to cry racist if anyone dare mention another country , race, religion or ethnicity. 
The car not you Gaga I’ve never met you have I ? Or have I ? 
Bribe you with contraband (whispers, an unopened tin of SMA hungry baby). 
Kick in arse?
I thought you were threatening me. 
Nope!
The Kia is Korean btw. (I am Mrs Kia too )
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