There isn't a driver shortage at all. We have loads. We have a wages shortage.
Quality of life and low wages led to this, 100% and this didnt have over a year or two this has been going on for decades.
Ive read several stories recently of haulage companies blacklisting RDC sites, eg several stories of Lidl, if a driver arrived 5 mins late he has been made to wait 20 hours plus to get dropped, now the haulage companies are sticking together and blacklisting them, this could also lead to stock shortages, its about time the drivers stood up from the big companies who bully them into submission.
Just last week i heard about a guy who had to wait 17 hours to get unloaded, after he told them what he thought of them the security wouldnt let him off the premises until he apologised to them, that didnt stop him he removed their barrier, suffice to say if he had called the police he was being kept against his will, thats serious.