The EU has not stopped eating fish, dairy and meat, due to the pandemic, but it is fair to assume that prices of such, from us, will now incur additional costs, problems, paperwork or time (freshness) delays. These costs, reliability, paperwork and times going up certainly mean more competition problems for the UK, so now we’re basically just losing out, as the EU will find it simpler and cheaper to buy from the EU, or find alternatives, and they have that choice, of course. We also get some good choices, like we have the choice to buy cars and fresh fruit from New Zealand....oh wait
Some may be partial teething problems, but the cost isn’t, that’s here to stay. Once these EU companies switch suppliers, it will be twice as hard to get them back.
The EU also might now just think “support EU food”, no “brexiteer” can argue with them doing that, surely? I don’t expect them to cut of their nose, to spite their face though, not anywhere near as much as the “brexiteers” anyway.
How much goes to restaurants, 50% at best? How much of that then normally would get made up by more people eating at home, 50%? Those example numbers only work out to cover 25% of the loss, so what about the other 75%?
I would expect the ‘brexiteers” to be saying, they need to “get over it”, and sell more to the rest of the world. Not sure how they’re meant to do that cheaply and quickly, and sell to nations which can already buy cheaper/ quicker locally, and also fresher.