One of the UK’s best known tea makers has revealed it is monitoring tea supplies on a daily basis as imports reach a “critical period”.
Tetley Tea, the country’s second biggest tea brand, said supplies were “much tighter” than it would like amid disruption in the Red Sea.
It comes after Sainsbury’s supermarket issued warnings about the availability of black tea.
It comes after Sainsbury’s supermarket issued warnings about the availability of black tea.
It said while its current production levels were not changing, the amount it was able to hold in stock as a buffer would drop, in what it described as a “quite fluid situation”.
The company, owned by Tata Consumer Products, supplies tea bags to supermarkets in the UK and exports around the world. It told the BBC it had introduced mitigation measures in December to cope with supply chain problems.
A Tetley spokeswoman said: “At the moment it’s much tighter than we would like it to be but we’re pretty confident we can maintain supply levels.
“Our priority is to maintain our consistent high levels of service, based on ordered & forecasted demand. We believe we can continue to deliver this, but acknowledge that this is a critical period which requires our constant attention.”
Market leader Yorkshire Tea also told the BBC: “Unfortunately, the ongoing shipping disruptions are affecting the grocery category… we’re monitoring the situation closely.”
One of the UK’s best known tea makers has revealed it is monitoring tea supplies on a daily basis as imports reach a “critical period”.
It comes after Sainsbury’s supermarket issued warnings about the availability of black tea.
Tetley Tea, the country’s second biggest tea brand, said supplies were “much tighter” than it would like amid disruption in the Red Sea.
It said while its current production levels were not changing, the amount it was able to hold in stock as a buffer would drop, in what it described as a “quite fluid situation”.
It comes after Sainsbury’s supermarket issued warnings about the availability of black tea.
It comes after Sainsbury’s supermarket issued warnings about the availability of black tea.
It said while its current production levels were not changing, the amount it was able to hold in stock as a buffer would drop, in what it described as a “quite fluid situation”.
The company, owned by Tata Consumer Products, supplies tea bags to supermarkets in the UK and exports around the world. It told the BBC it had introduced mitigation measures in December to cope with supply chain problems.
A Tetley spokeswoman said: “At the moment it’s much tighter than we would like it to be but we’re pretty confident we can maintain supply levels.
“Our priority is to maintain our consistent high levels of service, based on ordered & forecasted demand. We believe we can continue to deliver this, but acknowledge that this is a critical period which requires our constant attention.”
Market leader Yorkshire Tea also told the BBC: “Unfortunately, the ongoing shipping disruptions are affecting the grocery category… we’re monitoring the situation closely.”
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