Divorce Agreement: Supporters Shelter and March Departure

divorce agreement: Remain supporters shelter from the wind and rain across the street from parliament in London, Thursday Feb. 28, 2019, according to The Toronto Star. British Prime Minister Theresa May has offered Parliament the chance to delay Britain's scheduled March 29 departure if lawmakers fail to approve her divorce agreement with the bloc. Households alarmed by reports of potential shortages in the event of a no-deal Brexit are beginning to stockpile ahead of the country's scheduled departure from the European Union on March 29, according to a survey Tuesday by market researcher Kantar Worldpanel. PA via AP / Jonathan Brady The firm found that 10 per cent of customers at Britain's major supermarkets have started preparing for a disorderly Brexit, a scenario that would see tariffs imposed on products coming into the United Kingdom and other restrictions on trade with the EU. That is not yet enough to have a big impact on supermarket sales, worth around 100 billion pounds 132 billion a year, but it could if Brexit uncertainty persists. Kantar, which surveyed over 7,000 customers in early February, found that 61.5 per cent of those that had already begun storing extra goods were focusing on food. They survey noted that another 26 per cent of shoppers say they're ready to start stockpiling as well. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.