Major UK supermarkets have started rationing the sale of some staple fruits and salad vegetables, blaming poor weather in Spain and north Africa for shortages that the UK government warned could last a month.
Morrisons told CNN that it had imposed a cap of two packs per customer on tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and lettuce. And Aldi, a German discount grocery chain, announced that it would also introduce a limit of three packs per person on peppers, cucumbers and tomatoes in its UK stores.
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Britain's salad crisis could last another month
Staple salad ingredients like tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers could all be hard to find for British shoppers.
That after supplies were hit by disrupted harvests in southern Europe and north Africa due to unseasonal weather.
The crisis has been made worse by lower winter production in greenhouses in Britain and the Netherlands.
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And lo, this piece about a UK tomato grower, ties it all up nicely: energy costs, supermarkets not paying enough, p… https://t.co/7jl35jcqS8 jayrayner1 (from London) Thu Feb 23 09:34:14 +0000 2023
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