Posted on 03/01/2023 10:00:08 AM PST by EBH
Supermarkets are limiting purchases of tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and lettuce, as supply shortages lead to empty shelves.
British farmers are struggling with higher energy costs, reducing their ability to grow certain fruits and vegetables under heat.
Adverse weather in Northern Africa and Southern Europe has further led to a supply squeeze.
Britain’s biggest supermarkets are limiting purchases of certain fruit and vegetables as supply shortages lead to empty shelves.
Britain’s biggest supermarket chain, Tesco , has limited purchases of tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers to three items per customer. It said the move was due to poor weather conditions overseas and was working with suppliers to “get things back to normal.”
Asda has further set a three-item limit on lettuce, salad bags, cauliflower and raspberries, while Morrisons is limiting shoppers to two items for cucumbers, lettuce, tomatoes and peppers. Germany-based discount supermarkets Aldi and Lidl have also introduced restrictions.
Groups including the National Farmers’ Union had previously warned that British farmers were struggling with higher energy costs, which is reducing their ability to grow certain fruits and vegetables in heated greenhouses. Other Northern European farmers are facing similar issues; while tomato disease and elevated fuel costs are further challenges.
In an emailed statement, Andrew Opie, director of Food and Sustainability at the British Retail Consortium, said the situation had been brought to a head by weather conditions in Southern Europe and Northern Africa disrupting harvests.
The adverse conditions include heavy rains hitting Morocco and a cold snap in Spain.
The disruption is expected to last a few weeks, Opie said.
According to the BRC, Britain imports around 95% of tomatoes over the winter.
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Wait until this spring/summer when they can not afford fertilizer.
Crop yields will be down across Europe and Africa.
It is hard to make fertilizer with the current price of Natural Gas. Not to mention cutting off imports from Russia.
yep- and during Halloween they woudl TP the town- I noticed there was no TP in the towns the last few years during the pandemic
The British have committed cultural suicide. They have entered an era of neo pagan, hedonistic decadence. Their civilization is crumbling.
ALso missing from shelves? Dental hygiene supplies.
I hear you, but in my area, an affluent suburb you need a club card for discounts and can only get so many of certain items. This is getting bad.
Not to mention that all the idiots in government want to shut down tens of thousands of farms in Europe, UK and USA because of nitrogen “pollution.” Between the anti-food movement, the globalist WEF movement, the anti-natural gas movement, and the pro-”green” energy hoax, we are in for a rough ride. There are glimmers of hope, though. The Dutch farmers are having massive protests. When enough people starting going hungry, that will spread like wildfire.
Meanwhile, China has purchased 30 million acres of farmland in the USA.
Most of the fruits and vegetables were terrible when I lived there.
If we all eat more bugs, there will be more fruits and vegetables left to eat.
Hey USA, You’re not far behind.
City on the Hill, you’re lights are dimming.
Yep, I am sure we’ll be sending food to the EU soon too.
“British farmers were struggling with higher energy costs”
Did the Greeniacs strike again?
"High cost energy" natural Gas is used in the production of nitrogen fertilizers,
as well as in electricity generation and other fertilizers.
Then you can add in the fuel production for transport, as well as food transport to grocery, and then to home.
RFDTV.com has indicated last week that the average farm (not specifying whether grain or livestock)
can expect a 16% reduction, on average, in farm income due to over all rising prices (Fuel/ Seed / Feed).
Personally, I expect it to be more than 16% due to unanticipated rise in expenses.
Given the close profit margins of most farm operations, I expect many farms will go under, thus, fewer food providers.
LOTS of BTUs and kWh in all of our food
...except energy prices are NOT at records. Oil is down from $110 earlier in the year and natural gas is near old multi-year lows...
For some, fertilizer will not be available at any price.
well with the price of eggs what they are, raising chickens might kill two or three birds with one stone (so to speak)
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