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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It’s not as if that stuff grows on trees!
They certainly do.
First they make the people miserable. They they pretend to offer a solution - vote the statists into power. When they get their power you’ll still be hungry but you’ll have lost most of your freedoms.
“British farmers were struggling with higher energy costs”
Welcome to your Brave New Energy World. Why don’t they just install some more windmills and solar cells? Everybody knows they are cheaper than coal and nuclear AND a lot more reliable, to boot.
>working with suppliers to “get things back to normal.”
The WEFers disagree. No fertilizer for you.
BREXIT! The gift that keeps on giving.
“Britain’s biggest supermarket chain, Tesco, has limited purchases of tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers to three items per customer”
Limiting purchases is about stupid.....all you have to do is buy, put your purchases in your car, go back in and rinse and repeat.
When ammo purchases were limited I took my wife to academy sports and both of us did that very thing until I got all the ammo I needed......I guarantee I wasn’t the only one doing it.
Perhaps the UN can send some emergency bug rations
Well at least they won’t have to worry about being attacked with fresh fruit.
Now, they just have to worry about pointed sticks.
you think that’s bad, wait till they ration toilet paper
>> Now, they just have to worry about pointed sticks.
LOL!
I suppose cackleberries are not a concern, either.
“Supply shortages” huh? Okayyy…
And 16-ton weights.
Just buy from Jews in Israel rather than incompetent Muslims in north Africa.
Yup...fertilizer means bigger and healthier yield..
Spring is coming. Seeds are out in the stores.
Those who can should grow what they can.
With elevated costs and short supply of energy, it will always be something.
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