The shortage of fruit and veg in supermarkets is set to be made worse by the bad weather forecasted this week, experts have warned.
Most major supermarkets have been limiting how much of certain fruit and vegetables shoppers could buy since last week, with tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers the worst affected by the supply shortages caused by difficult weather conditions in southern Europe and northern Africa.
And growers' organisations have said the adverse weather due to hit the UK this week could disrupt crops even further. The British Retail Consortium (BRC) said the UK typically imports 95% of its tomatoes and 90% of lettuces from December to March, and flooding, snow and cold weather in Morocco and Spain have caused poor yields which stripped supermarket shelves. The bad weather has also caused delays on ferries which transport the vegetables to the UK.
