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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Business
Ben Mitchell

Fine weather helps produce glut of British-grown strawberries in time for Easter

Grower Rumen Purnanov shows off the bumper crop of The Summer Berry Company (The Summer Berry Company/PA) - (PA Media)

Three weeks of sunshine in the south of England have helped produce a glut of strawberries, meaning the British-grown fruit will be in supermarkets in time for Easter.

West Sussex grower The Summer Berry Company, based in Colworth, near Chichester, says the recent warmer weather has helped it produce 200 tonnes of strawberries – 50 tonnes more than by the same time last year.

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