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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Helena Horton and Joanna Partridge

Food tsar blames shortages on UK’s ‘weird supermarket culture’

empty shelves in supermarket
Unlike in Europe, UK supermarkets pay a fixed price for some produce, whether there is a glut or shortage. Photograph: Hesther Ng/Sopa Images/Rex/Shutterstock

The government’s food tsar has blamed Britain’s “weird supermarket culture” for recent food shortages, calling it a “market failure”.

Experts have criticised ministers for “leaving food policy to Tesco”, and meeting large food chains rather than suppliers, who have been struggling with rising costs while locked into contracts with supermarkets.

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