Lidl becomes latest retailer to ration sales of salad ingredients

A shopper in the fruit and vegetable section of a Lidl supermarket before the recent increase in demand. Photograph: Islandstock/Alamy

Lidl has become the latest major supermarket chain to ration sales of some fruit and vegetables after an increase in shoppers looking for them after rival retailers implemented their own restrictions.

The UK’s sixth-largest supermarket chain said it had introduced a buying limit of three items per customer on peppers, tomatoes and cucumbers after a “recent increase in demand”.