Shoppers are facing weeks of fruit and vegetable shortages in supermarkets because of poor weather in Spain and Northern Africa.
Customers say they are being confronted with "desolate" supermarket shelves as severe shortages of tomatoes, strawberries and peppers hit the UK. The shortage has been caused by "difficult weather conditions" in Spain and Morocco, which have been hit by heavy rainfall, thunderstorms and snow storms.
Andrew Opie, the director of food at the British Retail Consortium said that the shortage is due to weather conditions in the south of Europe and northern Africa. He said: "Difficult weather conditions in the South of Europe and Northern Africa have disrupted harvest for some fruit and vegetables including tomatoes.
