The cost of a slice of pizza looks likely to increase as a ‘perfect storm’ hits wholesale and hospitality businesses. A poor tomato harvest in Italy, coupled with a swathe of other economic factors, means that the traditionally cheapest option for a dinner out could be about to cost more.
The situation in supermarkets has been hitting headlines in recent weeks, with shortages of fresh tomatoes across the UK. But tinned tomatoes have also seen a huge increase.
Bob Amato runs Amato Food Products in Piccadilly, and has seen the cost of tomatoes imported from Italy double. He told the Manchester Evening News: “Tomatoes are in short supply, they are out there, but the prices have gone up. The supermarkets in this country, for their own reasons, have said ‘we’re not going to pay that price’.
