Shoppers encounter bare supermarket shelves as cold winter bites

Shoppers might have to alter their winter recipes to accommodate vegetable shortages. Photo: TND

The icy weather disrupting much of Australia is being blamed for yet more shortages of fresh fruit and vegetables in Australian supermarkets.

Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane have already shivered through what could be their coldest June in decades – and a Coles executive says the cold snap is making life even harder for farmers already affected by this year’s floods.