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Catherine Furze

Tomatoes and peppers in short supply as shoppers report empty shelves in supermarkets including Tesco and Aldi

Shoppers are facing empty shelves as supermarkets struggle to meet demand for salad crops and vegetables.

Fed-up customers have taken to social media to complain about the lack of supply of tomatoes, onions, peppers, lettuce, broccoli, cucumber, cauliflower and cabbage, leading to bare displays in the produce sections of most supermarkets.

The lack of fresh veg has been blamed on a combination of bad weather and the cost of living by the British Retail Consortium (BRC), but shoppers at the UK's leading retailers, including Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons and Aldi, have slammed the lack of food available as “unacceptable.”

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