The shortage of tomatoes in Britain has prompted two major grocers to limit customer purchases
Britain is facing a shortage of vegetables, particularly tomatoes, after supermarket supplies were hit by disrupted harvests in southern Europe and north Africa, prompting two major grocers to limit customer purchases.
Rival Morrisons said it would impose a cap of two items per customer across tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce and peppers from Wednesday. It said difficult weather in southern Europe and northern Africa had disrupted the harvests of a range of crops. Though largely self-sufficient in the summer, Britain typically imports 95 per cent of its tomatoes and 90 per cent of lettuces from December to March, according to BRC data.
“It’s been snowing and hailing in Spain, it was hailing in North Africa last week – that is wiping out a large proportion of those crops,” he told LBC radio.
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