U.K. food shortage: Grocers place limits on salad fixings as shelves go bare – National | 24CA News

Britain’s greatest grocery store group Tesco on Wednesday adopted rivals Asda, Morrisons and Aldi in imposing buyer buy limits on salad greens after provides have been hit by disrupted harvests in southern Europe and north Africa.

Tesco has launched a shopping for restrict of three gadgets per buyer on tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers.

The British arm of German discounter Aldi had earlier on Wednesday introduced the identical limits.

Asda imposed buy limits on eight traces of greens and fruit on Tuesday, whereas Morrisons imposed them on 4 traces from Wednesday.

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Britain’s No. 2 grocery store group Sainsbury’s SBRY.L, the Co-operative and Lidl GB don’t at present have shopping for limits in place.

This week, social media has been awash with footage of empty fruit and vegetable cabinets in supermarkets, with tomatoes specifically quick provide.

“Difficult weather conditions in the south of Europe and northern Africa have disrupted harvest for some fruit and vegetables, including tomatoes and peppers,” Andrew Opie, director of meals & sustainability on the British Retail Consortium, which represents all the foremost supermarkets, mentioned on Wednesday.

The disruption is anticipated to final just a few weeks, he added.

— Reporting by James Davey, Editing by Kylie MacLellan, William James and Christina Fincher

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