UK's cucumber sent to Singapore as retailers continue price strategy
Fruits
Vegetables
United Kingdom
Published Mar 4, 2023
Tridge summary
Empty shelves in UK supermarkets, but British cucumbers are for sale in Singapore. It has been another eventful week for the British fresh produce industry. The fresh battle in the UK continues. Over the last couple of weeks supermarket shelves were empty. due to retailers refusing to pay a higher price for fresh produce - and due to the cold in Spain and the high energy prices, fresh produce prices spiked over the last couple of weeks.
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Environment Minister Therese Coffey called on Brits to eat more local, seasonal produce such as turnips rather than imported foodstuffs in short supply. However, UK wholesalers and growers made it clear there is enough produce available in the UK. "With a lot of Northern Europe delaying or not planting lit crops, due to the energy markets, many UK supermarkets have relied on more fruit from southern Europe and northern Africa this winter", the UK growers of R&L Holt explain. Their own lit crop is in production producing Roterno, Strabena and Yelorita, at Sandylands. "This normally starts in November but we delayed planting last year due to uncertainty on energy costs so started picking in early January. So, we are in production during this fruit shortage." Lee Stiles of Lea Valley explains how crops grown under plastic without heat in Spain & Morocco are slow due to cold weather & ferry cancellations. "But more importantly overseas growers can get higher prices in Europe and save ...
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