British supermarkets racjonują salad and broccoli – PulsBiznesu

Two big British supermarket chain racjonują cabbage and broccoli due to the lack of sufficient supply of these products from Spain, where the rain and snowfall destroying crops of vegetables and fruits, informs on Friday a portal BBC News.

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Tesco, Britain’s biggest supermarket chain, this week does not allow you to buy one man more than three heads of lettuce – said AFP quoted the press Secretary of the group.

in turn, the representative of the fourth largest chain of supermarkets in the UK Morrisons allow one person to purchase only two heads of lettuce and three broccoli. As explained by the press Secretary, we are talking about “ensuring adequate supply for customers” convenience stores.

In many shops were signs informing about the lack of food. “Sorry, item is temporarily not available” – might read on Monday morning some stores Tesco. Social media users post photos of empty shelves and posts, which asks customers about restrictions on the purchase of certain products.

Some chain of supermarkets not racjonują goods, but customers ask about the “sensible purchase”.

at the end of December the part of Spain was hit by torrential rains, and in January cold wave. Especially it concerns those regions in the South of the country in which to grow lots of vegetables. There was an exceptional snowfall.

In connection with these weather anomalies in Spain, the United Kingdom reach is insufficient in relation to needs in the supply not only of iceberg lettuce or broccoli, but also zucchini, eggplant and celery. These shortcomings, which, according to the AFP, may take until the spring, at the same time led to higher prices for products. Prices for the salads went up in some stores for almost three times. Many supermarkets were forced to import vegetables from more distant countries, such as the United States.

According to the Spanish Ministry of agriculture, the state of the fruit and vegetable production should be back to normal in the coming weeks, although it is noted that if we are talking about vegetables grown on the field, “it was slower, especially in the case of the salad.”

AFP news Agency notes that Spain is the largest EU producer and exporter of fruits and vegetables.