🍅 Aldi joins Tesco and Morrisons in restricting sales of cucumbers and tomatoes as supermarkets grapple with temporary shortages of fresh produce While retailers have largely blamed weather abroad, growers have pointed to longer-term issues
“Growers simply didn’t put them in the ground. They’d rather wait on warmer weather when they don’t have to rely on heating,” said Jack Ward, chief executive of the British Growers Association.
“So we’ve become overly dependent on Spain and Morocco and probably there was never enough capacity in those countries to do what they were already doing, let alone make up for the shortfall in northern Europe.”Britain has struggled replace seasonal foreign workers since its departure from the EU, which meant tens of millions of pounds of unpicked produce was left to rot in fields last year.
Minette Batters, president of the NFU, told delegates yesterday that “the clock is ticking” for the Government to get inflation under control so farmers can produce food more reliably and protect the country’s food security.
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