Can Supermarkets Reduce the Supply of Fruit and Vegetables?

Lidl, following on from Tesco, Aldi, Asda and Morrisons, is the latest supermarket to put a limit on how much fruit and vegetables people can buy. Peppers, tomatoes and cucumbers will be limited to 3 per customer for the moment. 

“As advised to our customers through signage in our stores last week, adverse weather conditions in Spain and Morocco have recently impacted the availability of certain salad items across the supermarket sector,” a spokesperson said. The shortage is due, in part, to the cold weather conditions that have affected crops in Spain and North Africa, while British and Dutch growers, who usually plant salads in greenhouses in the colder months have been affected by the rise in energy costs and supermarkets unwilling to cover the increased cost of heating. 

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