British supermarkets are restricting vegetables due to a shortage of supplies arriving from Spain

Main British supermarkets they began to distribute some types to their customers vegetables due to lack of supply from Spain and Morocco. At least that’s what they say from such companies Tesco, Aldi, Asda and Morrisonswhich limited the quantity tomatoes, peppers or cucumbers that your customers can buy. Those who have not currently established restrictions have Sainsbury’s, Lidl, waitress and M&S.

Supermarkets say their suppliers are in Spain and Morocco They reduced their exports because their crops were hit by bad weather. Director of Food and Sustainability British Retail Trade ConsortiumAndrew Opie explained this Wednesday that “severe weather conditions in southern Europe and northern Africa have interrupted the harvest of some fruits and vegetables.”

Opie admitted the outage “could take a few weeks” but assured the country’s supermarkets, which in some cases have empty shelves, will be able to address the shortage by reaching out to other farmers. “Meanwhile, some stores are introducing temporary limits on the number of products customers can purchase to ensure availability for all,” he said.

When asked by journalists about this rationing, the British Minister for Agriculture and the environmentTherese Coffey said it “We can’t control the weather in Spain”. Tesco and Aldi limited the sale of tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers to three units per person, while Asda It also limits lettuce, bagged lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower and raspberry containers to the same number. Morrisons For its part, it limits the sale of cucumbers, tomatoes, lettuce and peppers to two.