After stocks were hit by crop problems in southern Europe and northern Africa.
Britain's largest supermarket group, Tescojoined his rivals today Asda, Morrisons and Aldi in imposing on their clients restrictions on the purchase of some vegetablesafter stocks were affected by crop problems in southern Europe and northern Africa.
Tesco has introduced a purchase limit of up to three tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers.
The UK arm of German discount chain Aldi announced the same restrictions on Wednesday.
Asda has imposed purchase restrictions eight rows of vegetables and fruits on Tuesday, while Morrisons did so at four from Wednesday.
Britain's second largest supermarket group, Sainsbury's, The Co-operative and Lidl GB There is currently no purchase limit.
This week, social media was flooded with images of empty shelves of fruit and vegetables in supermarkets, with a particular focus on the shortage of tomatoes.
"Severe weather conditions in southern Europe and northern Africa have affected the harvest of some fruit and vegetables, such as tomatoes and peppers," said Andrew Opie, director of food and sustainability at the British Retail Consortium, which represents major supermarkets.
The outage is expected to last several weeks, he added.
Source: Cronista
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