Get stuck in but not at Lidl prices!
Snapped last Sunday.
K
Snapped last Sunday.
K
Rationing introduced for fruit and veg.
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Your Irish press must be telling porkies then eh . A quick Google search will see they're reporting on the same shortages as our UK rags .
Franchi Matt
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What ever next 
I have great scrumping experience, this bothers me not.
I have great scrumping experience, this bothers me not.
GLR
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There are many factors at play, check out this article by the CBI.
What is the impact of the war in Ukraine on exports of fresh and processed fruits and vegetables? | CBI
Russia is a big importer of fresh and processed fruits and vegetables. Ukraine is a much smaller market. The war in Ukraine has made exports of fresh fruits and vegetables to these countries vulnerable. At the same time, demand for products like fresh tomatoes and processed fruits and vegetables...
That article is 5 months old but there are many factors at play indeed.....There are many factors at play, check out this article by the CBI.
What is the impact of the war in Ukraine on exports of fresh and processed fruits and vegetables? | CBI
Russia is a big importer of fresh and processed fruits and vegetables. Ukraine is a much smaller market. The war in Ukraine has made exports of fresh fruits and vegetables to these countries vulnerable. At the same time, demand for products like fresh tomatoes and processed fruits and vegetables...www.cbi.eu
Spanish growers say weather, rising costs and Brexit caused UK salad shortages
Some producers point the finger at temperature shifts and others at bureaucracy and logistics
www.theguardian.com
Not to worry though, Government Minister Therese Coffey has come up with an idea for ye lads....
Eat turnips instead of tomatoes during shortages, Therese Coffey suggests
People should eat turnips instead of salad vegetables while supermarkets grapple with shortages, Environment Secretary Thérèse Coffey has suggested.
www.telegraph.co.uk
a quick walk around in morrisons or asda or tesco and its pretty obvious most of the clientele wouldnt know what a salad is so wont affect sales too much 
Cumbrian 1
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Cumbrian 1
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Shortage of fruit and vegetables 'a wake-up call' on impact of climate change
News from the Irish Examiner's team of reporters
www.irishexaminer.com
Is that the singer fella on Twitter?
www.independent.co.uk
Europeans mock UK shoppers with pictures of full shelves of vegetables
People living in Europe are sharing images contrasting their supermarkets with those in the UK
www.independent.co.uk
Rake Aboot
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Well I’m a vegetarian and haven’t seen any issue yet
Just eat what’s in season and use frozen veg more.
Plenty other plant based foods to use alongside fresh veg so hey ho
Just eat what’s in season and use frozen veg more.
Plenty other plant based foods to use alongside fresh veg so hey ho
No shortages in any of the three supermarkets I've had to go into this week. As usual, it's a storm in a teacup whipped up by remainiacs and the more hysterical end of the press.
Christ, with the prices they're charging in European supermarkets it's no wonder the shelves are still full.Is that the singer fella on Twitter?
Europeans mock UK shoppers with pictures of full shelves of vegetables
People living in Europe are sharing images contrasting their supermarkets with those in the UK
Coffey would rather we eat Baldrick’s veg than admit Brexit failure
Britain’s politicians can’t bring themselves to tell the truth about empty shelves, writes James Moore
www.independent.co.uk
Freeforester
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Last night’s winter warmer, served with cabbage and potato, included swede, carrot, celery, onion and even a red pepper: “second day’s“ (cooked then left 24hrs, reheated thereafter) slow-cooked fallow deer fore-shanks. The swede is a grand root veg, not just for Burns night…
John Gryphon
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All of their produce is first class and the greedy big supermarkets must hate them.
Arnolds,the best joint in town.
WEEKEND WINNERS
Shopping at a local independent store like ours, you will find lower prices than the big chains.
It just makes sense!
•New season Gala Apples $1.99 kg
•New season William Pears $1.69 kg
•Plums Black/Red $2.99 kg
•Local Nectarines + Peaches $2.99 kg
•Local Beetroot $1.99 kg
•Truss Tomatoes $3.99 kg
•Broccoli $2.99 kg
•Cherry Tomatoes 2 punnets $3
•Red Seedless Grapes $3.99 kg
. whole cabbage $1.49
Lots of stories about empty shelves elsewhere, but you won’t find that at Arnold’s.
Great value, fresh quality produce direct from the markets and local farms. Happy weekend shopping!
•Cauliflower $2.99 ea
•Gourmet Tomatoes $2.99 kg
•Iceberg Lettuce $1.99 ea
•Local Nectarines $2.99 kg
•Topless Pines $1.99 ea
•Sweet Corn 3 for $2
•Passionfruit 3 for $1
•Local 10kg bag Pickling Onions $7.99
•Local Zucchini $1.99 kg
•Green seedless Grapes $4.99 kg
•William Pears $1.99 of
•Whole Wombuk $1.99 kg
. 16kg cases Roma Tomatoes $30
Arnolds,the best joint in town.
Shopping at a local independent store like ours, you will find lower prices than the big chains.
It just makes sense!
•New season Gala Apples $1.99 kg
•New season William Pears $1.69 kg
•Plums Black/Red $2.99 kg
•Local Nectarines + Peaches $2.99 kg
•Local Beetroot $1.99 kg
•Truss Tomatoes $3.99 kg
•Broccoli $2.99 kg
•Cherry Tomatoes 2 punnets $3
•Red Seedless Grapes $3.99 kg
. whole cabbage $1.49
Lots of stories about empty shelves elsewhere, but you won’t find that at Arnold’s.
Great value, fresh quality produce direct from the markets and local farms. Happy weekend shopping!
•Cauliflower $2.99 ea
•Gourmet Tomatoes $2.99 kg
•Iceberg Lettuce $1.99 ea
•Local Nectarines $2.99 kg
•Topless Pines $1.99 ea
•Sweet Corn 3 for $2
•Passionfruit 3 for $1
•Local 10kg bag Pickling Onions $7.99
•Local Zucchini $1.99 kg
•Green seedless Grapes $4.99 kg
•William Pears $1.99 of
•Whole Wombuk $1.99 kg
. 16kg cases Roma Tomatoes $30
Brace yourself mate, next week UK wholesalers will be paying double this weeks price for tomatoes and peppers, spinach will be 70% extra, cucumbers, coriander and dill 50% extra.
Not sure about turnips.
Rake Aboot
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Or we could just swallow the crap the media feed isCoffey would rather we eat Baldrick’s veg than admit Brexit failure
Britain’s politicians can’t bring themselves to tell the truth about empty shelves, writes James Moore
All she said was eat more home grown veg in season
Typical scum press trying to run politics instead of reporting the truth
We get the majority of our veg direct from our local farm shop, who supply fantastic seasonal veg at fantastic prices.
I was chatting to the farmer there a couple of weeks ago before all the current media hysteria kicked off. He was telling me that many of the market gardeners have been hit by the recent intense frosts, which have decimated the production of brassicas in particular. There are farmers whose entire crops have been ruined - and that's farmers who have ground in Kent, Lincolnshire and the Home Counties.
We are not helped either by the recent trend to turn productive agricultural land into solar farms.
It took Russia's invasion of Ukraine to highlight how in hock most of Europe was to Russian gas, resulting in all the rapid adoption of all these hare-brained green energy schemes, and doubtless we'll soon face further food shortages because of the reduction in agricultural land.
Politicians really are the dumbest people out there, with no appreciation of the consequences of the constant stream of knee-jerk policies they rapidly enact so that they can be seen to be doing something, and thereby hope to fool the public to keep voting for them.
I was chatting to the farmer there a couple of weeks ago before all the current media hysteria kicked off. He was telling me that many of the market gardeners have been hit by the recent intense frosts, which have decimated the production of brassicas in particular. There are farmers whose entire crops have been ruined - and that's farmers who have ground in Kent, Lincolnshire and the Home Counties.
We are not helped either by the recent trend to turn productive agricultural land into solar farms.
It took Russia's invasion of Ukraine to highlight how in hock most of Europe was to Russian gas, resulting in all the rapid adoption of all these hare-brained green energy schemes, and doubtless we'll soon face further food shortages because of the reduction in agricultural land.
Politicians really are the dumbest people out there, with no appreciation of the consequences of the constant stream of knee-jerk policies they rapidly enact so that they can be seen to be doing something, and thereby hope to fool the public to keep voting for them.
We'll see about that. Few people eat food which has passed through UK wholesalers hands any way, so even in the unlikely event that what you're saying is true, it will have relatively little effect.
Cost of heating energy is an issue too. British and European glass houses can produce early crops but the cost of oil and gas has held production back, meaning greater reliance on Mediterranean and African producers. Throw in a poor growing season down there and you've got a shortage.