UK grocery price inflation hit a record 17.5% the four weeks to March 19. Read more at straitstimes.com.
LONDON - Britons already reeling from the biggest rise in food prices since 1977 may have to get used to shortages of fresh vegetables as soaring costs and unpredictable weather hit domestic production.
Compounding matters, UK production of salad ingredients is expected to hit a record low this year as costly energy deters British producers from planting crops in greenhouses.to levels not seen for almost 50 years. Mr Jack Ward, CEO of the British Growers Association, said there was now a question mark over the future of Britain’s fresh food producers.Growers, farming unions and shop owners warn of more shortages ahead, possibly soon spreading to other home grown crops, including leeks, cauliflowers and carrots because of summer drought and winter frosts.
“There are real risks that empty shelves may become more commonplace,” Ms Minette Batters, president of the National Farmers Union, said.
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