Fruit and veg shortage: what has caused it and how long will it last?

Aldi and Tesco have joined Asda and Morrisons in limiting customers on certain fresh fruit and veg in response to shortages of supply.
Tesco warned that customers won't be allowed to buy more than three packs of peppers, cucumbers or tomatoes, describing it as a 'precautionary measure'.
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[@Ghengiskhansmum]

There are plenty of vegetables in the House of commons, but they're well past their sell by date.

[@jdw9260]

This. 🤣

[@vietashroffoliver2521]

😂 🤣 too true

[@griffinpublishing]

So true! 🤣

[@criticsatlarge0073]

Definitely lots of Turnips in the current Tory corrupt lot.

[@paulflint6254]

Killed it 😂

[@stephenwalker2924]

Weird innit? There's never a shortage of Mars Bars, Coco Pops, Rice Crispies, Cocaine, Heroin, those little plastic toys stuck on the front of kids' magazines, Rolos, empty Laughing Gas canisters in the street, Creme Eggs (all in the shops by Feburary), tins of cheap lager/cider which are always somehow stronger than more expensive brands - and Ferrero Rocher. ffs

[@pauldevehers394]

And tea... And coffee... And dildos...

[@elizabethrose5007]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@slowgomera5611]

yep

[@PinkDiamond7777777]

😂

[@futurez12]

That's because they're not highly perishable produce. Those products are full of so many chemical preservatives that they're pretty much bullet proof against any climate catastrophe you can throw at them. 😁

[@KeithRingo]

Republic of Ireland here. Done my shopping in Lidl and tesco tonight. No shortage of vegetables here.

[@doctorpanigrahi9975]

Nice.

[@andrewrobinson2565]

There's NO BAD WEATHER in Spain and Morocco. In the North of Spain/south of France, SHELVES ARE FULL. People are in the sea, swimming 🌞.

[@tadhgcronin175]

We know. We just tuned in to Channel 4 to amuse ourselves and check our pronouns.

[@andrewrobinson2565]

@@tadhgcronin175 It's raining here in France 🇨🇵 right now. My wife is growing potatoes*, not that you having an Irish name 🇮🇪 (not Côte d'Ivoire 🇨🇮) would make that of interest. How do you pronounce your personal noun? *She isn't growing tomatoes because there are plenty in the shops.

[@andrewrobinson2565]

@@tadhgcronin175 +1 for checking your pronouns 👍.

[@davidtaylor6793]

Zero shortage of fruit and veg here in Italy. It must be raining inside the Spanish greenhouses that supply UK supermarkets and be nothing to do with Boris’s disastrous oven ready deal.

[@tudorcasian8136]

🤣

[@Tejiknasten]

There's no lack of vegetables here in Sweden. Tomatoes, cucumbers and so on, it's business as usual.

[@scarba]

No shortage here in Germany either

[@stevewildeagle965]

Yep your country is obviously willing to pay increased costs, you enjoy it while it's there.👍🏼

[@lemonj5658]

How are you doing for Swede's?

[@mariakonexus8939]

In the Netherlands, the government obligated the farmers to close FARMS AROUND 17.000 Farms!!!

[@mariakonexus8939]

In Spain it's not shortage!!!

[@jonathanfreyone526]

I’m from mainland Europe, no shortages over here.

[@bluecloudsailing]

Tomatoes are more than 3€/kg here in Germany. No shortage if you have enough money.

[@bernardedwards8461]

In UK, food hoarders sometimes create artificial food shortages.

[@jonathanfreyone526]

@@bernardedwards8461 seriously, how is that allowed especially in the current climate that we live in?

[@bernardedwards8461]

@@jonathanfreyone526 Supermarkets limit the amount of a scarce commodity to 3 per customer, but empty shelves still occur..

[@jonathanfreyone526]

@@bernardedwards8461, even so there is no justification for food shortages in supermarkets, this is simply not happening in mainland Europe, even with the issues regarding inflation and so forth, I can vouch for it. Maybe it’s to do with the big elephant in the room no one seems to talk about in the British media, Brexit.

[@aivars_video]

No vegetable shortage here in Baltic countries. Prices are much higher than last year though…

[@astroboirap]

dont you guys just eat potatoe and vodka anyway

[@PinkDiamond7777777]

Fruit & veg too expensive ! 😭

[@johndavies5985]

@@astroboirap UK will soon have shortage of spuds.

[@eduardoromerovaquero3191]

They`re more expensive here in Spain too, where many fruits and vegetables for the EU are produced so I'm affraid that's the current situation. Mainly due to high energy prices costs, but also due to the last quarter of 22 being extremely dry. The fact that many producers in the Netherlands have decided to halt their production, must also have an effect.

[@clickme334]

​@@astroboirap and you eat ham annd cheese sandwiches every day! Shut up!

[@Itchyback]

No shortage of fresh Spanish/Italian/Portuguese veggies here in Finland. So, perhaps your politicians should pull their heads out of their arses and start making joining the SM & CU easier. That means regulatory alignment.

[@bebois2529]

BREXIT!!!! Why does the media lie

[@utubebroadcaster]

​@@ChristianPatriarchyRussia big exporter of those

[@paulaferreira1836]

I live in a small village in Portugal and I am not noticing in the supermarket or hearing farmers complaing about the veg shortage.

[@nothereandthereanywhere]

@@ChristianPatriarchy You need to read a bit more. May I suggest history?

[@Aarontlondon]

I’ve just come back from France where I went shopping in Carrefour and food markets every other day. The were absolutely no shortages of fruit or veg. Why does our media parrot what the government tell us what to say?

[@PinkDiamond7777777]

No shortages of fruit & veg, correct-just so expensive, here. 😭

[@testman9541]

Saving their *ss and the b-word fairytale maybe 😉

[@1337murk]

The media was invented as a propaganda machine, it never stopped being a propaganda machine

[@DivineTruth1]

They parrot the Government because all of them are wicked tares.

[@markhowell9440]

Yeah man, I live in Spain now and there's definitely no shortage here.

[@jeanettelowe6672]

Absolute tosh! No bad weather here in Almería in Southern Spain, the capital of where your fruit & veg are grown and my home for the last 32 years. Slob Minister Thérèse Coffey today openly blames bad weather in Southern Spain for the fruit and veg shortage in the U.K. No, no and no!! 🤬 I’ve lived in Almería in southern Spain for 32 years which is where much of your fresh produce is grown and this winter is a regular seasonal winter with NO particularly cold weather with temps between 16-22 degrees in the daytime and 11-16 degrees at night. The British government are blaming Spain when it is clearly BREXIT as fruit and veg export companies have chosen other markets over Britain to sell to as they have a choice of 26 other countries within the EU trade free as well as new markets such as USA and Canada. Admin and tonnes of Brexit paperwork is to blame for the shortage!!! U.K. supermarkets are limiting customers to purchase only 3 tomatoes and other items 😳😱 I get given a huge bag of GORGEOUS/TASTY/FRESHLY PICKED DEEP RED tomatoes and other stuff for FREE! Enjoy your Brexit benefits in Britain. Adding to raw sewage in the waterways: rivers, beaches etc.. Ooh and not forgetting the thousands of strikes. Brexit is blooming great and really put the “Great” back into Britain for deluded Brits 🙈👌🤬😱

[@jcanyiam8309]

You tell 'em. Jeanette- You are RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT!!!!! (STAY WELL)

[@griffinpublishing]

Well said!! .. Although I think the strikes are intentional and the governments way of stealthily trying to reduce the population of poor and elderly residents to combat over-population, seen by them as a cheaper option to investing money on tackling climate change or hindering big business.

[@Purple_flower09]

The tomato thing is mostly media story. I don't know a single person who cares about not having a tomato in February or only having one cucumber. I agree with your other comments. But really this is not a serious problem and in most parts of the UK it's not even happening at all.

[@barrystubbs983]

has the u.k. only just brexited from the e.u. then , don't remember shortages last year , or the year before , or the year before that ,

[@jdfg5fff]

​@@barrystubbs983 Where were you before when the lorry drivers, and hundred of shortages on the past years?

[@sylviaderby3822]

No supply chain issues of fruit or veg here in Germany. Supermarkets are well stocked up.

[@dancoulson6579]

But you have to remember that Germany is a more developed nation. Germans are known around the world as being organized, well prepared, and having procedures for situations. I expect the German supermarkets have redundant suppliers. The UK on the overhand is less developed - we can't even charge a sensible price for petrol (not _all_ petrolium distillates, but exclusively gasoline form) here...

[@therealrobertbirchall]

Of course the UK will be back of the que and we will pay more. Wait until the crooks realise that they can dump rotten meat on the UK because we have no checks on imports and our own food safety regulations are being repealed as part of abolishing all laws made since 1972 in the EU retained law bill. Anarchy in the UK didn't know Farridge was a pistols fan.

[@booms7258]

Perfectly fine in France!

[@belkentens]

Apart from the french, of course

[@jnae2006]

No shortage in Ireland don't know were they are getting the information

[@pauldevehers394]

They're producing the information...

[@countfosco8535]

Our UK living standards won't improve until we reverse Brexit and then adopt the Euro pdq.

[@marinusvos]

@@countfosco8535 "until we reverse Brexit" It will take the UK approx. 20 years to join the EU again.

[@Redf322]

No shortage in EU. Funny that.

[@anonomous8719]

Nice propaganda

[@TBrl8]

@@anonomous8719 they are called facts.

[@pauldevehers394]

@@TBrl8 Well, and isn't it what propaganda do...?! Calling facts to what only seems a fact but in reality is not a fact?! And that is a fact!

[@conorhayes2927]

​@@pauldevehers394mate you barely make sense. But no one in the eu has a food shortage

[@Linda-go2lux]

I’ve been hearing this story on the radio all day today and can’t understand the explanations being given for this British phenomenon 🤷‍♀️ I can assure you that the supermarkets here in Luxembourg have no shortage of fresh vegetables and there are tomatoes a plenty !

[@pauldevehers394]

Well, but that is in Luxembourg... Still though, those where produced in green houses... Or during the period when the weather was not that cold...

[@Linda-go2lux]

@@pauldevehers394 However or wherever they were produced is not in question. The point is that there is no shortage of the usual fresh produce here !

[@Mondfischli]

...same here in Germany. No shortages. 🤔

[@britnatzaredemocracydenier5922]

I ain't British 🤮 I'm scottish

[@louis-philippearnhem6959]

Same in Belgium. Higher prices though.

[@BritishRosie-es3zr]

Adverse weather in the EU, yet here in the EU we have tomatoes...hmmm

[@pauldevehers394]

They were grown before the weather has cooled down...

[@b62boom1]

​@Paul De Vehers why are you lying?

[@BritishRosie-es3zr]

@@pauldevehers394 And the UK has time travel? How can they run out in one place because of the weather and not another?

[@p-james]

I've seen no shortage in Ireland (republic) no matter what shop I go into.

[@zxbzxbzxb1]

Yeah but I'm sure that literally all the shops you haven't visited are completely empty 😛

[@josh77577]

Nothing to do with Brexit says Brexit Media.

[@DrumToTheBassWoop]

Give us some ? :(

[@offlercrocgod]

Indeed, was very surprised when he said that.

[@pauldevehers394]

What shop do you go James? Please let us know... Come on, tell us .

[@avakholwadia1420]

I live in Belgium and see no shortage. Time to start eating seasonal products. That is what they are trying to tell people. We have gotten use to eat every type of fruit and veg all year round.

[@drd6416]

Belgium, is for now, very lucky indeed. Having a gf who lives there I was blessed to enjoy the fresh groenten from a lovely shop in her town. Yes, you can taste the difference. You guys actually have far more products, even in stores we have like Aldi and Lidl, here our local ones are bare. I wish we had a produce store that did fresh every day like Cools did 😕

[@Felsenkeks]

Doesn't work for the UK. They are like 90% dependant on other countries for the fruit you get in supermarkets. I was used to buying locally from my own home country and when I lived in the UK had to realise the closest to that was some vegetables from France..

[@avakholwadia1420]

@@drd6416 we buy alot of local and seasonal vegetables. Where I live I can go to the allotments and buy the vegetables. The problem for the UK is that the greenhouse grown veg and fruit in the Uk has been impacted by the energy costs as well as the produce has to come from abroad. In the UK most have got use to eating non seasonal all year round and this is not sustainable. Energy cost, environment etc is the biggest challenge and the sooner governments realize that the better.

[@ArchnaKapur]

Then uk can eat nothing, they grow nothing

[@gavinreid9184]

Bad weather has happened before. When did we last have food shortages? The weather was just the last straw. I struggle to believe it is the root cause.

[@pauldevehers394]

No, it isn't the root cause... But, that they're trying to cause something on some roots, that they for sure are.

[@jeanettelowe6672]

Absolute tosh! No bad weather here in Almería in Southern Spain, the capital of where your fruit & veg are grown. Slob Minister Thérèse Coffey today openly blames bad weather in Southern Spain for the fruit and veg shortage in the U.K. No, no and no!! 🤬 I’ve lived in Almería in southern Spain for 32 years which is where much of your fresh produce is grown and this winter is a regular seasonal winter with NO particularly cold weather with temps between 16-22 degrees in the daytime and 11-16 degrees at night. The British government are blaming Spain when it is clearly BREXIT as fruit and veg export companies have chosen other markets over Britain to sell to as they have a choice of 26 other countries within the EU trade free as well as new markets such as USA and Canada. Admin and tonnes of Brexit paperwork is to blame for the shortage!!! U.K. supermarkets are limiting customers to purchase only 3 tomatoes and other items 😳😱 I get given a huge bag of GORGEOUS/TASTY/FRESHLY PICKED DEEP RED tomatoes and other stuff for FREE! Enjoy your Brexit benefits in Britain. Adding to raw sewage in the waterways: rivers, beaches etc.. Ooh and not forgetting the thousands of strikes. Brexit is blooming great and really put the “Great” back into Britain for deluded Brits 🙈👌🤬😱

[@PinkDiamond7777777]

2020.

[@britnatzaredemocracydenier5922]

Brexiters are determined to drag the population down to the sick man of Europe again

[@vietashroffoliver2521]

@@jeanettelowe6672 well and truly said. Thanks

[@viquiben4919]

No shortages in any EU country, and not specially bad weather in Southern Spain, Portugal or Morocco.

[@countfosco8535]

Are you saying the British Tories are lying to us?? Never!!

[@JootjeJ]

Not entirely true. Dutch supermarkets are now also limiting the numbers of certain vegetables that an individual can buy. We're beginning to struggle with shortages too.

[@futurez12]

@@JootjeJ Ignore them. They're just left wing loons looking for any opportunity to point at Brexit for being the reason for when things get rough. Interestingly, half of them appear to be from the continent so clearly they still haven't gotten over the UK leaving. You can almost taste the salt in their comments. 😂

[@davidstrelec2000]

@@countfosco8535 TORIES are 100% fucking liers

[@pablofernandez3284]

​@@countfosco8535 😂😂😂.

[@lucylocket5262]

We have NOT had any fruit or vegetables shortages in Warsaw, Poland. Shelves are full of produce. At this time of the year we get most of our tomatoes (an other fruit & veggies) from Spain and Portugal. It's "interesting" that UK seems to be the only country, which has been affected by adverse weather conditions in Spain....I wonder why is that....? ;)

[@witlesswonderthe2nd883]

Lucy Locket they pulled the same thing with the egg farmers/ suppliers, raised all the prices to customers and then told them there was a shortage. Egg farmers refused to supply them without an increase to them that they had faced. This is just a rinse and repeat of them refusing to pay properly.

[@ronrichardson3103]

It's called sensationalism somewhow our media thrives on it .

[@grassytramtracks]

The UK is not a member of a political and economic union encompassing a single market and Customs Union... That's got nothing to do with it, the weather is just selectively targeting the crops destined for Britain

[@liamc9140]

No shortage in Ireland the whole Island of Ireland...Britain

[@terryj50]

No shortage where I live I guess the eu hates remainers. Lol they don’t want them to have food. I even gave away a lot of good fruit and veg on olio yesterday

[@achtungmark]

Sounds like both of them are not being totally honest here about the impact of Brexit. I live in Berlin and there are absolutely no shortages of tomatoes or other salad items, the shelves are full. Curiously, it's only the UK that is affected by these shortages.

[@jeanettelowe6672]

I agree with you. Absolute tosh! No bad weather here in Almería in Southern Spain, the capital of where your fruit & veg are grown. Slob Minister Thérèse Coffey today openly blames bad weather in Southern Spain for the fruit and veg shortage in the U.K. No, no and no!! 🤬 I’ve lived in Almería in southern Spain for 32 years which is where much of your fresh produce is grown and this winter is a regular seasonal winter with NO particularly cold weather with temps between 16-22 degrees in the daytime and 11-16 degrees at night. The British government are blaming Spain when it is clearly BREXIT as fruit and veg export companies have chosen other markets over Britain to sell to as they have a choice of 26 other countries within the EU trade free as well as new markets such as USA and Canada. Admin and tonnes of Brexit paperwork is to blame for the shortage!!! U.K. supermarkets are limiting customers to purchase only 3 tomatoes and other items 😳😱 I get given a huge bag of GORGEOUS/TASTY/FRESHLY PICKED DEEP RED tomatoes and other stuff for FREE! Enjoy your Brexit benefits in Britain. Adding to raw sewage in the waterways: rivers, beaches etc.. Ooh and not forgetting the thousands of strikes. Brexit is blooming great and really put the “Great” back into Britain for deluded Brits 🙈👌🤬😱

[@achtungmark]

@@jeanettelowe6672 You took the words out of my mouth Jeanette and thank you for confirming what I already suspected was gaslighting and excuse making by the Brexiteers. It's truly a source of grief to me to watch the news from the UK and to see that there is nothing that has got better under the Conservatives these last 13 years. Literally, everything is on the point of collapse while the outright gaslighting and deception increase reciprocally. The worst of it, for me, is that these kinds of lies are going unchallenged and are becoming normalised. It's a tragedy what the UK is becoming and I feel a deep sadness to see this on a daily basis. Brexit has been a catastrophe and will only get worse.

[@utubebroadcaster]

Just don't mention the "B" word as the rest of the EU zone is greatly unaffected

[@achtungmark]

That's so true, there are no shortages here in Germany.

[@pauldevehers394]

@@achtungmark Yeah... Yeah. But that is Germany, where the weather is good enough to grow whatsoever... By the way, do you have tomatoes there?

[@achtungmark]

@@pauldevehers394 Yes, we do. We have an abundance of them, even though the weather hasn't been that good. Hopefully, you too have tomatoes.

[@GalaxyFur]

*No shortage here in the United States.* The 10 grocery stores in my town are fully stocked with tomatoes. Funny how only the UK has no tomatoes or produce, while European countries are also stocked from what I'm hearing. Could it be because of Brexit? Hmm... 🤔

[@eduardoromerovaquero3191]

Ha, ha, ha you're in another continent...I guess the US market isn't suffering the energy crisis that Europe is facing. The shortage is probably due to many factors. Including bad weather in the last six months of '22, energy costs, some logistic shortages which increase prices, and also the effects of Brexit…

[@stiofain88]

​@@eduardoromerovaquero3191I live in Ireland (it's next door in case you're British). Going to actually make something vegetarian tonight...not because I want to...just because I can.

[@Smyrna37]

People iv spoken to in the US say there are infact shortages. Must depend on area. You'll see it soon I'm sure

[@GalaxyFur]

@@Smyrna37 Nope! I've been to many different towns as I travel. No shortage here. Trucker shortage though yes. So deliveries run a little late sometimes. So we don't see anything like the UK does. The only country that's making headlines for shortages on tomatoes is the UK. Stocked up in Canada too. Deliveries though do run a day late sometimes. So stores will sometimes run a tad low at select locations for a few hours.

[@SW-fy8pq]

@@eduardoromerovaquero3191 US is the only beneficiary of Russia-Ukraine war, hence US is extremely happy to prolong the war. meanwhile others like you and me are suffering greatly.

[@EIRE55]

Food shortages in the UK have been on the cards for the last few years, so why is anyone surprised?!?

[@Anakin_Sandy_High_Ground]

fearmongering

[@lellyparker]

Did anyone check on the "bad weather" story? I did try to find stories in the Spanish press about adverse weather damaging crop yields but couldn't find anything. That doesn't necessarily mean that it didn't happen, it may just not be considered news-worthy in Spain.

[@richardtuxford1812]

I've heard that there is literally no issue in Spain, lovely warm January

[@patrickokeeffe539]

If anything it was a dry winter here.

[@nobo764]

Hottest January on record here in Spain. Bought 2 kilos of tomatoes and green peppers , cucumbers to make gazpacho yesterday. This is about Brexit . Nothing more , nothing less.

[@wiicow]

So I’m portugal there was a lack of rain this year and some wine growers I spoke to said it made it a bad season for them But still nowhere near shortage territory Only raise the prices território

[@adenmall7596]

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[@cloudyblaze7916]

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[@selenajack2036]

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[@ingeborgwood8057]

There is no shortages in Germany ,it seems that planning in England is not really very popular.

[@chubbymoth5810]

Hmm,.. no shortages at all in the EU as far as I'm aware. What could possibly different between the UK and the EU? Bad weather? Really?

[@countfosco8535]

Brexit and Sterling. Get rid.

[@tashday9662]

The fault of brexit and UK boomers.

[@beybladebaby]

Broomers

[@tashday9662]

@@beybladebaby That's genius.

[@annerigby4400]

So based on the people interviewed in this video, the whole lack of tomatoes and cucumbers is to be blamed on bad weather in Spain, Portugal and Morocco? Where I'm living, Continental Europe, there is no shortage of either of these vegetables. Nobody finds it strange that this has never happened before at a scale where there is a news report about it, except maybe in the 70s? or 60s? Without Brexit, this problem would not be happening because the UK would have planted their normal crops of greenhouse veg (no problem finding seasonal people for harvest time) and the EU would have had the UK on its delivery route (no red tape and possible congestion (causing veg to perish before arrival) to make things unduly complicated). The UK would have been in the same boat as the rest of Europe - perhaps tomatoes and cucumbers being more expensive than normally at this time of year, for example. It will never cease to amaze me to hear people scooting around the elephant trying to pretend it's a mouse.

[@Whoami691]

Except all of those things are fully available from every farmers market here. See the problem you - and every European - is making is you confuse a domestic issue with a trade one. We have all these products, they are just not for sale in supermarkets because our greedy supermarkets want to force prices down by relying on imports rather than pay our farmers a decent wage Except this time the farmers told them to shove it. As a result the supermarkets are low but local shops are full to the brim. Farmers are actually getting paid this time. But please, blame Brexit a bit more, I know you like to blame all the UK's problems on Brexit, not like Spain's agriculture minister already dismissed that notion is it? Remind me, who were the first to help Ukraine and who got the vaccine first? Wasn't the EU.

[@annerigby4400]

@@Whoami691 Just one point here, about the vaccine... the EU had nothing to do with the UK getting the vaccine first. That was up to the UK to use its citizens as guinea pigs for the world. The UK could have been the first when it was in the EU. The two are totally unrelated. Also, what does the UK helping Ukraine have to do with Brexit or the EU? you seem to be making a big mix of everything in a weak attempt to make brexit look like something good. It isn't. No matter how hard you try, the UK has lost a lot by leaving the EU. The number one loss is a seat at the table and having a say in rules and laws and standards. The UK wants to rid itself of restrictions (standards) and so will make itself unable to do commerce with the EU or any other country that has the same standards. You better hope that the US market is generous and that the price of transport/shipping drops tremendously because the EU is soooo much closer.

[@charlesflouvat1829]

No weather problems at all, abroad 🤔

[@saxglend9439]

What about Antarctica?

[@heirifurzer9409]

I'm living in Basel, where Switzerland, Germany and France meet. No shortage in neither of these countries at all. And prices have risen only moderatly. The truth is: after Brexit and especially when production in Spain decreases due to bad weather, the UK simply gets the leftovers... Brits starving a little bit? Well, Rees-Mogg would call it another Brexit opportunity. 🤣Enjoy!

[@twisted_void]

I love how it is blamed on other countries by this last guy interviewed last. Interestingly, no shortages here in Amsterdam of any vegetable. PM if you want some cherry tomatoes sent in mail 😂

[@JjLl2221]

No shortage here in Canada

[@graememckay9972]

I was brought up in Lanarkshire, Scotland. The area was well known for orchards and tomatoes houses. Numerous fruit packing warehouses. Locals couldn't compete with supermarkets importing cheaper produce all year rather than seasonal. All the greenhouses and packing places have been flattened and built over with "executive villas" because its easier building on an existing footprint than getting permission for green belt.

[@Purple_flower09]

Lanarkshire never did produce tomatoes in February.

[@Nigelfarij]

There were never food shortages in the UK prior to Brexit.

[@nothereandthereanywhere]

I'm not aware of any shortages indeed. I have been living in UK for 16 years and the last 3 years were terrible in comparison to what we used to have in UK 5 years ago. Do you remember the times when the shelves were actually full, not just half full, or almost empty? Those were good times, right?

[@andrewjones-productions]

Putting all the reasons and excuses to one side, I honestly believe that we should be eating according to what the seasons provide us with instead of eating whatever, whenever in our homes. It isn't all that long ago that this is exactly what we mostly used to do.

[@nothereandthereanywhere]

I partially agree. Veggies and fruits that are not in Europe are not needed for consumption. We have survived without them for hundreds of years, we can do without them now as well. That being said, lettuce, tomatoes and cucumbers are really not "seasonal", they can be grown not far away from where we live. We just have to cooperate with the country, that is all. Spain is 2 days drive away, just double distance from Scotland(I live in the south).

[@TranquiloTrev]

Yes, this idea that you can eat anything you want at any time, is very modern. The other problem is that when these foods travel half way around the world to get here they lose a lot of their nutritional value, and their taste.

[@annscott4449]

Agree absolutely. Tomatoes from miles away in winter arnt anything special I can do without em infact would say they are tasteless. People don't have a problem until other people give em one. I can do without salad stuff in winter lots more good winter stuff out there. Were is the problem.

[@davidpalk5010]

Britain wasn't even self-sufficient for food in WWII, when the population was less than half what it is now and the country was under strict rationing. Atlantic convoys cost thousands of lives but were essential in order to sustain the nation. We have been absolutely reliant on food imports for at least a hundred years, which makes self-imposed trade sactions seem especially silly. We've isolated ourselves from essential suppliers. Brexit is the slow puncture in our economy.

[@annscott4449]

Agree with Andrew Jones. I can live without tomatoes from Europe in winter they are tasteless. I can live without salad stuff in winter.plenty of good winter British veg. What is the problem with not having these missing items through winter.. stop talking about it media then folks won't start to miss em. Just keep quite and it will come good don't make a problem when there really isn't one. Who wants a horrible hard tasteless tomato on there plate anyway. Just saying .

[@samusa4581]

No shortages here in the Netherlands but the prices have gone up a bit.

[@dirgsuite5546]

If Brexit is not largely involved in it, than why in the EU are there no shortages?

[@t-rex4211]

Because U.K. had shortages before whilst in the EU

[@dirgsuite5546]

@@t-rex4211 Clearly, you have your act together.

[@t-rex4211]

@@dirgsuite5546 was that not what you wanted to hear?

[@nothereandthereanywhere]

@@t-rex4211 UK had shortages while in the EU? I don't remember those. Been living in UK for 16 years. Could you be a bit more specific? Because I remember the shops were usually packed to the edge of the shelf and many of there thrown away.

[@b62boom1]

​@@t-rex4211 I've lived in the UK for 53 years. There's not been a food shortage in the UK during my lifetime. You're lying.

[@margaret3606]

No shortage of fruit and veg in Ireland where I live.

[@isolationnationn]

*No other European country has shortages,* yet "Brexit has nothing to do with it"... Right.

[@walkonhotcoals1277]

But why does it appear to be only affecting Britain?

[@elizabethbrown3717]

I'm in the Uk and I don't have any problem getting veg or fruit.

[@Rosbif06600]

"We don't see this very often..." No. Last time there was rationing was WW2. No issues here in Normandy. Bad weather? ... BS.

[@michaelmattern8188]

Weathers fine in Spain, what they talking about ????????

[@micheltibon6552]

Last year my brother in law, a tomato grower in the Netherlands, told me he would leave his glass houses empty over the winter as it did not make sense to grow tomato as the price of gas has risen. Also in food media in the Netherlands they have mentioned that with the cost of living rising to start thinking about shopping smarter. To stop buying vegetables and fruit which are out of season as they will be much more expensive. Since moving to Luxembourg six years ago I kept track on my shopping/groceries expenses. I have noticed that the monthly cost has risen though in the last two years.

[@metalvideos1961]

I don't know I am Dutch. Everything is still available here.

[@pablofernandez3284]

Someone told to someone that knew a person who says that in Europe had shortages in cucumber. 😂😂😂. Another brexit believer.

[@carmichael2359]

I wonder what chapter of the Book of Revelation we're going to experience this week?

[@stephenwalker2924]

I'm hoping to see one of those mad angels made of wings and eyes and nothing else

[@briandbedford4178]

What a load of rubbish blaming the weather. In Germany there is NO shortage.

[@raynarks]

No shortage in the greengrocers in Bristol in Britain. The supermarkets are refusing to pay the growers the proper rate. I’ve just come back from the greengrocer.

[@javierckaiser4264]

Hahaha! I live in Almeria, Andalusia, Southern Spain (famous for the green houses, the orchard of Europe) farmers here are selling everything, there has been a smaller yield, yes but not significant enough to have shortages. The problem is Holland and other EU countries due to energy prices are not producing as much, producers here are not to selling to the UK as their first option, (tariffs, long cues and red tape) but to our European brothers first. Welcome to the Brexit Sir!

[@pauldevehers394]

I believe you... And I'm positively sure you lack no tomatoes there... Please, should there be the chance, by the time they'd be preparing the tomatina, ask them to send some to those who lack tomatoes. Many thanks, Best regards... We hope to hear from you soon.

[@VanillaMacaron551]

"Due to energy prices" - no-one is hearing this (although I also blame Brexit). In other words, it's related to Nordstream, the war in Ukraine, sanctions on Russia, etc. The sooner the UK can produce some cheap renewable power the better, so it can grow its own tomatoes year-round! Or sell some cheap power to Holland. Energy - and tomato - independence is a great thing.

[@jeanettelowe6672]

Hola Javier! Yo tb vivo en Almería, bueno en Aguadulce y he trabajado en Agroponiente y 8 empresas más de la zona del Poniente dando clases de inglés..mira mi respuesta para los británicos que son “deluded” over Brexit. Absolute tosh! No bad weather here in Almería in Southern Spain, the capital of where your fruit & veg are grown. Slob Minister Thérèse Coffey today openly blames bad weather in Southern Spain for the fruit and veg shortage in the U.K. No, no and no!! 🤬 I’ve lived in Almería in southern Spain for 32 years which is where much of your fresh produce is grown and this winter is a regular seasonal winter with NO particularly cold weather with temps between 16-22 degrees in the daytime and 11-16 degrees at night. The British government are blaming Spain when it is clearly BREXIT as fruit and veg export companies have chosen other markets over Britain to sell to as they have a choice of 26 other countries within the EU trade free as well as new markets such as USA and Canada. Admin and tonnes of Brexit paperwork is to blame for the shortage!!! U.K. supermarkets are limiting customers to purchase only 3 tomatoes and other items 😳😱 I get given a huge bag of GORGEOUS/TASTY/FRESHLY PICKED DEEP RED tomatoes and other stuff for FREE! Enjoy your Brexit benefits in Britain. Adding to raw sewage in the waterways: rivers, beaches etc.. Ooh and not forgetting the thousands of strikes. Brexit is blooming great and really put the “Great” back into Britain for deluded Brits 🙈👌🤬😱

[@javierckaiser4264]

​@@jeanettelowe6672 Hello neighbour! You are spot on! They are lying to their people and making their lives miserable

[@javierckaiser4264]

​@@VanillaMacaron551 You can try growing you own, but who is going to pick them up? You don't have enough workers and last year your crops where left to rot in the fields

[@chriswills9437]

Adverse weather in Spain and Morocco only affecting UK then.

[@simonbilling2796]

No problem like this in Rome italy brexit is a big problem in little Britain here in italy also wine us good and CHEAP !

[@utubebroadcaster]

In Britain whining is only cheap

[@missseveri3512]

We certainly have no wine shortages... priorities 🤣

[@belkentens]

Unfortunately it’s full of Italians

[@smellysam]

Full shelves in Belgium, even produce from Spain, Portugal, Morocco etc… This is a UK only problem.

[@tabariayo2839]

Not a problem here in Portugal!! This wasn’t a problem before brexit! Stop BS’ing the uk public

[@DCDPM]

As a man who lives with a Spanish woman, she is insulted that the British media are blaming her country for our governments incompetence. This has Brexit written through it like a stick of Blackpool Rock.

[@danguee1]

Wow - "insulted". When people discuss weather events in her country? How touchy and easily triggered is she? That's ridiculous! Both of you!

[@countfosco8535]

@@danguee1 Brexit needs to be reversed. Rapidly. Then we need to adopt the Euro. PS: Did you use words like 'triggered' a year ago? It makes you sound like a follower.

[@alviselaguna9033]

@@danguee1 You British people cannot chat about anything BUT the weather. I'm proud to be Spanish, and since is not bad weather here and you eat what WE grow, it is time for you to make numbers. Nobody in the entire EU is restricted to veggies. It is never YOUR fault, innit? Go and pick sour little berries from the hedges along the roads. Good luck and do not forget to never ever mention Brexit

[@xREVSx]

Just lift the boxes up and look underneath

[@victorianalin5885]

The denial of the consequences of Brexit is Unbelievable

[@christiaanhetzner1193]

No shortage in Germany. None at all

[@candanilight2627]

No shortage in Europe , and the weather is warmer than ever

[@Miles-sy9cf]

No vegetable shortages in Milan, Italy. Just about to have a nice salad for lunch.

[@samanthahardy9903]

The UK has relied so much on imports for so long that now there are food shortages. The UK used to grow much more food than we do now and had the labour force willing to work to bring in the crops.

[@paulflint6254]

they should make the migrants work, by growing vegetables and not living scott free.

[@jonemery8324]

Where do you grow Tomatoes and Cucumbers in The UK in the middle of a cold winter ?

[@paulflint6254]

@@jonemery8324 greenhouse lol. Its not that cold

[@Abraham_Tsfaye]

When I was in UK. I saw empty boarded up streets under a constant grey sky, litter everywhere. Homeless people sleeping in doorways. Opioid addicts out of their mind and women so drunk they urinated on the streets. It's a sad declined country

[@mediocreman6323]

Media said that there was also a shortage of vegetables in Ireland, so I did a search “vegetable shortage ireland”, but I _did not find_ anything, not a single report about Ireland running out of veggies. All I found where reports about _Britain_ in that regard. Weird, isn't it?

[@larstenfaelt1859]

I just came from the store here in Sweden. We have filled boxes with veggies also from Spain and south Europe. Why ain't the British government hinesrbti their people about the reason ...

[@jf76]

No lack of fresh fruits and vegetables and herbs and other diverse produce here in wintry Canada as far as I know, at least in the cities. Not sure why that one gentleman said that the shortage in the UK demonstrates how robust their supply chain is. He looks as though he could use some more fruit and veg in his diet. Also I do wonder if Brexit has something to do with their shortage despite denials of any consequence.

[@andrewkennedy4080]

I'm in Ireland... no shortages here at all.

[@angelachanelhuang1651]

Thank GOD

[@pennygower372]

No shortage of tomatoes, or other fresh fruit and veg here in Greece. Brexit has to be the major factor in shortages in Britain!

[@JugglinJellyTake01]

Heinz refused to supply Tesco last year due price disputes. Supermarkets refused to pay farmers an extra 40p per dozen eggs claiming customers would never pay such amounts. Supermarkets are playing hardball with growers, farmers, customers and contributing to artificial scarcity to inflate their prices. This is rank opportunism by the supermarkets while Sunak refuses to increase wages, minimum wage and benefits or even negotiate with unions. Very Little Helps - Farmers Very Little Helps - Growers Very Little Helps - Fishermen Very Little Helps - Workers Very Little Helps - People But, you can apparently sign up for a Tesco 'loyalty' card to get discounts - not so much a loyalty as coercion. Since when did supermarkets work based on membership?

[@shoelessjoe428]

There's no shortages in France.

[@RobertNaik]

A lot of Irish people are saying they can’t see any shortages and I can not see any as well. It’s really disappointing that this is being reported here.

[@stiofain88]

Maybe they're talking about just Tesco and M&S? I don't go in there since it got way more expensive than Dunnes, Aldi and Lidl.

[@Side_Eye_Shibe]

@@stiofain88 I've just been to Aldi and there's no produce

[@stiofain88]

@@Side_Eye_Shibe I was in Superveg before the match and they only had three empty shelves

[@RobertNaik]

@@Side_Eye_Shibe I was in Aldi in castleknock- just now and it’s full of stock. I’m just back from holiday in Spain and they didn’t even know it was a thing. But I guess there are some shortages. if Tesco is empty people are buying stuff in Aldi.

[@stiofain88]

If Ireland is having food shortages no ones bothered to tell our supermarkets.

[@senzen2692]

"Gaps on the shelves shows the robustness of the supply chain" WTH; double speak needs to be nipped in the bud.

[@itawolf2494]

Im in the north of ltaly,no problems with food and drink,could do with a bit of rain though.

[@stuartgraca]

Strange how there are no tomato shortages actually in EU super markets , its the same weather through out. A lot of fibs being told , I guess Tesco and otters do not feel their profit margins are big enough to do the UK public the favoyr of supplying many products.

[@louis-philippearnhem6959]

Food imports will be cheaper once the UK leaves the EU, former Ukip leader Nigel Farage has claimed. In a comment likely to anger and alarm many farmers, Mr Farage said cheaper food imports were just one benefit from leaving the EU. Mr Farage said: “Everything will get much cheaper - absolutely.

[@tuffandco3745]

Every Grocery store, supermarket and street market are fully stocked with fruit and veg. Loads of tomato’s, cucumbers etc.

[@Keithlfpieterse]

2 Bullet points: 1. Q. "Fruit and veg shortage: what has caused it...?" A. BREXIT 2.Q: "...and how long will it last?" A. Until the UK comes to its senses or Plan B: When the donkeys finally grow horns...i.e. until the end of time! Now bleed and feel the pain of short-sightedness, stupidity, ignorance, xenophobia, delusions of grandeur and absolute cretinism in Tory Brexit circles.

[@safebans1369]

The climate catastrophe is an important part of this, and being in the EU or not isn't gonna solve that

[@TBrl8]

Well said, Keith. Combo of elitist right wing monied idiots and xenophobic ignorant plebs - voila brexit.

[@Keithlfpieterse]

@@safebans1369 : Thanks for the red herring. Focus on the question at hand i.e. "Fruit and veg shortage: what has caused it and how long will it last?" I will gladly discuss Brexit within the context of climate change and irrespective of whether the UK is an EU member or not incl. the consequences of the various options at hand but for now I prefer to stick with the question which lies before us. Finally, never assume that I fail to take Climate Change into consideration when I reflect upon the entangled and also the intervening variables which go to shape our existence on the planet. That's all...for now!

[@Keithlfpieterse]

@@TBrl8 : Appreciate the affirmation. Thank you and success with your input into shaping a brighter future for ALL the people of the UK.

[@safebans1369]

@@Keithlfpieterse whether or not this is to do with Brexit or not, you're loving in your own invented liberal utopia if you think that climate change isn't affecting food supply

[@MaBaKar]

So less grown at home because of lack of people to harvest it, caused by Brexit. And less being imported because it’s easier for growers to send their produce to countries within EU.

[@adrianduggan4739]

From the Republic of Ireland here - were really not having any problems - let’s be honest we have preferential access to goods grown or made in the EU because we’re in the EU.

[@Graysonn1]

I'm Irish and live in Germany. No shortage here. There smaller shortages in Ireland than the UK. But a lot of Irish trade is conducted over the land bridge. That means it comes on trucks via the UK. Brexit is responsible for the disruption of that trade. So Brexit is messing up Ireland and the UK.

[@stiofain88]

There really isn't shortages in Ireland. At least not in Cork.

[@Mark-ml3nv]

No shortage of tomatoes here in Ireland. We have worse weather 😂

[@pauldevehers394]

Those were produced during Warner weather... That's what.

[@nettcologne9186]

Weather and tomatoes can sometimes be confused

[@nothereandthereanywhere]

Just "forego few cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, lettuce". That is like a half of the veggies available in many shops. I haven't see that on the side of the BUS! Could £350M a week help somehow? No money? I thought not.

[@henrichikhani5383]

No problem of supply in my supermarket in France with fresh product

[@sunshine10005]

It's pretty simple. The greenhouse owners won't sell for a loss. They would rather not produce.

[@johnmuthan286]

All of Europe and even Russia don't suffer from any vegetables shortages. I wonder 🤔 what UK has done to put themselves in such a situation? Could this be BREXIT!

[@johnnyhollis9977]

I am so glad that we were shown empty shelves in a supermarket, I would never have known otherwise! 🙄

[@PinkDiamond7777777]

Oh, you should see the reports of journalists standing in flooded spaces or snow to describe how high/deep it is !

[@sylviapage2159]

Suppose makes a change from 'bog rolls' and 'pasta' 🤣🤣

[@johnnyhollis9977]

@@sylviapage2159 Very true! 😂😂

[@johnnyhollis9977]

@@PinkDiamond7777777 Or on a windy coastline!!!😂

[@minimax9452]

Germany here - no shortages. As simple as that. Brexit makes the difference.

[@SUJAMUK]

While in India, I didn't have any idea about farming. But when a colleague of mine in london mentioned about working in his allotment over the weekend, growing vegetables and fruits, I was fascinated. Lots of my friends grew tomatoes, beans, marrow etc. Vegetables those days were so cheap, I didn't think it was worth spending a lovely sunny day growing carrots. Come summer, things will improve for sure.

[@conwaynoel3715]

No shortages of fresh veg or fruit here in Ireland.

[@saxglend9439]

Shrit

[@baloodarling486]

The fella from the BRC was simply avoiding the issue; I have learnt that farmers need initial investment from the supermarkets though, fascinating... Oh yeah, and we're screwed.

[@californiadreamin8423]

If Channel 4 sent reporters to France , Belgium and Holland, I suspect the shelves would be full.

[@elipa3]

Lots of videos showing french supermarkets. No shortages.

[@fredrit323]

They keep blaming the wheather in Spain and Morocco, but shelves are fully stocked over there , so?

[@eduardoromerovaquero3191]

Is the journalist really asking to produce vegetables and fruits in the UK in Winter? Has he not heard of the situation in The Netherlands where they have halted much of the production due to energy costs. What makes him think they can be produced in the UK, considering that climate is very similar, at a reasonable price and in sufficient amounts. Also considering the fact that the Dutch are really good at food producing, and hold large infrastructures and know-how obtained throughout many years, which obviously isn't built in a couple of years...

[@seancurtis8228]

Ask Klaus shwab at the world economic forum,plenty of vegetables in Britain in human form who haven't woken up to the ,"great reset"..

[@jmck6320]

Plenty of tomatoes in monaghan...

[@mfmatthew420]

We have loads of fruit and vegetables here in Ireland lol

[@xxjones]

No shortages in Austria!

[@fionaj3093]

BREXIT. Only the UK is short of fruit and vegetables I believe?