| This here lack of 'some fruit and veg' caused by poor weather in Europe 17:41 - Feb 23 with 1896 views | noggin |
When will the rest of Europe be affected? I have to say, I haven't noticed any shortages over here. |  |
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| This here lack of 'some fruit and veg' caused by poor weather in Europe on 17:46 - Feb 23 with 1556 views | giant_stow |
Perhaps you rich Norwegians are outbidding our lowly supermarkets for what fruit there is? |  |
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| This here lack of 'some fruit and veg' caused by poor weather in Europe on 17:48 - Feb 23 with 1544 views | noggin |
| This here lack of 'some fruit and veg' caused by poor weather in Europe on 17:46 - Feb 23 by giant_stow |
Perhaps you rich Norwegians are outbidding our lowly supermarkets for what fruit there is? |
Of course, that'll be it. I feel for the poor shareholders of Tesco and Sainsbury. [Post edited 23 Feb 2023 17:50]
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| This here lack of 'some fruit and veg' caused by poor weather in Europe on 17:50 - Feb 23 with 1529 views | giant_stow |
| This here lack of 'some fruit and veg' caused by poor weather in Europe on 17:48 - Feb 23 by noggin |
Of course, that'll be it. I feel for the poor shareholders of Tesco and Sainsbury. [Post edited 23 Feb 2023 17:50]
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| This here lack of 'some fruit and veg' caused by poor weather in Europe on 17:54 - Feb 23 with 1518 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
The Minister for Sewage, Food Shortages and Rural Poverty says it isn't a problem: https://www.indy100.com/politics/supermarket-shortages-food-therese-coffey
Meanwhile, the Netherlands reportedly has excess tomatoes they cannot sell because they cannot be transported to the UK as lorries would be held up queueing at customs for too long to make it economically viable. |  |
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| This here lack of 'some fruit and veg' caused by poor weather in Europe on 18:02 - Feb 23 with 1478 views | HARRY10 |
| This here lack of 'some fruit and veg' caused by poor weather in Europe on 17:54 - Feb 23 by Nthsuffolkblue |
The Minister for Sewage, Food Shortages and Rural Poverty says it isn't a problem: https://www.indy100.com/politics/supermarket-shortages-food-therese-coffey
Meanwhile, the Netherlands reportedly has excess tomatoes they cannot sell because they cannot be transported to the UK as lorries would be held up queueing at customs for too long to make it economically viable. |
"Let them eat turnips" says Les Dawson's granny (Coffey) |  | | |
| This here lack of 'some fruit and veg' caused by poor weather in Europe on 18:03 - Feb 23 with 1478 views | NthQldITFC |
| This here lack of 'some fruit and veg' caused by poor weather in Europe on 18:02 - Feb 23 by HARRY10 |
"Let them eat turnips" says Les Dawson's granny (Coffey) |
FTT. |  |
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| This here lack of 'some fruit and veg' caused by poor weather in Europe on 18:04 - Feb 23 with 1475 views | positivity |
| This here lack of 'some fruit and veg' caused by poor weather in Europe on 17:54 - Feb 23 by Nthsuffolkblue |
The Minister for Sewage, Food Shortages and Rural Poverty says it isn't a problem: https://www.indy100.com/politics/supermarket-shortages-food-therese-coffey
Meanwhile, the Netherlands reportedly has excess tomatoes they cannot sell because they cannot be transported to the UK as lorries would be held up queueing at customs for too long to make it economically viable. |
the minister for sewage, like it! | |
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| This here lack of 'some fruit and veg' caused by poor weather in Europe on 18:04 - Feb 23 with 1475 views | Ftnfwest |
When we actually are probably |  | | |
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| This here lack of 'some fruit and veg' caused by poor weather in Europe on 18:06 - Feb 23 with 1469 views | positivity |
| This here lack of 'some fruit and veg' caused by poor weather in Europe on 18:04 - Feb 23 by Ftnfwest |
When we actually are probably |
we are affected by it already (at least in the north), shelves are pretty bare | |
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| This here lack of 'some fruit and veg' caused by poor weather in Europe on 18:10 - Feb 23 with 1442 views | Ftnfwest |
| This here lack of 'some fruit and veg' caused by poor weather in Europe on 18:06 - Feb 23 by positivity |
we are affected by it already (at least in the north), shelves are pretty bare |
Not in Herts yet, although some one complaining about not being able to get baby chantenay carrots in the middle of a cost of living crisis does make me smile I must admit | | | |
| This here lack of 'some fruit and veg' caused by poor weather in Europe on 18:11 - Feb 23 with 1436 views | positivity |
| This here lack of 'some fruit and veg' caused by poor weather in Europe on 18:10 - Feb 23 by Ftnfwest |
Not in Herts yet, although some one complaining about not being able to get baby chantenay carrots in the middle of a cost of living crisis does make me smile I must admit |
not even sure what that is, i'd be happy with any kind of tomato or courgette! | |
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| This here lack of 'some fruit and veg' caused by poor weather in Europe on 18:16 - Feb 23 with 1419 views | HARRY10 |
| This here lack of 'some fruit and veg' caused by poor weather in Europe on 18:03 - Feb 23 by NthQldITFC |
FTT. |
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| This here lack of 'some fruit and veg' caused by poor weather in Europe on 18:23 - Feb 23 with 1406 views | Daninthecampo |
I live in southern Spain and surrounded by fruit trees. The weather has been fine and tomatoes etc are all grown in poly tunnels so weather isnt relevant.
Strangely its easier and cheaper for an EU country to sell and export to a fellow EU country!
Brexit is the only reason for the shortages in the UK | | | |
| This here lack of 'some fruit and veg' caused by poor weather in Europe on 18:31 - Feb 23 with 1384 views | Freddies_Ears |
Yep, another Brexit consequence, this time made worse by the UK govt not giving energy cost support to UK farmers, hence fall in domestic saladstuffs production.
No shortages in Continental Europe. | | | |
| This here lack of 'some fruit and veg' caused by poor weather in Europe on 18:33 - Feb 23 with 1372 views | Swansea_Blue |
| This here lack of 'some fruit and veg' caused by poor weather in Europe on 18:06 - Feb 23 by positivity |
we are affected by it already (at least in the north), shelves are pretty bare |
The shelves have been partially stocked for quite some time now, but I think we’re getting used to it. We couldn’t get tomatoes at the weekend fwiw. Not looked since though. |  |
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| This here lack of 'some fruit and veg' caused by poor weather in Europe on 18:35 - Feb 23 with 1365 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
Fortunately dandelions and cleavers are showing now. I prefer my tomatoes when they taste of something but maybe it's just me. |  |
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| This here lack of 'some fruit and veg' caused by poor weather in Europe on 18:58 - Feb 23 with 1318 views | noggin |
| This here lack of 'some fruit and veg' caused by poor weather in Europe on 18:35 - Feb 23 by BanksterDebtSlave |
Fortunately dandelions and cleavers are showing now. I prefer my tomatoes when they taste of something but maybe it's just me. |
You don't live on the South Acton Estate then? | |
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| This here lack of 'some fruit and veg' caused by poor weather in Europe on 19:00 - Feb 23 with 1307 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| This here lack of 'some fruit and veg' caused by poor weather in Europe on 18:58 - Feb 23 by noggin |
You don't live on the South Acton Estate then? |
Just wash the dog piss off! | |
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| This here lack of 'some fruit and veg' caused by poor weather in Europe on 19:31 - Feb 23 with 1244 views | Swansea_Blue |
| This here lack of 'some fruit and veg' caused by poor weather in Europe on 19:00 - Feb 23 by BanksterDebtSlave |
Just wash the dog piss off! |
Can’t even do that these days thanks to the piss shortage - the government have taken it all! | |
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| This here lack of 'some fruit and veg' caused by poor weather in Europe on 19:38 - Feb 23 with 1224 views | earlsgreenblue |
| This here lack of 'some fruit and veg' caused by poor weather in Europe on 18:10 - Feb 23 by Ftnfwest |
Not in Herts yet, although some one complaining about not being able to get baby chantenay carrots in the middle of a cost of living crisis does make me smile I must admit |
Blimey, the sale of star anise will plummet then, disaster! | | | |
| This here lack of 'some fruit and veg' caused by poor weather in Europe on 19:43 - Feb 23 with 1196 views | NthQldITFC |
| This here lack of 'some fruit and veg' caused by poor weather in Europe on 18:16 - Feb 23 by HARRY10 |
eh ? |
Something The Tories. | |
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| This here lack of 'some fruit and veg' caused by poor weather in Europe on 01:24 - Feb 24 with 986 views | Oldsmoker |
| This here lack of 'some fruit and veg' caused by poor weather in Europe on 18:16 - Feb 23 by HARRY10 |
eh ? |
I think it's F*** the Tories.
I'm surprised that Tories isn't on the swear filter. |  |
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| This here lack of 'some fruit and veg' caused by poor weather in Europe on 05:41 - Feb 24 with 948 views | jontysnut |
| This here lack of 'some fruit and veg' caused by poor weather in Europe on 18:02 - Feb 23 by HARRY10 |
"Let them eat turnips" says Les Dawson's granny (Coffey) |
I've never seen her and the Giles statue in the same room. |  | | |
| This here lack of 'some fruit and veg' caused by poor weather in Europe on 06:56 - Feb 24 with 891 views | ElephantintheRoom |
| This here lack of 'some fruit and veg' caused by poor weather in Europe on 17:50 - Feb 23 by giant_stow |
Glad to help! |
Most European countries accept seasonality as a reality. There are no shortages across France and Therese Coffey will be pleased to see plenty of turnips on the shelves, as there always have been. But no asparagus from Peru, strawberries from Kenya etc etc. Because there never have been. | |
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| This here lack of 'some fruit and veg' caused by poor weather in Europe on 07:46 - Feb 24 with 828 views | Churchman |
As posted on another thread, food shortages have nothing to do with the weather anywhere else. It is down to Brexit. The govt were warned about risks to food supplies years ago, including last year, and have ignored it.
They’ve not been interested, not least because they’re in complete denial. The belief that ‘the market’ will solve everything actually has merit providing you are prepared to accept such delights as potential starvation and poverty. Personally, I am not.
The shelves abroad are groaning with fruit and veg. The shelves get ever more empty here. That’s proof that there is no problem with supply in Europe so we can put that lame excuse or lie in the bin.
Increased transport costs and risk of perishable food rotting in lorries at ports, paperwork, time. Why would you export to the U.K. when you can charge less and earn more selling in Europe? You don’t.
No support to farmers here post Brexit and rocketing energy prices means domestic production has fallen and will continue to do so. If stuff is produced, there isn’t anyone to harvest it anyway. So you don’t bother. Why would anyone have planted in a poly tunnel in January for a February crop just to make a loss? They didn’t and rightly so.
This is something govt can do something about just as it did in WW2 (Europe starved, Britain didn’t), but our ‘small state’ govt would rather sit on its Fortnums supplied rear ends and suggest turnips and getting another job so you don’t have to be at home or whatever our McDonalds triple pounder and extra fries eating Minister for Sewage came out with.
The ever increasing food crisis sits squarely at the tories door. And I happen to know they were warned. Sunak and co: just go. [Post edited 24 Feb 2023 7:51]
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