UK produce scarcity serve up blame game

By Agence France-Presse

Mar 07, 2023 12:06 am

LONDON: Shortages of fruit and vegetables ― from broccoli, cucumbers and lettuce, to tomatoes, peppers and raspberries ― have served up a blame game in Britain.

Are sparse shop shelves due to Brexit, bad weather in Spain, supermarket price wars, soaring energy bills on Ukraine war fallout, or the United Kingdom government?

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