FOUR major supermarkets have begun rationing fresh produce due to fruit and veg shortages.
Customers will want to know where they can still shop without any limits in place.
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Asda, Morrisons, Aldi and Tesco are capping the number of items customers can pick up in stores in a bid to preserve stock.
The shortage of a variety of fresh produce at UK supermarkets has been brought on by unusually cold weather.
The majority of the UK’s salad crop tends to come from regions such as Spain and Morocco, which have been hit by snow, hail and floods in recent weeks.
It means that shoppers have been left with empty shelves where items like tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers used to be.
This has prompted some supermarkets to introduce rationing measures to stores in a bid to avoid panic buying.
But, not every chain has brought in the limits just yet.
The following major supermarkets have confirmed to The Sun that they are not rationing produce:
- Sainsbury’s
- Co-op
- Waitrose
- M&S
- Lidl
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So far these chains have not introduced any limits on buying but we will update this story if this changes.
Which supermarkets are rationing fruit and veg?
If you’re a shopper at one of the four supermarkets rationing fresh produce then you will only be able to pick up a certain number of products in stores.
Both Tesco and Aldi are capping a maximum of three items per person on peppers, tomatoes and cucumbers.
The limit is in place at all of Aldi’s 990 and Tesco’s 2,829 stores in the UK.
Asda introduced buying limits on the following items earlier this week:
- Tomatoes
- Peppers
- Cucumbers
- Lettuce,
- Salad bags,
- Broccoli
- Cauliflower
- Raspberries
Shoppers are capped at three of each of the items at all of its 630 stores.
Those looking to get hold of tomatoes, lettuce, cucumbers and peppers at Morrisons will only be able to grab two of each.
This is in place at all of the chain’s 497 stores across the country as of February 22.
While other fruit and veg is not being rationed, some shoppers have reported having a hard time getting hold of some products.
It’s important to note that stock levels do vary from store to store and from one day to the next.
Bad or unusual weather does tend to affect supermarket’s vegetable stock levels.
In the past shoppers will have seen similar shortages, such as back in 2017 when poor conditions in Italy and Spain left shelves empty in the UK.
Hot weather in 2018 caused concern that there could be a shortage of onions due to damaged crops.
Also that year the weather impacted the growth of peas.
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