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Supermarkets are said to be rationing some fruits and veg due to bad weather in Spain and N. Africa.

Cue the queue of the panic buyers.

Apparently we will only be able to buy two cucumbers and three packs of tomatoes etc. per shop, per person, for a while. Oh, the hardship. Who the hell buys two cucumbers or more than one cauliflower in one go!?

Talk about the media making a pumpkin out of a cornichon.

Sadly there are those who will rush out to scoop up anything they can lay their hands on, then in a week have to throw out the mush in the veg cooler drawer in the fridge.

I did notice this problem last week. Struggling to get tomatoes. I just changed what I was eating.

Isn't it strange that the more expensive multi-coloured cherry and vine ripened tomatoes are still available, but the six packs of salad tomatoes have disappeared?

Indeed I did notice. Perhaps the more expensive tomatoes are too expensive? For me I am buying to eat in the apartment so I don't go out for body expanding meals. So the price is not so much of an issue.

Then again when I was in Tesco and Asda the entire tomato and cucumber areas were empty. Also other salad which don't grow in more northern lattitudes until summer.

We've seen this before but it seems to be happening more frequently now.

There were six packs of salad tomatoes and cherry tomatoes in Lidl today but no piccolo tomatoes which are the ones I always buy. I went to Morrisons and there were no six packs of salad tomatoes, but I managed to get one of the last wo packs of piccolo tomatoes. Happy days.

Workingman wrote:Isn't it strange that the more expensive multi-coloured cherry and vine ripened tomatoes are still available, but the six packs of salad tomatoes have disappeared?

Yes, I noticed that!

At Aldi today (nothing rationed as yet) there were no peppers and the only tomatoes on sale were 6 x salads, but only three packs left - I snaffled one as it was on Mrs O's shopping list.

And there were no Braeburn apples on the shelves for the first time I've known (our preferred variety) so I finished up with Pink Lady, and no mini-bananas so I had to buy organic as the loose ones looked a bit iffy. And Aldi's current idea of extra large onions is certainly not my idea of extra large onions ....

But then again, Aldi is always hit and miss with fruit and veg. You buy what's there, not what you necessarily want.

I didn't investigate in depth but Waitrose's fruit and veg stalls seemed pretty full. I did note however that bunches of cut daffodils, which have been £1 in recent years, are now being sold at £1.50. I shall be interested to see if they come down.

No shortage of tomatoes in Sainsbury's this morning, and the daffs were still £1

Mmmmmm - no shortage of any fruit and veg in Irish supermarkets, I wonder if there is some reason why there might be in UK supermarkets. Could it be something beginning with B and ending in xit?…

Nice one, Osc, and as an ardent "remainer" I would love to blame it on the "leavers" but it's not true - it's the weather; and neither side controls that. Mind you, if anyone could screw up the weather it would be the Berx......