Steve Cornwell, who has been in the business for 50 years, realised there was a huge problem after he walked into a greenhouse in Morocco last month
A month before vegetables started flying off the shelves of supermarkets in the UK, a "gobsmacked" farmer warned the country we were facing an unprecedented crisis. Steve Cornwell, whose business supplies salad to chains like Aldi, Asda and the Cooperative was hit with the sudden realisation after he walked into a greenhouse in Morocco.
"You can’t harvest green tomatoes. You pick them when they’re breaking colour and I could see they were weeks away from that. I knew we had a big problem.” Steve claims he tried to warn supermarkets in advance that they would need to pay more for produce or face shortages but says they refused to listen to him. He added: “I think they thought it was never going to happen.”
Aldi and Tesco are limiting items to three per customer, while Morrisons is letting shoppers buy two each. Environment Secretary Therese Coffey was slammed last week after suggesting people should 'cherish' turnips which are not even currently in season. However the issue is not just down to the bad weather, as she explains: “It’s compounded by all sorts of issues. In Europe, supermarkets set prices weekly, so if the market is short they’ll pay the higher prices. But British supermarkets still insist on setting a price for the whole season and then are reluctant to increase them, so they end up missing out on the produce.”
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