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> This saw select fruit and vegetables rationed in UK supermarkets, due to shortages caused by bad weather conditions in the South of Europe and Northern Africa
by legitster 4y ago
> This saw select fruit and vegetables rationed in UK supermarkets, due to shortages caused by bad weather conditions in the South of Europe and Northern Africa and many growers having to cut back due to rising costs of heating greenhouses.
Besides the obvious degradation of the energy and fertilizer markets from the war in Ukraine, the collapsed Pound is probably the biggest factor here.
- GalenErso 4y agoI'll leave this here: https://exchangeconversions.com/charts/CAD-GBP-chart-1-year.jpg https://exchangeconversions.com/charts/CAD-GBP-chart-1-year.... As someone who occasionally orders stuff from UK businesses, I wish the pound would collapse against the Canadian dollar. Like, 1:1 or 1:1.2
- pcthrowaway 4y agoAh yes, I too, as a Canadian, wish for the collapse of an entire other country's currency because I like to buy things online sometimes.
- GalenErso 4y agoYes?
- _Wintermute 4y agoNot really, the biggest factor is how supermarkets source their produce in the UK.
- fauxpause_ 4y agoFrom other countries, requiring the pound not collapsing to get a good price?
- legitster 4y agoUh, how does one source produce except through imports? A weak Pound will make it more expensive. Even for things that can be domestically produced, like greenhouse tomatoes, they will still be more expensive even if they are now competitive with imports. And for items like rice and couscous you're not really going to be able to domestically produce them anyway.
- ElevenLathe 4y agoWhy can't you make couscous in the UK? It's just wheat.
- HDThoreaun 4y agoToo many people, not enough space.
- hammyhavoc 4y agoProbably can't compete with the pricing of what it's imported for with the price of energy et al here.
- _Wintermute 4y agoThe pound isn't particularly weak against the Euro. The shortages are because supermarkets won't pay for spot-prices, they'd rather just have little to no stock in the short-term.
- skippyboxedhero 4y agoPound is flat against Euro YTD.