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Not really, the biggest factor is how supermarkets source their produce in the UK.
by _Wintermute 4y ago
Not 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.