This is now the case with British supermarkets. But at the lowest point, the supply from outside our country was 60 percent lower than usual, says Van den Oever. It was colder than normal in Spain, for example, and vegetables don’t grow that fast then. That is on top of the lower supply from Southern Europe.”‘Supply is starting again’But it won’t get as bad as in the British supermarkets here, she thinks. Don’t forget that there are plenty of other traditional vegetables, such as leeks, chicory, mushrooms, parsnips, carrots and sauerkraut, adds Van den Oever.
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