A number of Britain's leading supermarkets such as Asda, Morrisons, Aldi UK and Tesco have imposed a purchase limit on salad vegetables.
Asda
Asda has imposed customer purchase limits on eight lines of vegetables due to 'sourcing challenges' for products grown in southern Spain and north Africa, it said on Tuesday.
Asda has introduced a three bag limit for purchases of tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, lettuce, salad bags, broccoli, cauliflower and raspberries.
"We have introduced a temporary limit of three of each product on a very small number of fruit and vegetable lines, so customers can pick up the products they are looking for," an Asda spokesperson said.
Morrisons
Morrisons also said on Tuesday it would impose customer purchase limits on four salad vegetables from Wednesday after supplies were hit by disrupted harvests in southern Europe and north Africa.
Morrisons will be introducing caps of two items per customer across tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce and peppers, it said.
Aldi UK
The British arm of German discounter Aldi has followed rivals Asda and Morrisons by imposing customer purchase limits on salad vegetables after supplies were hit by disrupted harvests in southern Europe and north Africa, it said on Wednesday.
"We are limiting purchases of peppers, cucumbers and tomatoes to three units per person to ensure that as many customers as possible can buy what they need," an Aldi UK spokesperson said.
Tesco
Britain's biggest supermarket group Tesco has followed Asda, Morrisons and Aldi UK by imposing customer purchase limits on salad vegetables after supplies were hit by disrupted harvests in southern Europe and north Africa.
Tesco has introduced a buying limit of three items per customer on tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers.
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