Asda Rations Sales of Fruit and Vegetables After Widespread Shortages

  • Asda limits customers to three items across tomatoes, peppers
  • Supply problems likely to last for weeks, retailers warn
Empty fruit and vegetable shelves at an Asda store in London.Photographer: Yui Mok/PA Wire
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A major British grocer is rationing sales of fruit and vegetables after a bad harvest in southern Spain and north Africa led to gaps on supermarket shelves.

Asda, the UK’s third-largest grocer, has begun limiting purchases to three of each product across tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, lettuce, salad bags, broccoli, cauliflower and raspberries.