The British cucumbers are quite dominantly present at several UK retailers; Asda, Morrisons, M&S and Waitrose are all offering cucumber portions that are grown in the UK. Only Tesco, which was strictly offering British produce last week, is offering Dutch cucumbers portions this week. Prices are between 21 pence (Morrisons) and 35 pence (Aldi, Lidl, M&S & Sainsbury).
British grown mixed chillies can be found at Tesco, Sainsbury, Asda, Co-op, M&S, Waitrose and Aldi this week. Lidl and Morrisons were offering product from Spain and Morocco. Aldi offered them as low as 4.40 £/KG while they cost 15 £/KG at Waitrose.
Moroccan product could also be found in the cherry tomato category at Asda and Morrisons, while Spanish cherry tomatoes were largely present at Tesco, Sainsbury, Waitrose, Aldi and Lidl. Italian cherry tomatoes were offered by Co-op for the last couple of months.
M&S was the only retailer offering British cherry tomatoes at 8.30 £/KG. Several other UK retailers offered cherry tomatoes on promotion; Tesco at 2 £/KG for example.
This data was prepared by ProduceView. For more information about their UK retail reports:
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