According to the latest data provided by market intelligence service ProduceView, Spanish cucumbers are currently only offered by M&S and Lidl. Morrisons, Aldi and Co-op are offering Dutch cucumbers this week.
Retail pricing of the cucumbers remains stable; from as low as 49p for a cucumber at Lidl and Aldi to as much as 59p for a cucumber at Co-op.
British green peppers
The first British green peppers arrived last week at Sainsbury's for a price of 50p. Asda and Tesco offered Dutch peppers for respectively 50p and 60p, while Morrisons and M&S offer Spanish green peppers for respectively 50p and 60p.
Expensive Spanish tomatoes
Spain and the Canary Islands are also the main supplier of tomatoes to Sainsbury's, Co-op and Waitrose. Asda and Morrisons offered Dutch tomatoes, which were also the lowest in price (2£/KG at Asda and 1.91£/KG at Morrisons. The most expensive tomatoes were the Spanish ones at Waitrose, sold at 2.35£/KG.This article was made with help of data prepared by ProduceView. For more information about their UK retail reports:
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