More and more growers from Northern Europe are gradually entering production. For red peppers, this currently means high prices of well over three Euro per kilo, and yellow peppers were also well appreciated last week with a mid-range price of 2.89 Euro on the VBT clocks.
A similar story is playing out in Spain, with high prices here too, and an upward trend in price for over a week. At the same time, the quality of the product sometimes leaves something to be desired. A good reason for supermarkets to package the vulnerable product and, as it traditionally does, this has resulted in plastic protests.
In 2019, the quality of Spanish peppers also declined at the end of the season. At the time, the prices for bell peppers were considerably lower and they did not exceed 1 Euro. 2020 does not lend itself well to a comparison due to the exceptional corona shock on the market.
Jacket
In anticipation of larger volumes of home-grown peppers, supermarkets have opted to give the peppers a jacket. The Albert Heijn webcare team said last week: “Our peppers currently come from Spain and are a bit weaker than usual. To ensure that the peppers do not have to be thrown away and end up in our stores with the right quality, they have a temporary plastic jacket. Just a few more weeks until the Dutch peppers are in the shops, they will not need a jacket. ”
Green
Green peppers are already available in larger volumes. The price for these peppers is also lower. On the VBT clocks, the average price fell to below the euro in week 11, coming from a good 1.60 euro in week 10.
Median price of tomatoes is falling
View all VBT clock prices here. The overview shows that the mid-range prices for other greenhouse vegetables remained stable in week 11. As already mentioned, the price of green peppers in particular fell. In tomatoes the same applies to loose tomatoes. There, the median price in week 11 came to 1.48 Euros against 2.02 Euro in week 10.