British retail refuses to face plum facts
After unseasonal rain which temporarily halted the Western Cape plum harvest last week, the industry is picking as fast as possible.
The plum crop is now expected to be just under 12 million export cartons (5.25kg equivalent), which is 1.5 million cartons under the start-of-season estimate and a significant drop from the 15.6 million cartons of three years ago.
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