Tight supply, high price on strawberry market
Strawberry supply to the UK is short at the moment causing high prices on the market.
“Huelva has had two weeks of very cold weather where night temperatures got down to 2-3 degrees and only 10-11 degrees during the day,” said Ben Goodchild, Sales and Procurement Manager at Nationwide Produce. “There was also a peak earlier in January which has slowed down production now.
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