Britain is facing a shortage of tomatoes after supplies to supermarkets including market leader Tesco and No. 2 Sainsbury's were hit by disrupted harvests in southern Europe and North Africa.
"The situation is beginning to be worrying, as some companies are starting to have problems in meeting their clients' schedules," the Association of Fruit and Vegetable Producers' Organisations of Almeria, Coexphal, said in a statement.James Bailey, executive director of upmarket supermarket Waitrose, said supplies had been hit by extreme weather in Spain and in north Africa.
"Give it about a fortnight and the other growing seasons in other parts of the world will have caught up and we should be able to get that supply back in."
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