Fresh produce decision-makers at major UK retailers have of late been leaning increasingly in the direction of goods from the Netherlands.
Results of the study carried out by ProduceView, the produce-market analysis company, show for example that the leading large-scale grocers operating in Britain have, over the course of the last 15 weeks, either procured their cucumbers domestically, or imported their Dutch counterparts.
The average price for the vegetable for the period studied was £0.52; Lidl cucumbers were the least expensive at £0.39, while those of the Co-op were the most costly (£0.80).
Furthermore, Dutch peppers have become available in the Co-op and Morrsions for the first time in 2015, and Marks & Spencer have imported the first vine tomatoes from the Netherlands of the year.
© 2015 European Supermarket Magazine – your source for the latest retail news. Article written by Peter Donnelly.
