Cucumbers

Britain To Review Horticulture And Egg Supply Chains

The British government is set to review the country's horticulture and egg supply chains in the wake of recent shortages.

The Great Tomato Shortage – One Month On: Analysis

It's approximately a month since the UK faced a shortage of tomatoes, cucumbers and other salad vegetables. ESM examines what has happened since.

UK Government Tells Grocers To Re-Examine Farmer Relationships

As Britain enters a third week of shortages of salad items, the UK government has told big supermarket groups to re-examine their relationships with farmer...

Farmers Seek Energy Price Aid As UK Salad Production Wilts

Britain should provide more support to growers of salad ingredients with production expected to fall to the lowest level since records began as high energy...

Britain, Ireland Facing Tomato Shortage After Overseas Harvests Disrupted

Shoppers in the UK and Ireland are facing a shortage of tomatoes after supermarket supplies were impacted by disrupted harvests in southern Europe and Nort...

Surging Energy Prices Leave British Glasshouses Empty

In a small corner of south-east England, vast glasshouses stand empty, the soaring cost of energy preventing their owner from using heat to grow cucumbers...

Netto Marken-Discount To Switch To Unpackaged Cucumbers

German discounter Netto Marken-Discount has announced that it is to only sell unpackaged cucumbers from mid-September onwards. As a result, all conventi...

Rewe Group Pledges To Offer 'Unpackaged' Cucumbers

German retailer Rewe Group has pledged to remove plastic packaging from its cucumbers, saving up to 160,000 kilograms of plastic per year. The retailer...

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Netto Marken-Discount Turns To Natural Branding For Cucumbers

Aldi Removes Plastic Film From Cucumbers In Germany

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