![]() ![]() In March, the BBC reported that Britain’s departure from the European Union has added 10 to 20 minutes of additional paperwork to every truckload of tomatoes shipped from Spain-longer if the truckload mixes different produce varieties. Behind all of these situational explanations, however, loomed a larger problem.įrom the time a tomato is harvested, every minute counts en route to the purchaser’s table. High energy prices raised costs at British greenhouses imports from warmer countries were curtailed by bad weather in Southern Europe. ![]() Ask the grocers, and you’d hear technical explanations for the scarcity. ![]() Customers might have been limited to purchasing lettuce and tomatoes, if there were any lettuce or tomatoes to be found in the first place. If you walked into a British supermarket this past winter, you were likely to see bare shelves in the salad aisle. ![]()
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