Retailers Grappling With Spanish Satsuma Shortage
UK supermarkets have been grappling with a shortage in the stock of Spansish satsumas as a result of poor weather conditions.
Industry website freshinfo.com suggests that supply of the popular fruit is at just 60 per cent of last years season, and the shortage was as a result of heavy rain in September, which has resulted in serious problems for Spansih growers of the fruit.
Large portions of the crop were washed away, and the part that did end up surviving the rainfall, has grown to a size that accorfing to freshinfo is “outside the usual specifications for the UK market”.
A British importer told the website: “The cost price for our size profile is very inflated. On top of that the crop is about seven to 10 days late and this is putting massive pressure on a very short market.”
” Retailers are intent on pricing for a market that is in recession and with weak sterling we are really struggling to get the prices we need – we just can’t procure for the prices the supermarkets are selling at.”
“It is a massive problem and basically a big fight out there to get the fruit we need. We are all feeling very squeezed.”
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