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Shoppers in the United Kingdom (U.K.) are having to hunt around to find
of fruit and vegetables. Britain's
supermarkets are rationing
like cucumbers, peppers and tomatoes amid
from suppliers. The big chains have cited various reasons for the
in supply that has left shelves bare in green-grocery
. Britain's biggest supermarket chain, Tesco, has
purchases of certain vegetables to three per
. Tesco attributed its shortages to adverse weather overseas. In particular, it said a
in Morocco had led to poor yields. Tesco assured customers it was working day and night to "get things back to
".
