n a new report from ProduceView the retail prices of cucumber portions, plum baby tomatoes and mixed chillies were recorded. These prices are monitored by ProduceView at nine supermarkets in the UK, namely: Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda, Morrisons, M & S, Waitrose, Lidl, Aldi, and Co-op. The prices have been monitored over the last 15 weeks.Half cucumber
Thehalf cucumber has been monitored at seven retailers, Lidl and Aldi are not included. This week, the half cucumber retail prices were between £0.35 (Aldi, Sainsbury's, Asda, and Morrisons) and £0.45 (Co-op) per portion and the average price was £0.36 per portion. In general, the prices remained quite stable over the past 15 weeks. During the measurement period, the retailers supplied cucumbers from the UK, Spain, Morocco and the Canary Islands. Tesco and Asda mainly from Spain and Morocco, Sainsbury's from Spain and the Canary Islands. The other retailers supplied cucumber portions from Spain only.
Plum Baby Tomatoes
Also the plum baby tomato retail prices remained fairly stable at the retailers over the last 15 weeks. This week, plum baby tomato sold at between £3.00 (Tesco) and £7.60 (Waitrose and Co-op) per kilo and the average price was £4.83 per kilo. The plum baby tomatoes were included in the promotion at Waitrose this week. During the monitoring period, the plum baby tomatoes originated mainly from Morocco and Spain. In general, retailers interchange mixed chillies from different countries. This week, however, the plum baby tomatoes are only supplied from Morocco, Spain and Canary Islands. Sainsbury's is the only retailer that regularly supplies tomatoes from the Canary Islands.
Mixed Chillies
Over the last 15 weeks, the retail prices of mixed chillies remained stable. This week, the retail price of mixed chillies was between £7.50 (Aldi and Lidl) and £21.40 (M & S) per kilo. The average price was £11.66 per kilo. The mixed chillies were included in the promotion at Sainsbury's this week. Over the entire measurement period, the mixed chillies came from many different countries; Mozambique, Kenya, UK, Egypt, Jersey, Senegal, Morocco, India, Spain, Portugal, France and Zambia. This week, the retailers supplied mixed chillies from Mozambique, Senegal, Egypt, Morocco and Spain.For more information about their UK retail reports:
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