Shoppers have hit out after reports of empty shelves in supermarkets across the country at the weekend.
Morrisons has admitted a tomato shortage and a general lack of fresh vegetables is reported elsewhere.
Andrea Cowan, the SNP councillor for Rutherglen Central & North, posted a photo on Twitter showing a lack of veg at a site in her local area.
Supermarkets across the UK have been hit with fruit and veg shortages intermittently in recent years.
A combination of factors has been blamed for the shortages, including supply chain issues caused by the Covid pandemic, soaring energy costs fuelled by Russia's illegal war in Ukraine and a shortage of both permanent and seasonal farm workers due to Brexit.
Lea Valley, which stretches from Hertfordshire and Essex to north London, produced around 75 per cent of Britain's cucumbers and peppers in 2020.
The area – dubbed the 'cucumber capital of Britain' – could see production halved this year compared with 2020 figures.
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