Spain’s floods force some UK sellers to buy oranges from southern hemisphere
British suppliers source from South Africa and South America as Spanish farmers struggle to harvest and shipSome British retailers and wholesalers have been forced to switch to sourcing oranges from South Africa and South America early after last month’s “catastrophic” floods in eastern Spain left farmers struggling to harvest and ship their crops.Companies in the UK have moved to buying fruit from the southern hemisphere several weeks earlier than in a typical year to prevent
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