Fresh Produce

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Latest Fresh Produce News

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Supermarket retail

Big changers week on week as of 2 March 2020

Salad cress (each)	29	Co-op
Pepper, red (each)	50	Asda
Parsnips, kg	130	Waitrose
Apples, Gala (x6)	97	Aldi

More Supermarket retail prices

Retail prices from the major supermarkets are collected by Market Intelligence Services and updated every Tuesday.

Wholesale prices

Average most usual as of W/E 6 March 2020

Cabbage, red/white	38/39
Curly kale, all varieties	375
Beetroot, all varieties	48
Pears, conference	107

More Wholesale prices

*National average wholesale and median prices charged in England.

Data supplied by Defra. www.defra.gov.uk

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