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MARKET REPORT - Wednesday 4th June, 2008 (05-Jun-08)
Veg:
It’s all about the weather this week!
The rain has stopped play on a few items this week.
Jersey potatoes have not been available at all but fingers crossed we will have some available for the weekend.
English new potatoes and new washed English mids have also been affected by the weather.
English asparagus has been extremely difficult this week and will continue to be this way due the weather conditions.
All shallots are very, very short and extremely difficult to find at the moment. We may come to periods where we’re unable to supply.
New season Spanish beetroot and parsnips are now here but they are making a lot of money at the moment.
New crop summer cauliflowers have started, nice and white but tend to be smaller than the winter crop.
We’ve also started new season English iced broccoli.
New English primo and hispi is excellent at the moment.
New crop French leeks have started.
Spanish marrows are more plentiful at the moment.
French courgettes are nice and firm and it won’t be long until the English starts.
We’ve switched over to polish red onions as the quality of English and Italian are not meeting our expectations.
Salads:
Once again the weather has caused problems.
The iceberg, little gem, cos etc have all been hit hard subject to very heavy rain.
English celery is well behind this year and we constantly having to switch where we buy from, to make sure it’s available.
Spring onions have suffered quite badly and are going wet and slimey quite fast.
Water cress is going to be very difficult in the near future. We’ve been cut down on our orders every day recently and we’ve switching from French to English and Italian to make sure what we have is the best available.
Most other salad products have not suffered from any real changes.
Fruit:
Local English strawberries have now started and are superb.
Peach, nectarine, plum, cherries and apricots are all much more plentiful now.
Spanish melons are well with us now but the quality doesn’t seem to be as good as last year’s crop.
All the berries are now more plentiful and good quality.
Oranges and lemons still remain very tight and difficult to source.
All the berries are now more plentiful and good quality.
Exotics:
Star fruit and passion fruit are very nice at the moment.
Paw paw has got a little better recently.
Hass avocados are a big problem at the moment as they are all cutting black inside.
Air freight mangoes are still very good at the moment.
Kohl rabi seems to be more popular this year.
Banana leaves have also become another popular choice.
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