'We have to pay more for food': Britain's biggest tomato farmer on the runaway costs of growing

Soaring costs from light and fertiliser to pickers and packaging led APS Group to leave one in 12 of its glasshouses empty last winterAldi joins rivals Asda and Morrisons in rationing salad ingredientsWhy are UK supermarkets facing fresh food shortages?Multiple glasshouses owned by tomato grower APS Group were left empty last year, for the first time in the business's 80-year history.The current shortages of tomatoes and other salad crops on British supermarket shelves have unfortunately come as no surprise to Philip Pearson, development director at the UK's largest tomato producer. Continue reading...