Australian consumers will have to bear with the current fruit and vegetable shortages for another six weeks before seeing improvements, while supply will not return to normal until September.
Ash Salardini, the acting chief executive of the National Farmers’ Federation, said the cause of empty supermarket shelves could be traced back to the extreme weather in parts of northern New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland earlier this year.
“During the winter months, that’s where we get most of our fruit and veg … In four to six weeks, the rest of Australia should have some of those fruit and veg come online,” he said in comments obtained by AAP….