Lidl and Waitrose to sell ‘wonky’ UK fruit and vegetables amid drought
by Kalyeena Makortoff from Environment | The Guardian on (#62WNJ)
Supermarket chain says taking different but perfectly good' produce will help support farmers
Lidl and Waitrose will start selling wonky" fruit and vegetables that have been stunted" by UK drought conditions as part of efforts to support farmers struggling with the driest summer for 50 years.
Lidl said it had written to its British suppliers who may need extra support, and would try to accommodate produce hit by extreme weather, even if it was different from what shoppers were used to.
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