Italian restaurants in England have to remove tomatoes from their meals, especially pizza and pasta, due to rising prices. It has been reported Guard.
“Get ready for tomato-free pasta and white pizza. Italian restaurants in the UK are being forced to limit their use of tomatoes, raise prices and in some cases remove Pasta al Pomodoro from the menu altogether as prices rise.
According to the Italian Cooks Federation in England, the price of tomatoes in the country rose from £5 to £20 within a year, and a box of core lettuce started costing £22 instead of £7.
As federation president Enzo Oliveri noted, some Italian restaurants may close due to rising prices in the country and Brexit.
Oliveri also urged the British government to set a ceiling on tomato prices.
Earlier, Minette Butters, head of the British National Farmers Association, admitted in an interview with Sky News that the UK can. collide with shortages of tomatoes, cucumbers and cauliflower in supermarkets. Butters explained that such a scenario is possible within the framework of the agricultural crisis that emerged due to the significant increase in prices in the country.