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    DOOM: BLT

    “ Spanish snow storm leads to UK salad shortage

    Lettuce and tomato supplies hit by Storm Filomena, piling extra pressure on retailers and suppliers

    January is a month when Britons turn to salads after the Christmas blowout. But now, on top of the disruption caused by Brexit and Covid, even the weather is conspiring against dieters by causing shortages in UK supermarkets.

    The supply of salad staples such as lettuce and tomatoes has been hit by Storm Filomena, the worst snowstorm to hit Spain in 50 years. It blanketed Madrid and the surrounding area and sent temperatures plummeting to record lows in Almería and Granada, two important vegetable growing regions.

    The bad weather has piled extra pressure on UK food retailers and suppliers at a time when they are navigating complex new post-Brexit border controls as well as coronavirus restrictions.“

    Spanish snow storm leads to UK salad shortage | Supermarkets | The Guardian

    DOOMed!

    #2
    the usual LOOB.

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      #3
      Originally posted by BR14 View Post
      the usual LOOB.
      the usual poster!
      Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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        #4
        Eating lettuce in January? No wonder people don't stick to their diets. Eat soup FFS.
        "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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          #5
          Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
          Eating lettuce in January? No wonder people don't stick to their diets. Eat soup FFS.
          You don't understand the gravity of the situation here - BLT sandwich is totally essential because Dutch customs are asking whether trucket got a ham sandwich!

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            #6
            A bacon sandwich has no need of this lettuce and tomato nonsense. This is a non news story.

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              #7
              Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
              A bacon sandwich has no need of this lettuce and tomato nonsense. This is a non news story.

              I have to disagree LM, a BLT is one of the greats, like Bacon & Egg in a soda farl.
              Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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                #8
                Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
                A bacon sandwich has no need of this lettuce and tomato nonsense. This is a non news story.
                Agreed. As long as it doesn't lead to a Broon Sauce shortage, then all is good.
                When freedom comes along, don't PISH in the water supply.....

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                  #9
                  Vegetarians will just have to start eating lamb and fish now...
                  Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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