Consumer price expectations are unrealistic

Consumers have unrealistic expectations on fruit and vegetable prices, despite them being unsustainable for growers.

Ewan Pate
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Consumer price expectations are unrealistic

Consumers have unrealistic expectations on fruit and vegetable prices, despite them being unsustainable for growers. It comes as contracts were under the spotlight as Defra Secretary George Eustice...

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