Tesco shoppers struggle to find popular item hit by ‘supply issues’

One lawsuit said they had been incapable to find the point online for weeks

Tesco online shoppers person been struggling to find a communal point arsenic the supermarket faces "supply issues". Two customers took to X to kick astir the deficiency of availability of herb puree.

One idiosyncratic said the contented has been going connected for immoderate time, penning connected November 20: "How travel there’s been nary herb puree connected your online buying app for weeks?" Tesco said successful response: "We are alert of a existent proviso contented with immoderate herb puree products. This is being looked into."

Unfortunately, determination were nary steadfast reassurances for those hoping to bargain the merchandise soon, with the supermarket adding: "We person nary ETA arsenic to erstwhile they volition beryllium disposable again". Another lawsuit shared their dismay astir the shortage, posting connected November 20: "Shopping online and americium shocked that you person nary herb puree successful tubes disposable for delivery, unless I get a whoosh transportation - what gives?"

They shared a screenshot of the Tesco buying app wherever they had searched for 'tomato puree'. Among the results, Tesco Tomato Puree 200g and Heinz Double Concentrated Tomato Puree 130g were marked arsenic "this merchandise isn't disposable close now".

However, the Mutti and Napolina branded versions of the merchandise were seemingly available, arsenic were respective herb pastes successful jars. Tesco has been asked for remark astir the issue.

Turning to what could beryllium causing the shortage, determination were reports precocious of the herb harvest successful Italy being affected by clime alteration and different issues. As reported successful Tomato News, the CEO of Mutti group, Francesco Mutti, said successful September: "Water shortages person affected and are inactive affecting the fields. If not dealt with arsenic a substance of large urgency, this could go a large occupation successful the adjacent fewer years and pb to a important economical weakening of 1 of the pillars of our confederate Italian economy."

He said helium was not expecting immoderate abrupt leap successful prices connected shelves arsenic a result. More shortages could beryllium connected the mode for Tesco shoppers, reports the Daily Express, arsenic changes to inheritance taxation could interaction nutrient accumulation successful the UK. The taxation alleviation is becoming little generous for immoderate farmers from 2026, with fears UK producers whitethorn person to merchantability up land, which could interaction the availability of products astatine the supermarkets.

Tom Amery, managing manager astatine The Watercress Company, warned: "If we commencement selling of immoderate of our farms, the world is that we wouldn't beryllium capable to support up with the supply. That would past decidedly pb to shortages and intermittence successful supply.

"It could really impact immoderate of the contracts we have. We person contracts with M&S, Tesco, Asda - we've supplied Waitrose successful the past, we could beryllium supplying Waitrose successful a mates of years' time.

"All of those retailers request this accordant accumulation process. If you don't proviso these contracts consistently and you're not producing the harvest each time of the year, that's erstwhile they get wobbly and they tin retreat products disconnected the shelves."