Britain is facing a shortage of vegetables, particularly tomatoes, after supermarket supplies were hit by disrupted harvests in southern Europe and north Africa, prompting two major grocers to limit customer purchases.

由于南欧和北非收成中断，超市供应受到影响，英国正面临蔬菜短缺，尤其是西红柿，两大食品杂货商被迫限制顾客购买。

Asda, Britain's third largest grocer, said it had introduced a temporary three pack limit for purchases of tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, lettuce, salad bags, broccoli, cauliflower, and also raspberries.

英国第三大杂货商阿斯达表示，他们已经对西红柿、辣椒、黄瓜、生菜、沙拉袋、西兰花、花椰菜和覆盆子实施了临时三包限购。

“Like other supermarkets, we are experiencing sourcing challenges on some products that are grown in southern Spain and north Africa," an Asda spokesperson said.

阿斯达发言人表示：“与其他超市一样，我们在一些产自西班牙南部和北非的产品上也遇到了采购方面的挑战。”

Rival Morrisons said it would impose a cap of two items per customer across tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, and peppers from tomorrow.

竞争对手莫里森公司表示，从明天起，将对西红柿、黄瓜、生菜和辣椒实行每位顾客两件商品的限购。

Social media was awash with pictures of empty fruit and vegetable shelves in Britain, with tomatoes in particular short supply.

社交媒体上充斥着英国果蔬货架空空如也的照片，西红柿尤其短缺。

Other European countries appear less impacted than Britain, with German wholesaler Metro saying it was unaffected.

其他欧洲国家似乎受到的影响比英国小，德国批发商麦德龙表示未受影响。

The British Retail Consortium, or BRC, which represents all the major supermarkets including market leader Tesco and No 2 Sainsbury's, said the supply issues were industry wide.

英国零售商联合会(BRC)表示，供应问题是整个行业的问题。BRC代表了包括市场领先者乐购(Tesco)和第二大超市塞恩斯伯里(Sainsbury)在内的所有大型超市。

It said difficult weather in southern Europe and northern Africa had disrupted the harvests of a range of crops.

该组织称，南欧和北非的恶劣天气影响了一系列农作物的收成。