Workers at the UK’s largest wholesale fresh food market says they’ve seen a shift in the kinds of fresh fruit and veg we are consuming.
Traders at New Covent Garden market at Nine Elms say Brexit and the Covid pandemic means chefs no longer want ‘year round’ produce, but are now competing for the best seasonal produce from the UK.
Vernon Mascarenhas is one of the traders who deals directly with restaurants. He says: “We are the powerbrokers, we are the kings. Because we’ve got the produce.”
More than 2,000 night workers at the market serve everyone from Michelin-starred chefs to prison kitchens with fresh fruit and veg, producing an annual turnover of £650 million.
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