Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 50491

Supermarkets: Fruit and Vegetables

Tabled: 7 May 2025
Answered: 21 May 2025

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage supermarkets to stock more locally, homegrown fruit and vegetables.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
Defra officials regularly engage with stakeholders across the food supply chain to understand their work to promote British produce in-store and online. We strongly support efforts to promote British food and back our farmers, who produce some of the best...
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