The very heavy rain and flooding that has been affecting the Valencia region for the past week is causing major damage to agriculture, particularly citrus production. Several French supermarkets are experiencing supply difficulties.
The consequences of the torrential rains in south-eastern Spain are being felt right down to the supermarket shelves of French consumers. A few days after the deadly floods on the night of Tuesday October 30 to Wednesday October 31, the mobile application Carrefour in France warned customers of its drive and delivery services that “.due to bad weather in Spain, some fruit and vegetables may be temporarily unavailable on the shelves”.“. Although the group assured us on Monday that the message was purely “preventive“and that “everything is completely back to normal“E.Leclerc and other retailers contacted by Le Figaro also reported difficulties in offering certain products to consumers, particularly fruit and vegetables.
For some distributors, these shortages at the end of the chain are the result of the direct destruction of crops and storage warehouses, particularly for citrus fruit. The community of Valencia, the most affected by…
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