Noticed fruit and veg in the shop looking a bit different to usual? This is why

Don’t think it’s unusual if you see an unusual-looking vegetable at the supermarket (Picture: Getty Images) If you think fruit and veg in the supermarket has been looking smaller or stranger than normal, don’t worry – you’re not going crazy. It’s a consequence of the ongoing drought affecting England, Wales and much of continental Europe while heatwave after heatwave dries up the fields. And as the extreme weather stretches on, we might begin to see the contents of other aisles start to change too. It’s understood that disruption to supply, which results from the drought, is forcing some retailers to cut down on their normal cosmetic standards for fresh produce. Where a potato might previously have been rejected for looking too knobbly or a cucumber for being too bendy, bosses are now aski