Frozen berries have performed well during a hot summer

Frozen fruit sales outpace fresh during heatwave

2026-08-18T09:20:00+01:00By

Frozen fruit sales rose by almost 50 per cent in the last four weeks while shoppers replaced ’cooking with grazing’ to cope with heat and inflation eased for fifth month running, new figures show 

  • Frozen fruit sales outpace fresh during heatwave

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