Hazelnut shortage?

[sojourner]

I've not been able to get hold of any skin-on hazelnuts for about a month now. Anyone know what's going on? Anyone know of any shops stocking them?

 

[moomoo]

There are apparently 3 packets in my store.

 

[Pickman's model]

Shouldn't this be in the brexit benefits thread?

 

[QueenOfGoths]

There are apparently 3 packets in my store.

There's 8 in our store. However we are short on almonds!

 

[ouirdeaux]

I had some walnuts recently, if you care, and you don't. I haven't looked for hazelnuts, and I didn't think anyone did. Aren't they the pink wafers of mixed nuts?

There are always almonds, I'd have thought. More than enough.

 

[Epona]

I love hazelnuts but I prefer them straight off the tree when they are still slightly green.

Or in a Topic bar or some praline

No actually I love the fucking things, if there is a shortage for use in hazelnut related products that I like I will be quite upset!

 

[Aladdin]

Culprit

 

[The39thStep]

Shouldn't this be in the brexit benefits thread?

Who do the UK get their hazelnuts from?

 

[maomao]

Who do the UK get their hazelnuts from?

Northern Turkey but they presumably have to cross the EU. Italy is the second biggest supplier.

 

[The39thStep]

Northern Turkey but they presumably have to cross the EU. Italy is the second biggest supplier.

Why would this ie with goods from one non EU country travelling across the EU to another non EU country be a factor now not earlier in the year or last year?

 

[Epona]

Northern Turkey but they presumably have to cross the EU. Italy is the second biggest supplier.

I get mine from the hazelnut bushes around where I live in London, my parents grow some too

I accept that you meant hazelnuts for commercial use.

 

[klang]

Why would this ie with goods from one non EU country travelling across the EU to another non EU country be a factor now not earlier in the year or last year?

Because soj wanted them now and not earlier in the year.

 

[maomao]

I get mine from the hazelnut bushes around where I live in London, my parents grow some too

I get mine from Lidl!

 

[maomao]

Why would this ie with goods from one non EU country travelling across the EU to another non EU country be a factor now not earlier in the year or last year?

Dunno. Just answering the question. It easily could be the case that suppliers are willing to service certain routes when supplies are bountiful but not when they're not.

 

[sojourner]

I had some walnuts recently, if you care, and you don't. I haven't looked for hazelnuts, and I didn't think anyone did. Aren't they the pink wafers of mixed nuts?

There are always almonds, I'd have thought. More than enough.

Yeh but I am a bit obsessed with hazelnuts - they are the perfect tasting nut for me. I already eat loads of walnuts and almonds, don't need any more of either!

 

[sojourner]

Because soj wanted them now and not earlier in the year.

To be clear, I've been buying them for months with no problem, it's only been in the last month that I can't find any anywhere.

 

[sojourner]

I get mine from Lidl!

Both Lidls I go to don't even fucking stock them!

Shitty fucking St Helens grumblegrumble.

 

[cesare]

These are good nuts Kentish Cobnuts

 

[klang]

Maybe try the asian supermarket down the road?

 

[sojourner]

These are good nuts Kentish Cobnuts

Ooo cheers lovely, will have a sken through that!

 

[sojourner]

Maybe try the asian supermarket down the road?

I was waiting for you to post me a link in St Helens tbh, when I posted that.

 

[klang]

Tbh hazelnuts or the lack of was the least of my worries when i was there.

 

[trabuquera]

Vast vast majority of the world hazelnut market supply is drawn from Turkey (and lots of it picked by badly exploited Syrian refugee labour more recently) - so the earthquakes have probably got a lot to do with supply squeeze.
Italian hazelnuts are supposedly bigger, superior tasting and much more expensive - so (just like with fake olive oil) there's a lot of non-Italian produce which gets rebadged for more lucrative sale.
Hazelnuts are the best tree nut of them all so i'm with you there sojourner

 

[farmerbarleymow]

You could order some online from here sojourner - no idea if the prices are reasonable compared to high street retailers though - don't think I've ever bought hazelnuts by themselves.

Buy Wholefoods Online | Whole foods UK | Organic Foods | Health Foods

www.buywholefoodsonline.co.uk

 

[sojourner]

You could order some online from here sojourner - no idea if the prices are reasonable compared to high street retailers though - don't think I've ever bought hazelnuts by themselves.

Buy Wholefoods Online | Whole foods UK | Organic Foods | Health Foods

www.buywholefoodsonline.co.uk

Cheers chuck, but yeh, way too spenny. All these online wholefood shops cost a fucking bomb! They're £2.10 in the Asda normally for 200g.

 

[twistedAM]

Both Lidls I go to don't even fucking stock them!

Shitty fucking St Helens grumblegrumble.

Lidl is so frustrating. I've a choice of three fairly nearby and only one stocks hazelnuts. I think they have overtaken pecans (which seem to have risen in price a lot recently) as my favourite nut.

 

[sojourner]

Lidl is so frustrating. I've a choice of three fairly nearby and only one stocks hazelnuts. I think they have overtaken pecans (which seem to have risen in price a lot recently) as my favourite nut.

Doesn't make sense does it, especially not given they're all within a certain area. I know that some of our local shops have the most basic produce you can get because they know everyone is so desperately skint, and that in another area, you can buy much more variety in the same named shop, but in the same area?

 

[twistedAM]

Doesn't make sense does it, especially not given they're all within a certain area. I know that some of our local shops have the most basic produce you can get because they know everyone is so desperately skint, and that in another area, you can buy much more variety in the same named shop, but in the same area?

Yeah it's weird; Brixton Lidl has a better nut selection than Streatham which is stronger on lentils. I think Aldi is the answer

 

[sojourner]

Panic over! I got 2 packs from Morrisons, a shop I never usually go in now thanks to its ruinous prices!