Warm weather leads to 'wonderful crop' of cherries

Warm weather has led to the UK's biggest cherry yield in at least three years, a supermarket said, as it introduced larger pack sizes of the fruit for sale due to their abundance.

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Grower and Tesco supplier Place UK, based in Tunstead near Norwich, Norfolk, said the warm weather had led to a “wonderful crop”.

Tesco has introduced larger 600g and 1kg pack sizes of the cherries, priced at £4.50 and £6 respectively.

The supermarket said these offer shoppers better value compared to prices at the start of the season and support growers.

Dan Yordanov, head of fresh at Place UK, said: “It’s been a really good season for us so far with the warmest spring on record helping to produce a wonderful crop of cherries - easily the best we've seen for at least three years.