There was an unexpected source of frustration for some local growers this festive season just gone by that seemed to be wholly unwarranted.
For some bizarre reason certain supermarkets decided not to buy in mushrooms over the holiday period.
This left quite a few consumers unable to purchase the 'shrooms they love for use in quintessential holiday fare.
The reason it seems for the supermarkets not buying in was because of the perishable nature of the produce.
A perhaps unrepresentative, but still illuminating, snapshot of Cavan supermarkets in this period found 3 stores without a mushroom on the shelves.
The mind boggles at this thinking – in this practically 24/7 age, most of the supermarkets didn’t shut their doors for very long.
Growers were caught out by this wrongheaded approach from the shops, and a lot of produce was left sitting in refrigerator store rooms for later dispatch.
