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Half a million cut price cauliflowers are set to hit supermarket shelves because of harvesting delays.
The humble white vegetable - commonly served doused in cheese - is usually a family favourite on Christmas dinner tables.
But farmers say their cauliflower crops, which are usually harvested at the end of October, have only just flowered.
Growers have blamed the late harvest on 'some of the worst growing conditions for many years'. Retailers even had to ship in cauliflowers from Europe in a bid to meet the festive demand.
But consumers are now set to benefit, with supermarket Tesco slashing the price of the vegetable in a bid to clear the post-Christmas surplus.
It means savvy shoppers will be able to snap up cauliflowers for 30p cheaper than normal over the next fortnight.
Hundreds of thousands of cut-price cauliflowers are set to hit supermarket shelves because of harvesting delays
Farmers say their cauliflower crops, which are usually harvested at the end of October, have only just flowered
Produce buying manager Sam Miller, who works at Tesco, who have vowed to help manage the surplus, said: 'Cauliflower is one of the festive vegetables that is extremely popular with Christmas dinner and as a result we order
