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As the second week at tennis tournament Wimbledon kicks off, this week sees the first crop of British plums arriving into Waitrose & Partners branches. Waitrose & Partners claims to be the first supermarket to stock the seasonal stone fruit this summer. Retailing at £2.20 for 550g, the Herman variety plums …

British plums have hit Waitrose shelves a record two weeks early, after an unusually balmy summer. Waitrose claims this is the earliest British plums have ever been sold by a supermarket, thanks to recent ‘near perfect’ growing conditions. A combination of bright and warm days balanced with cooler evenings over …