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A Lidl shopper was filmed hurling a broccoli at a fellow customer's head as a heated argument broke out at the checkout.
Hanieh Khosravi, 25, from Salford, Greater Manchester, says that she found herself caught up in an argument with another customer while doing her weekly food shop at the supermarket.
She took out her phone and began to record the row because she was nervous for her safety and ended up recording the moment the vegetable was used as a missile.
Hanieh said: "I was waiting to check my food out when I saw this woman was verbally abusing this innocent man next to her for holding up the queue.
"She was screaming and he eventually walked off and I took his place. She was still shouting so I told her to shut up because no one wants to hear shouting on a Sunday.
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"She then started going mad at me and ended up throwing the broccoli in my face.
The woman brandishes the broccoli (Caters News Agency)
The shopper was filmed waving the vegetable at the checkout (Caters News Agency)"I felt very upset and scared. This is why I filmed her as she was threatening to hurt me."
In a separate incident last year, watermelons were thrown as Brits brawled outside a blazing supermarket in Birmingham.
Tempers flared and a supermarket caught light in shocking footage that showed grown men brutally fighting in front of a fruit and veg display in Saltley, Birmingham.
As the flames ripped through the Zeenat store yesterday evening, fire crews tried to tackle the blaze and a police officer could be heard telling people to get back as he tried in vain to restrain the brawling men.
The woman points towards the camera at the checkout (Caters News Agency)
The row broke out at the checkout in Lidl (Caters News Agency)More and more officers rushed in to try and break up the violent brawl, BirminghamLive reported.
The men can be seen punching and kicking one another as they pile into the fight.
At one moment, the terrifying footage appears to show a watermelon being wielded like a weapon.
The incidents come as Asda and Morrisons have begun rationing fruits and vegetables, after supermarkets across the UK were hit with empty shelves following supply issues.
Asda now has set a limit of three per person on tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, lettuce, salad bags, broccoli, cauliflower and raspberries.
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Morrisons has a maximum of two on tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, peppers.
Many shops are struggling with stock of fresh produce due to cold weather Morocco and Spain.
In the UK, farmers are said to be using heated greenhouses less due to higher energy costs. Frost damage has also written-off many fields growing vegetables.