Grocery shoppers in the UK are now spending more on avocados than oranges according to the latest Nielson ratings and a survey by The Grocer.
Avocados’ soaring popularity is attributed to celebrity chefs like Nigella Lawson. There’s an “avocado craze” among health-conscions Britons. Avocados are showing up in many dishes as well as in smoothes and even on toast.

Avocados can coexist with oranges
“Oranges squeezed by taste for avocado” in The Daily Telegraph
“Tutti-frutti beauty — March of the avocado” in The Daily Telegraph (editorial column)