After the U.S. ban on Mexican avocado imports, the fruit known as oro verde, or green gold, may become so scarce it could be worth its weight in gold.
Avocados, known in some Mexican regions as"oro verde," or green gold, may soon become a fruit so scarce in the United States that it could be worth its weight in gold, if you can find it at all.
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"The boxes that we used to buy for $30 are now being sold to us for $70, and the larger ones are already selling for more than $100, we would have to sell for at least $120," said Briones."They're the last avocados that managed to enter the country before the border closed, and right now they are already being sold like gold."
"If the cost of avocados becomes absurd, it's best to take it off the menu," said Pedro Rojas, owner of Pepe's & Mito's, a restaurant in the Deep Ellum neighborhood of Dallas."We can't afford it if it's too expensive because if we raise the price, customers won't order it." Steaks CNBC reported that beef and veal prices have risen by 20.1% during the past year. It suggested the pandemic caused a major slowdown in beef production that extends to all types of meat, including seafood and pork.
Mayonnaise The Wall Street Journal reported that Kraft Heinz Co. is set to tell “customers that it would raise prices across many of its products … with some items going up as much as 20%.” Shoppers should be prepared since the price of mayo is set to change very soon, Eat This, Not That wrote."We’ve chosen to increase our prices for the time being.
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