Holy cow, check out the price of Romaine hearts

[Racygrandma]

I paid 8.99 for a sack of romaine hearts. It was I think 3.50 to 4 dollars. Wow, I am guessing labor shortage.

[Diamond_Dog]

1. I saw bunches of fresh asparagus at the store, $7.69! Same bunch was $4 not that long ago.

[CTyankee]

2. Why is asparagus so expensive to begin with?

[Bmoboy]

5. Asparagusgrows in the spring

So today's asparagus grew way down south.

Shipping, storage, many middlemen.

Maybe tariffs? Oh no, but he said everything's lower. My oh my.

[CTyankee]

6. Thanks I didn't know that.

[senseandsensibility]

12. Yes, it usually goes on sale right before Easter because it is in season

So my late mother used to always have it with Easter dinner. She made a great cheese sauce to go with it!

[CTyankee]

13. I like it a bit crunchy and just with a bit of salt and butter. Yum.

[senseandsensibility]

19. Yes, I liked the cheese sauce

but I'm not as big a cheesehead as the rest of my family. Your way sounds better! I think I'll try it next time.

[FormerOstrich]

36. My mom always made it

with a white sauce with a hard boiled egg sliced on top of it. Hence, on special occasions I do same. It may sound odd but it is great!

[James48]

21. Asparagus today

Is mostly grown in South America, and some is from Mexico. It didn’t grow this time of year except in tropical places or South of the Equator.


Chief countries that send asparagus to USA stores

1. Mexico
2. Ecuador
3. Peru
4. Canada (in the spring and summer).

Nearly all of the fresh asparagus in the U.S. is imported. In 2024, for example, the U.S. imported 515.4 million pounds of asparagus, valued at $646.7 million. Of that, almost 155 million pounds (30%) came from Peru.

Though Mexico claims the title of the largest exporter of asparagus to the U.S. — representing roughly two-thirds of U.S. asparagus imports — Peru’s unique location and climate gives it an interesting asparagus superpower over the competition.

Southern Specialties of Pompano Beach, FL notes Peru is an important source of both green and white fresh asparagus because it provides consistent volume of high-quality product almost year-round. The company is a grower, importer, processor and shipper dealing in Peruvian asparagus.

The majority of Mexican imports happen from January to May, according to data from the International Fresh Produce Association.

When it comes to Peru, it also has a constant presence in the market, which only reduces when Mexico reaches its peak production,” the group noted in a late 2024 report. It also pointed out Michigan, the largest domestic producer of asparagus, has a short season from May to June.

Simply put, Peru supplies the U.S. consumer with quality asparagus during a time U.S. is not in production.

[70sEraVet]

30. As I understand, the US has placed a 10% tariff on goods from Peru and Equador

MUCH higher tariffs on Mexican and Canadian products!
It may be smart to stock up on canned asparagus! yuck!

[sheshe2]

7. I just bought a bunch for 2.99lb @ Shaws.

[onenote]

16. Northern Virginia - $3.99 a pound. $5.49 for organic

[global1]

18. You Must Have Used Your Grocery ID To Buy That!!!.... nt

[Marthe48]

3. My go-to greens are sprouts I grow myself

The batches are the right size to avoid waste and the sprouts replace lettuce and so on for all of my greens needs
If I want fresh produce, I buy it in season, just like my parents did, when the average family could afford groceries.
It is awful that the healthy food we should be eating is spiraling out of reach, even if you buy local.

[Mossfern]

28. That sounds like a great idea

what kind of sprouts/seeds do you use?
I used to buy alfalfa sprouts, but they disappeared.
They're expensive when you buy them, so growing them seems a worthy endeavor.

[FormerOstrich]

37. Lots o lots of sprouts

You can use (seeds) radish, mung bean, broccoli, red clover......and a bunch of others I can't think of off the top of my head.

Make sure you rinse them frequently. I love love love sprouts on sandwiches, salads, and as toppers (soup and about anything else)

[Marthe48]

38. Thanks for asking

My daughter got me started a few years ago. She got me a sprouting jar kit, with several sieved lids, different sized holes. She gets me bags of mixed sprout seeds. Right now, I'm using organic Sprout House Veggie Queen, which has French and Green Lentil seeds, red clover, Daikon radish and fenugreek. I have some High Mowing packs. One is all broccoli and another is mixed sandwich booster. They take about 4 days to sprout and last several days in the fridge. I like to make a basic salad with the sprouts and whatever fresh veggies I have, or wraps.

If you start, hope you enjoy the experience

[Jim__]

4. No, no, no. Trump fixed the grocery prices. The Democrats are lying.

[WhiteTara]

8. store brand loose leaf lettuce

was $1.69 a week ago and today it's $4.69 I think romaine hearts were $8.69

[AZJonnie]

9. The mix and match 2*6 bagels at Costco were $5.99 forever incl. last time we bought 6-8 months ago

When were there this week, it was $7.99. And there's not really a tariff excuse I don't think, plenty of wheat grown in the USA.

I think it's not just the tariffs, we continue to be ripped off by greedy corporations, and the Trump/GQP aren't going to do anything but help them do it by gutting CFPB and putting their rich cronies in charge of all the "independent" regulatory agencies that might act to help us.

The Trump regime is one colossal LOOTING job happening against the citizenry. These fuckers should be IN JAIL.

[not fooled]

40. "They're not governing, they're looting"

Read that somewhere recently (sorry, can't remember where for attribution).

Will be my next No Kings protest sign.

[Celerity]

45. Obama said that at the Spanberger rally.

[Racygrandma]

10. The guy in produce

Is going to be hearing a lot from customers.

[flvegan]

11. How many are in "a sack" to begin with?

3 organic romaine hearts (bag) are $3.99 where I am (365/Whole Foods brand).

[Ms. Toad]

25. That's about the price they are around here. n/t

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

14. GOP: Gouging On Produce, Groceries Over Priced...

[onenote]

15. Checked. Three chains in my area -- price for package of 3 ranges from 3.99 to 4.99

Northern Virginia. Safeway, Giant, Harris Teeter.

[Goonch]

17. ;-{) Cal-Organic Farms Romaine Hearts 12 oz. Pack $4.52 Walmart

[Racygrandma]

20. This is a family owned grocery store

I like buying my meat there

[FoxNewsSucks]

22. Trump did that

[4Sitka]

23. Head of lettuce

Here in SW Oregon, it costs $4.99, and the heads are fluffy.

[mountain grammy]

24. Iceberg lettuce.. $2.57 each, Walmart

$2 at Trader Joe's

Gas.. $2.24 regular at Costco Denver

[Fil1957]

26. Prices of veggies are out of control. A month ago I bought 4 organic oranges at a total cost of 6 dollars! A couple of

weeks ago I made a pork veggie stir-fry and the vegetables cost more than the meat!

[twodogsbarking]

27. Let me add that the quality has gone down, down, down, woo hoo hoo.

Going down.

[yobrault1]

29. That is the excuse

price gouging is the reason.

[BattleRow]

31. I am determined to become heartless under these circumstances.

[Warpy]

32. Yeah, probably rotting iun the fields on a l0t of farms

because the dirt cheap undocumented labor is gone and the people left won't work for so little. Or nobody shows up, at all.

Cheap labor conservatives are in for a very rude awakening and that awakening is going to start on the farms.

[Wounded Bear]

33. This is the time of year that imports take over the produce markets...

since growing seasons in the states are pretty much over. Many of our "fresh" veggies and fruits come from Mexico and points south.

Can you say import taxes?

[dameatball]

34. Right around $4 for a three pack at local Publix in fl

Somewhere around $3.99 -$4.49 I think. Product of USA on nutrition data. Package does not specify a weight.

[Shellback Squid]

35. at Costco they are $5.99, the savings on everything are worth the cost of membership, and I'm single!

[Irish_Dem]

39. Yesterday I went shopping and ONE cucumber was $3.50.

This was a discount grocery store.

[WarGamer]

43. At my local SoCal store 1.99 ea for organic... or $3 for a lb

[Irish_Dem]

44. This was for one cucumber. And it was not organic.

I couldn't believe it.
The other produce was more reasonably priced.

[womanofthehills]

41. Our small grocery store in our town of 900

Sent a notice on Facebook . Because of bad weather - flooding, high heat etc her lettuce would be 4 times the price.

[WarGamer]

42. Do you shop at Whole Foods? They apepar to be $3-4 everywhere else... even for organic.

[Zackzzzz]

46. My Salad. This way you use less romaine.

Some of whatever;
lettuce, cabbage, parsley, apple/pear, carrot, daikon/radish, cucumber, or celery, + crotons, shredded parmesan.
Seasonal Additions; mandarin/grapefruit slices, berry fruit, melon.
I have old Tupperware that keeps all of what I will use the next time.
So it's a little of this and a little of that.
Never the same. Never boring.

When we visited Germany, we had the best schnitzel or bratwurst with POTATO SALAD.
If anyone has a recipe for German potato salad, the vinegar not mayo kind, please post.

[Igel]

47. Locally $3.13 for 3, 3.95 if organic

Quantity matters. I'm sure it would be more if for, say, 6 or 7.

https://www.heb.com/search?esc=true&q=romaine%20hearts (not sure if that's good for an individual store, which is where I searched ... online.)

$0.31/oz if chopped into pieces (and not organic)

[Retrograde]

48. A lot of lettuce is grown in California's Salinas Valley

and harvested year-round by people of Mexican/Central American ancestry, some here legally, some not. I suspect a lot of agricultural workers are afraid to show up for work snd I expect things to get worse and prices to rise even more before Donnie and his minions are done