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  • Tomatoes are $2.99/lb?

    Is it just me or are tomatoes far more expensive than they used to be?

    Anyone else like me who enjoys eating tomatoes and are feeling the higher prices?
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    All prices will go up due to increased fuel cost which affects shipping costs.
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    • #3
      Stop being a ***** and grow some tomatoes. You probably have the time for it.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by SlowwHand View Post
        All prices will go up due to increased fuel cost which affects shipping costs.
        Nah frost, not fuel. I looked it up. A bunch of articles like this one:
        http://thepacker.com/Tomato-prices-skyrocket-after-Mexican-freeze-losses/Article.aspx?oid=1313337&fid=PACKER-SPECIAL-SECTIONS&aid=657

        Freezes that hurt Mexican production and Florida’s crop have escalated Florida tomato prices to stratospheric levels.
        Tony DiMare, vice president of the DiMare Co., Homestead, which also has operations in central Florida, said prices had tripled from $10-12 on extra large tomatoes and $12-14 on large and mediums to $35 across the board in only a couple of days after the Mexican freeze.
        No wonder. Prices have tripled.
        "Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
        "I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Riesstiu IV View Post
          Stop being a ***** and grow some tomatoes. You probably have the time for it.
          Yep, even ghetto kids can do a container garden.
          No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.

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          • #6
            Hey that won't get me Tomatoes NOW!!!!
            "Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
            "I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi

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            • #7
              That girl wants to give you her tomatoes.
              No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by SlowwHand View Post
                All prices will go up due to increased fuel cost which affects shipping costs.
                Tomatoes have gone up more then most food items though due to crop failure.

                Mexico, Florida, and India all suffered freezing weather during the prime tomato growing season and lost most of their crops so now if you buy a tomato in the US it is almost assuredly from California. California farmers are having a field day.

                http://www.nbc-2.com/story/14028013/2011/02/14/tomato-prices-soar-after-cold-weather?redirected=true
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                • #9
                  I had a seedling two years ago I had no room for in my garden, so I put it in a 6" pot and placed it by a sunny window in my living room.

                  My house pepper is still producing little hot peppers for me, summer and winter.
                  No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.

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                  • #10
                    You say tomatoes, I say get a ****ing job.
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                    • #11
                      Freezes that hurt Mexican production and Florida’s crop have escalated Florida tomato prices to stratospheric levels.
                      blame global warming

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                      • #12
                        Lament tomatoes if you will, but part of the increase is the same increase as is being seen overall, which is due to fuel costs. It's not just food. Lot of things. Most things.
                        I know home improvement contractors that have raised their rates due to fuel costs.
                        Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
                        "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
                        He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by SlowwHand View Post
                          Lament tomatoes if you will, but part of the increase is the same increase as is being seen overall, which is due to fuel costs. It's not just food. Lot of things. Most things.
                          I know home improvement contractors that have raised their rates due to fuel costs.
                          true

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                          • #14
                            There oughta be a law...
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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Solomwi View Post
                              There oughta be a law...


                              .... *******
                              "Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
                              "I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi

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