No lettuce at our local grocery stores, not even iceberg. SW Fla. Anyone else?

[Cousin Dupree]

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1. I wonder when growers will realize they NEED government regulation to

protect their own products and their own businesses. I’m sure they were all very happy when Trump rescinded the rules on inspection of irrigation water. But this kind of thing if it happens often enough could kill the industry.

[Baitball Blogger]

13. That's the part of free market that free marketeers reject.

I mentioned this to one, that true free market will lead to the kind of imbalances in society that cause destabilization that could put a percentage of the population at risk, health wise. Many could die. They said that was fine with them and an acceptable outcome.

I wondered, if you're killing off the consumers of your products, how can it lead to a positive profit margins?

There is just no getting around it. I now realize that most free marketers were probably racist and were okay with genocide.

[enough]

22. Interesting how it seems they think they and their families will be

safe from the lethal outcomes.

[tblue37]

28. Think of the financial hit when baby formula in China and catfood

sourced from China proved deadly because of inadequate regulation of suppliers over there, mainly because of bribery of regulators. In the long run, it won't pay off for those trying to avoid regulation.

[unblock]

2. we had a choice of spinach or kale. everything else was removed.

[sdfernando]

7. Pretty much the same in San Diego

Went to my local Sprouts last night and they only had spinach and kale. Romaine had been gone for a but others like iceberg and red leaf/green leaf were still there...but last night they were all removed and only spinach and kale remained. I like spinach and kale, so no big deal.

[StarryNite]

3. Phoenix, AZ has lettuce other than Romaine.

Is it safe to eat? That's another question.

[womanofthehills]

4. I'm growing my own lettuce in my south windows because it's the only lettuce I trust

You can also grow mini greens that are ready to eat in a week.

[demigoddess]

8. or you can harvest dandelion leaves from your yard if you don't use chemicals.

When I lived in France, decades ago, I saw that all the time. After a rain, they looked for snails also. Almost all our neighbors had their own backyard vegetable gardens. We should start doing that or indoor gardening. Think I may get some lettuce seeds and break out my plant lights!

[Doreen]

5. Could it be that there is no one to pick them?

Could it be that out of work white men refuse to get a job to pick them? Just wondering.

[erronis]

9. If that's not the reason now, it will soon be. We will all need to learn how to grow our own

to survive. And even then it will be rough given the direction the climate and this country are going.

Hot as hell.

[mrsv]

21. My husband just said the same thing!

[Dr Hobbitstein]

6. Central Florida, here. Plenty of iceburg, butter lettuce,

and red/green antile.

[ck4829]

10. Commodity fetishism at it's finest, all that food being thrown in the dumpster

[eleny]

11. Iceberg is here at King Sooper here near Denver

And the "hamburger lettuce" in the plastic box that looks a lot like romaine. But perhaps it's not romaine. It looks slightly more delicate but sure looks close.

I got a head of the iceberg. Now I wonder.

[StarryNite]

15. I just bought a head of red leaf.

Now I'm afraid to eat it!

[eleny]

19. I'm thinking that for crunch thin celery stalks might step in as a replacement on the side

[Flaleftist]

12. Perhaps an increase in demand due to lack of Romaine

has caused shortages in some areas.

[Cousin Dupree]

20. That's what I thought might be the case

[Vinca]

14. That was the case at our local grocery store in southern Vermont.

There were 2 small, lousy, half rotten heads of iceberg and three heads of looseleaf, 2 of which were inedible. I got the third. There's a more local producer of baby lettuce blends that should be picking up the slack later on in the week. I'm really annoyed with myself because I've grown lettuce in a small greenhouse gizmo well into November before, but decided to take everything up to rearrange the garden next year and didn't start any.

[voteearlyvoteoften]

16. Went to Publix today

They had iceberg and arugula etc. Also spring mix and spinach. Somehow I was not in the mood for lettuce.

[Phentex]

29. My Publix had spinach only, no spring mix or anything...

It's so weird. They had more cabbage than usual though, lol.

[ginnyinWI]

17. sticking to carrot and celery sticks for now. n/t

[cwydro]

18. My town in NC had spinach and other lettuce.

Oddly they had removed romaine in bags labeled romaine, but romaine mixes were still there.

[LAS14]

23. We had red and green loose leaf outside of Boston.

[roamer65]

24. Yeah. My local Kroger had no lettuce other shredded iceberg.

[Blue_true]

25. I saw Iceberg at one store and nothing but packaged mixes at a Health Food store.

I did not see romaine at either one. I am in north-central Florida.

[peacebuzzard]

26. All packaged lettuce removed at a store in my town

There was one small lettuce head which looked like butter lettuce, but it was unmarked and no price.
I generally buy organic and it would have taken me an extra 10 minutes or so to investigate this suspect lettuce.
I wasn’t in the mood tonight for further inquiries.

[woodsprite]

27. Same here. Food Lion in Newark, DE.

Went to dinner last night at Chili’s in Elton, MD. No salads available, and no lettuce for tacos or fajitas.
I personally would rather be safe than sorry. I still ordered something that had no lettuce component, just in case.