The lettuce looks like crap

[underpants]

Last edited Sun May 7, 2017, 07:22 PM - Edit history (1)

Burgers tonight and I realized that we didn't have an onion - standard part of my wife's burger order - so I went back to the store (Kroger).

There was one "head of lettuce" that was the size of a softball. Several looked wilted inside the plastic covering.

I know this is anecdotal. A few weeks ago there was NO lettuce. This is suburbia.
Trump?

[femmocrat]

1. There was a sign at our supermarket's produce aisle about weather-problems.

My first thought was not enough farm workers to harvest the crops. Could be weather-related though, I guess.

On edit: I found this related article -- http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2017/05/02/temporary-lettuce-shortage-prices/

[Freddie]

2. I had to buy a head of lettuce last week

There were maybe 3 left and they all had major brown parts. Bought one and ended up throwing half of it away.

[True Dough]

3. Uh, that would be anecdotal

The antidote would be a great head of lettuce!

Best of luck in your quest, underpants!

[underpants]

7. I knew I got that wrong.

[True Dough]

8. No big deal

Lettuce leaf it in the past!

[procon]

4. Same problems here in So Calif.

Went shopping a few days ago and most of the produce was bad. It should have been in the dumpster, not on the shelf. Everything was wilted and damaged... looked like it had been scavenged from the last box on a truck that had set out in the sun all day. I ended up getting a few onions and they turned out to be all black inside, the sweet potatoes rotted two days later, a bag of small oranges were dry and pithy. The only lettuce they had was Romaine, but it was not fresh.

This is the peak growing season and there is fresh produce everywhere, so there's no excuse for any grocery store to display junk like that. I was lucky enough to spot a roadside produce seller yesterday with his truck loaded with freshly picked produce. I got some beautiful, giant strawberries, avocados, luscious heirloom tomatoes, a couple of melons, onions, and lettuce. I'm happy!

[Laffy Kat]

5. My empathy.

I got snookered in to buying some big, beautiful, bright red strawberries. Alas, they had absolutely no flavor!

[NRaleighLiberal]

6. mother nature. Gardening - farming - no guarantees, many variables.

Problem is we are so spoiled - we want everything perfect, all year long.

We've gone to mostly eating seasonally, and local.

[Get Off Of My Cloud]

9. Winter rain causes lettuce shortage, drives up prices

Most days you’ll find produce manager Bruce Kushadi, 60, arranging fresh fruits and vegetables and assisting customers at Taylor Market.

He’s been working at the small corner grocery store for the past 30 years, but his career didn’t start there – Kushadi began working for his father, helping out with a fruit stand, when he was 10 years old.

In his more than 40 years working in the fruits and vegetables business, hasn’t seen leafy green prices spike like they did over the last three weeks.

"All lettuces. Red leaf, romaine, iceberg, a lot of the broccoli,” Kushadi said.

For example, the price of a two pack of romaine hearts at Talor Market has gone from $1.99 to $3.79.

A shortage in product brought on by the crop “transition” season coupled with heavy West Coast rains have delayed new crop plants, said Scott Rose, a market expert with Produce Express, a fruit and vegetable distributor.

http://www.abc10.com/news/local/winter-rain-causes-lettuce-shortage-drives-up-prices/431479127

[underpants]

10. Great info

Love the user name

Welcome to DU friend.

[Donkees]

11. Have about 60 heads of lettuce in the veggie garden ready to pick ...

Heirloom romaines, red and green varieties, heirloom ruffled varieties, all easy to grow even in containers if you have a patch of garden.

[femmocrat]

12. What will you do with it all?

Sounds wonderful!

[Donkees]

13. They are planted for staggered harvesting, but plucking the largest outer leaves now and leaving the

...centers to keep growing, is enough for daily salads, and to share with neighbors too

[femmocrat]

14. Why don't I have a neighbor like you!

[left-of-center2012]

15. lettuce blame trump