The cost of lettuce is spiking amid a shortage that's leading some restaurants to temporarily stop offering leafy greens on their menus.
Wholesale produce distributors say demand is exceeding supply of iceberg and romaine lettuce, and pricing pressures are expected to continue throughout the month.
Restaurants Canada COO Kelly Higginson said a major lettuce-growing area in California was hit by some kind of virus, after a year that's already been rife with difficulties thanks to heat and drought.
"That particular area has had crops decimated. So there's a massive shortage," said Higginson. From fast-food joints to fine dining establishments, "everybody's just pulling lettuce off the menu," she said. That's because not only is lettuce in short supply, but the available product has in some cases quadrupled in price, she said.
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