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At these prices, you say tomato, I say forget it  view story
Tuesday, December 7, 2004
JOSEPH R. PERONE - - New Jersey Star-Ledger
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First gasoline. Now tomatoes.
Produce prices around the country have shot up so sharply the past few months that a five-minute stroll down the fruit and vegetable aisle is starting to feel a lot like filling up the 44-gallon fuel tank on a giant SUV.
And the heartburn is stretching far beyond grocery store parking lots. Fast food restaurants, pizza joints and delis are all wrestling with a price increase caused by shortages of tomatoes, peppers and strawberries, and pleading with customers for patience.
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