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Flaleftist

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

Reply to Cousin Dupree (Original post)

Mon Nov 26, 2018, 06:27 PM

Nov 2018

has caused shortages in some areas.

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No lettuce at our local grocery stores, not even iceberg. SW Fla. Anyone else? [View all] Cousin Dupree Nov 2018 OP

I wonder when growers will realize they NEED government regulation to enough Nov 2018 #1

That's the part of free market that free marketeers reject. Baitball Blogger Nov 2018 #13

Interesting how it seems they think they and their families will be enough Nov 2018 #22

Think of the financial hit when baby formula in China and catfood tblue37 Nov 2018 #28

we had a choice of spinach or kale. everything else was removed. unblock Nov 2018 #2

Pretty much the same in San Diego sdfernando Nov 2018 #7

Phoenix, AZ has lettuce other than Romaine. StarryNite Nov 2018 #3

I'm growing my own lettuce in my south windows because it's the only lettuce I trust womanofthehills Nov 2018 #4

or you can harvest dandelion leaves from your yard if you don't use chemicals. demigoddess Nov 2018 #8

Could it be that there is no one to pick them? Doreen Nov 2018 #5

If that's not the reason now, it will soon be. We will all need to learn how to grow our own erronis Nov 2018 #9

My husband just said the same thing! mrsv Nov 2018 #21

Central Florida, here. Plenty of iceburg, butter lettuce, Dr Hobbitstein Nov 2018 #6

Commodity fetishism at it's finest, all that food being thrown in the dumpster ck4829 Nov 2018 #10

Iceberg is here at King Sooper here near Denver eleny Nov 2018 #11

I just bought a head of red leaf. StarryNite Nov 2018 #15

I'm thinking that for crunch thin celery stalks might step in as a replacement on the side eleny Nov 2018 #19

Perhaps an increase in demand due to lack of Romaine Flaleftist Nov 2018 #12

That's what I thought might be the case Cousin Dupree Nov 2018 #20

That was the case at our local grocery store in southern Vermont. Vinca Nov 2018 #14

Went to Publix today voteearlyvoteoften Nov 2018 #16

My Publix had spinach only, no spring mix or anything... Phentex Nov 2018 #29

sticking to carrot and celery sticks for now. n/t ginnyinWI Nov 2018 #17

My town in NC had spinach and other lettuce. cwydro Nov 2018 #18

We had red and green loose leaf outside of Boston. LAS14 Nov 2018 #23

Yeah. My local Kroger had no lettuce other shredded iceberg. roamer65 Nov 2018 #24

I saw Iceberg at one store and nothing but packaged mixes at a Health Food store. Blue_true Nov 2018 #25

All packaged lettuce removed at a store in my town peacebuzzard Nov 2018 #26

Same here. Food Lion in Newark, DE. woodsprite Nov 2018 #27

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