Prices of limes way up now

[y_p_w]

I was at a market that has a variety of different produce, but the thing that really shocked me was the price of small Persian limes at 59 cents each. They're only grown commercially in Mexico, but I remember last year I was getting them 6 for $1 at Hispanic grocery stores, and 20 cents each was pretty common. I even remember seeing them at WM for as little as 8 cents each. I figured a small lemon (33 cents but much large) would have to do for my guacamole.

There's talk that maybe it's criminal cartels fixing the prices.

Limes 'squeezing' wallets as record inflation continues

Economists say supply chain issues and winter weather are to blame for rising prices in the produce aisle.

www.kxxv.com

Mexico lime inflation leaves sour taste as cartels gouge prices for cuisine staple

The green fruit has become less ubiquitous on local tables as criminal gangs fight over the trade, driving diners to distraction

www.theguardian.com

Now, cartels in Mexico shift attention towards lime, fix prices aggressively

Who says Mexico’s cartels just deal in drugs. Now, they seem to have found a new way to make money. Well, the answer is the manipulation of prices of lime. Yes, you read it right. It is lime. If you want to know why do the cartels have an interest in lime, keep reading. Also Read...

www.wionews.com

 

[Kjmack]

Yeah take a look around , can you see anything else going up .

 

[bdcardinal]

The local taco place still has limes in their salsa bar along with radishes. That's about the only time I use them anymore.

 

[bullwinkle]

Horrors-what will one eat with their tequila now??

 

[y_p_w]

Horrors-what will one eat with their tequila now??

I've heard that unripe, green lemons are actually more commonly used in Mexico than Persian limes. So you're not going for a twist in your bottle of Corona?

 

[vavavroom]

I've heard that unripe, green lemons are actually more commonly used in Mexico than Persian limes. So you're not going for a twist in your bottle of Corona?

A Persian lime cultivar is half lemon and half key lime anyway. I substitute Meyer lemons for any lemon or lime. I find them most pleasing and good enough to eat.

 

[bdcardinal]

When my grandparents were alive their drink of choice was a Cuba Libre. I learned how to make those at a really young age.

 

[bdcardinal]

Ignore this post haha

 

[Zee09]

Still not real expensive...
But I get it.

 

[y_p_w]

A Persian lime cultivar is half lemon and half key lime anyway. I substitute Meyer lemons for any lemon or lime. I find them most pleasing and good enough to eat.

That's really an orange hybrid though. My aunt's place had a Meyer lemon bush and we used to make lemonade out of it. I thought that's what a lemon was supposed to taste like. My parents have one now. But it's really not all that great for stuff like adding acidity to guacamole or with tequila shots.

 

[Duffyjr]

Horrors-what will one eat with their tequila now??

That is if you can find the tequila you like, I drove all over town Sunday trying to get a bottle of Milagro Reposada, finally the last place I went to had a couple bottles, well they had a couple

 

[Owen Lucas]

Cartels also run the resorts and occasionally have wars that you can be part of too!

Two Canadians killed after tourists shot at Mexican beach resort hotel

Gunman shoots three Canadians in Playa del Carmen, with foreigners again caught up in drug cartel violence

www.theguardian.com

Mexican drug cartel gunmen on jetskis open fire at Cancun resort

The shooting was the latest in a rash of violent incidents near popular resort towns

www.independent.co.uk

Six Spanish tourists raped by gunmen in Mexico, authorities say

Six Spanish tourists raped by gunmen in Mexico, authorities say

www.latimes.com

Off topic but important nonetheless. Not sure why people still go on vacation to these highly dangerous areas, basically like Afghanistan with a beach. Fruits and Veggies from Mexico, delicious, pay the cartel tax, whatever, but I'm not going south of the border.