ProduceIQ: Weather drives Easter price surge

ProduceIQ: Weather drives Easter price surge

This year, Easter lunch is set to take a bigger bite out of budgets. Extreme weather events on both coasts have made finding many of the holiday’s produce staples as competitive as a big kid Easter egg hunt. Spring has arrived, and with it, the annual transition of many commodities is underway, priming produce markets for volatility. Blueberries are already feeling the pressure: up 24 percent over the previous week, average blueberry prices hit …