Government data this week showed an eye-popping 38% surge in the wholesale price of vegetables in July, the biggest price spike for any product category. A continued rise of that magnitude could noticeably hike vegetable prices at restaurants and grocery stores within a matter of months, some analysts told ABC News.
But are President Trump's tariffs to blame?
Analysts still aren't sure. Importers of perishable foods like vegetables face an especially acute challenge because they cannot stockpile products ahead of tariffs, since the fresh produce would rot.
Adverse weather may have caused a supply shortage for a host of crops, leading to an upward swing in producer prices. The Trump administration's immigration policy may have also contributed to the rise in wholesale vegetable prices, since a possible worker shortage could have pushed up wages, causing sellers to raise prices in an effort to offset those added costs, some analysts said.
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