Tasty avocado toast. Avocado lovers, brace yourselves! Prices are about to skyrocket, but we've got the scoop on why your toast is going to cost you.

Price Shocker: Your Beloved Avocado Toast Is About To Get More Expensive!

🥑 Avocado lovers, brace yourselves! Prices are about to skyrocket, but we’ve got the scoop on why your toast is going to cost you. 😱 #AvocadoApocalypse #GuacIsExtraButWorthIt #AvocadoToastForever

Edina, Minnesota – Attention all avocado aficionados! If you’re a fan of the creamy, green goodness that tops your morning toast or makes your guacamole dreams come true, get ready to dig a little deeper into your pockets. Mission Produce Inc., one of the biggest players in the avocado game, just dropped a bombshell that’s sure to make your wallet weep.

The Avocado Price Hike Is Coming

In a recent earnings call, Mission Produce spilled the beans on their plans to bump up avocado prices by a whopping 10% to 15% this year. To put that into perspective, their avocados were going for $1.30 per pound in the second quarter of 2023. Now, you might have to shell out anywhere from $1.43 to $1.50 for the same amount of that green gold. That’s what us folks in Minnesota call “a real uff da”. Hehe.

Seriously though my hubby Jack is already digging through our couch cushions because he’s pretty much addicted to our homemade guacamole. LOL.

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Avocado Prices Have Been on a Wild Ride

This isn’t the first time avocado lovers have had to deal with a price hike. Over the past few years, the cost of avocados has been jumping around like a kid on a sugar rush. Even Chipotle, the go-to spot for guac lovers, had to bump up their prices to keep up with the rising cost of avocados and inflation.

The Great Avocado Shortage Scare

Remember back in 2022 when avocado prices went through the roof? It was a double whammy of sky-high inflation and a brief ban on Mexican avocado imports. The U.S. put the brakes on avocados from Michoacan, Mexico, for a week due to some sketchy threats against a U.S. official. Even though the ban was short-lived, it was enough to send prices soaring.

America’s Love Affair with Avocados

Despite the price hikes, folks in the Midwest and beyond just can’t seem to get enough of avocados. The USDA says that the amount of avocados available per person has tripled since 2000, with each of us chowing down on more than 8 pounds of the green stuff every year. That’s a whole lot of guacamole!

The Avocado Supply Struggle

While the demand for avocados keeps growing, the U.S. has been struggling to keep up with production. Since 2000, the country has been churning out around 400 million pounds of avocados each year. But, in a twist of fate, production has been slowly dwindling since 2011 as fewer acres are being dedicated to growing those precious green gems.

So, what does all of this mean for you, the avocado-loving consumer? It might be time to start saving up those pennies if you want to keep your avocado toast habit going strong. Or, you could always try your hand at growing your own avocado tree. Just don’t hold your breath waiting for that first harvest!

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