Australian farmers, along with retailers and consumers, have felt the pinch of rising vegetable costs as months of continual flooding and rainfall continues to delay crop growth for many farmers.
This comes as the price of lettuce skyrocketed to $12 per head prompting fast food chain KFC to replace the green leafy vegetable with cabbage in its wraps and burgers.
“It’s really hard for everyone on the supply chain, no-ones winning including retailers, farmers, retailers. We have all the issues consumers are having at the moment,” Catherine Velisha, the managing director of Velisha Farms in Werribee, Victoria, told Channel Nine’s Today program on June 12….