Frozen vegetable prices are up 18%, on average, over the past year, according to the consumer price index for June 2023.
CNBC
July 20,2023-
-That increase is larger than all other groceries, and six times the 3% average for all consumer goods and services.
-Heavy precipitation in California — the largest U.S. vegetable producer — flooded farmland and reduced crop supply, economists said.
-Higher costs for cold storage and ripple effects on food prices from the war in Ukraine have also played a role. Immigration trends among Mexican farm laborers have also put upward pressure on labor costs, said economists.