Daily Mail UK
The price of avocados have doubled and supply could run out in the coming days as the US Agriculture Department suspended imports from Mexico after an inspector received a threatening phone call.
Avocado prices hit $26.23 per nine-kilogram box, double what they cost last year. The price is nearing the highest in two decades, behind only a brief spike above $30 last July because of global demand and the end of the growing season in Mexico.
Guacamole lovers have seen the price of a single avocado rise to as much as $2.50 at their supermarkets from just $1.24 last month. They cost 99 cents in January 2021.