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dtcstylez10 t1_it3vi98 wrote

Out of the loop: why are there so many free avocados available?

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dotcom-jillionaire t1_it4cup5 wrote

if i understand correctly, mexico usually ships avocados to the US but they weren't exporting as many last year so peru stepped in the capture the market.

now peru has a fuckton of excess and can't move them all due to the way grocery contracts work. so they're trying to get rid of them in huge numbers at this point.

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napsdufroid t1_it3w2cz wrote

Apparently farmers had a huge surplus they couldn't sell

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