what i've noticed with strawberries, specifically, is that the grocers will buy them, pass the costs down and then watch them sit on the shelf. eventually, they have to cut the price - and then you can pick them up. so, as a consumer, i'm sitting around waiting for the food to go rotten, so i can get it at discount. if they'd just cut the price, they'd move the units at a higher volume, and make up for the loss. so, for the last few months, some of the stores haven't even been carrying strawberries at all. but, i'll come out and say it: at the end of the day, i won't pay exorbitant prices for imported produce. i'll just buy something else. so, again: let's get some local growers going.

www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/canadian-grocers-struggling-with-produce-shortage/62567/