Very light supplies of pineapples during Easter week
Pineapples are seeing strong demand this week leading up to Easter. “It’s quite a big pineapple holiday with many retailers doing promotions,” says Bobby Van Ligten with Pura Vida Farms in California. About 95 percent of the company’s pineapples are imported from Costa Rica and the balance is brought in from Ecuador. Both countries offer supplies year-round, but due to Costa
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