Tomatoes cost how much now? Why inflation has come for Canada's produce section

Tomatoes are expensive right now any way you slice them.Tomato prices rose 45.2 per cent year-over-year in May, according to new inflation numbers released Monday by Statistics Canada. That's by far the highest price increase since May last year for any grocery item measured in the Consumer Price Index, beating usual suspects coffee and beef by leaps and bounds.Statistics Canada explains this jump is due to supply contractions in Mexico, "stemming from poor weather and a reduction in planted acr