Produce Alliance Report 4.23.26
Posted by wistful_cottage_core@reddit | PrepperIntel | View on Reddit | 19 comments
Happy Friday!
Summary:
Produce supply is tight across many categories due to weather issues and a recent freeze, especially impacting tomatoes and peppers. Demand is exceeding supply, leading to shortages, quality concerns, and expected prorates over the next few weeks.
Tomatoes are the biggest issue. Round tomatoes are almost unavailable, so switching to Roma tomatoes is recommended. Peppers are also very limited. Many common veggies like lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, celery, and carrots are in short supply, higher priced, and may come with quality issues. Some of this won’t improve for a few weeks, and carrots may not fully recover until May.
Fruit is mixed. Avocados are plentiful right now, but limes are getting smaller and harder to find in larger sizes. Bananas and pineapples are tightening. Grapes are mostly stable. Berries are a bit limited due to rain but should improve soon.
Citrus (like lemons and oranges) is mostly coming in larger sizes, with smaller fruit harder to get. Imports may be needed, especially on the East Coast.
Full report: https://producealliance.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Market-Report-4.23.26_FULL.pdf
FierySkipper@reddit
I was at Wal-Mart and Publix today, and this report was dead on. Tiny limes, huge lemons, no big tomatoes, cheap avocados, beat-up carrots, and $8 blueberries.
uyb50487@reddit
Was also at Walmart today and the bananas were a dark green...
Mento-yStableGenius@reddit
From my most recent trip, East Coast
The_Original_Miser@reddit
My SO prefers bananas this green.
I will eat them at any ripeness level.
Asking sincerely: whats wrong with bananas this green?
Mento-yStableGenius@reddit
For our palates, they have an almost tannic / alum astringency - dry and mouth-puckering. I like the flavor of them but not the astringent quality (if that makes sense).
The_Original_Miser@reddit
Thank you!
I wonder if my like of dry wines helps in this case? I don't mind the flavor at all. I will also eat them close to brown, also.
Mento-yStableGenius@reddit
It might. I don’t mind a semi-dry wine but dry I cannot do - thus I think the green banana association.
Hell yeah on the brown bananas, unless they’re all the way brown, and then they become ‘nanner bread.’ 😉
JackBlackBowserSlaps@reddit
Is this not normal? Central Canada here, bananas are always like this at the store, then turn yellow in a day or two, turn brown around day 5-6
uyb50487@reddit
I live in the southwest US and our bananas are usually yellow or a few light green ready to eat an you have to eat them within a day or two especially if your kitchen is hot after about 3 days they are starting to get brown spots/too ripe. I prefer a greener banana but I've never seen them dark green in my hometown.
Mento-yStableGenius@reddit
We’re originally from the PNW (WA / OR), rarely saw a nanner close to this green. Might have been a tad green at the stem but always lasted about 6-7 days before going brown.
This last batch has been enclosed in a plastic bag and they remain verygreen - been 7 days. Spouse shakes his head at them in exasperation 😂
metalreflectslime@reddit
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make_n_bake@reddit
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wistful_cottage_core@reddit (OP)
Thanks for this, next week I'll post the landing page URL instead of directly to the report. That should fix this from being an issue!
AirborneGeek@reddit
Yeah, Old Reddit chews up the URL because of the underscore. OP escapes it, which works in new reddit, but who uses that, lol (no shade to OP)
Easiest path is to copy the text of the link off the page (don't click it) and delete the backslash ahead of the _.
bondgirl852001@reddit
Was wondering about tomatoes. I didnt need any when I went shopping last weekend but noticed only Roma were the largest available in the store. Only other tomato was the smaller ones like grape and cherry tomatoes.
marioncrepes@reddit
At my grocery store, limes + avocados have been looking bad
FormerNeighborhood80@reddit
Thank you for this. It really helps with shopping.
NoTerm3078@reddit
This matches what we are seeing.
mystery_biscotti@reddit
Thanks for posing this! I keep sharing it out with like-minded friends..