... but South Africa's ongoing drought does appear to have hampered efforts in the avocado business at times, while its currency exchange fluctuations haven't helped either. read more
And while avocados have been around for a very very long time, they weren't quite so popular outside of Mexican cuisine. We had a devil of a time promoting them in the Northeast, most purveyors didn't want to deal with them. read more
In December if Subway offers avocado for a buck they might make 10 cents based on the price they bought their avocado for, but when they're in season like now they can buy them much cheaper, but cahrge that same dollar, making 60 cents profit instead (totally pulling numbers out of nowhere to demonstrate, these aren't actual figures). read more