Lime Shortage Leads to Outrageous Prices
Tuesday, 22 April 2014 | by Pat's Picks
Have you noticed a lemon replacing your lime in a Corona? Blame the great lime shortage. Cases of limes that once sold for $30 are now commanding as much as $200. The New York Post says the shortage has a number of factors, including heavy rains that knocked blossoms off trees, a bacteria that has damaged crops, even hijackings of delivery trucks by drug cartels.
SOURCE: New York Post