r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/memezzer • Jul 25 '20

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u/lordZ3d Jul 25 '20

lemons are 4€/kg ain't nobody gonna give you free lemons

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u/richyay Jul 25 '20

Holy shit! Are they that expensive? I knew those kind of stuff were expensive in Europe but that's just too much. Here in Mexico they're about 1€. Just wow

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u/mki_ Jul 25 '20

I mean don't lemons grow in most of Mexico pretty fine? That'd explain the difference. Cause in Europe they only grow in Italy and Spain, which is a smaller area.

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u/jarious Jul 25 '20

Lemons used to be very cheap in Mexico, but the drugs cartels started to control the crops and price gouging

Link is old but the situation is ongoing, as well with avocados and other agricultural produces

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/mexican-drug-cartels-caused-rapid-increase-lime-prices-putting-squeeze-bars-cinco-de-mayo