Quote Originally Posted by Rick M View Post
The frigid weather in Mexico has been the most severe in half a century, which prompted Sysco and The Packer to issue alerts a few days ago:
http://digitaljournal.com/article/303583

Small stuff compared to larger issues like fish, rice and wheat woes in China & India, but this is something that we North Americans will experience first-hand, if only for a few months.
Lettuce, a very well known grocery store chain where I live ran out of Lettuce and could NOT get another source for a couple of days. The produce managers explanation was the weather in Mexico which was affecting their main supplier.