Market Bag: Soup vendor Bulbie shops for staples as prices fluctuate - Jamaica Observer

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Shoppers at the Coronation Market will encounter a mixed basket in terms of prices this week. Persistent dry conditions continue to impact farming, pushing up the prices of some produce including tomatoes at $150 per pound, Scotch bonnet peppers at $350 per pound, sweet peppers at $400 per pound, bananas at $1,400 a dozen and lettuce at $700 per head. Plantains ($700 for three) also continue to...