Market Bag: Tomato at $100, lettuce for $200 as prices lower at ‘Curry’ - Jamaica Observer

KINGSTON, Jamaica – There are “good” prices for food items at the Coronation Market this week as crops continue to recover from the devastation of Hurricane Melissa just over three months ago. “Since the storm, the things dem come back so pretty, we have all tomato for $100 and $60 a pound, but banana, plantain and papaya are still scarce,” said a vendor affectionately known as “Princess”. Shoppers at the...