(March 8, 2010)—A shortage of tomatoes from weather-battered Florida is forcing restaurants and supermarkets to ration supplies amid soaring prices.
A shortage of tomatoes from weather-battered Florida is forcing restaurants and supermarkets to ration supplies amid soaring prices.
Fast-food chains such as Wendy's have stopped automatically including tomatoes in sandwiches; now customers have to know to ask.
Even then, consumers might not get what they usually do. At Lloyd's, a white-tablecloth restaurant across from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, signs went up this week warning that only plum tomatoes are available.
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