Why are onions so expensive now?

[SandEagle]

the 10lb bag at sam's club used to be $4.88, now its $8.99. the 3lb bags at walmart were $1.99, now they're $3.25. wtf. is there a shortage or are prices just getting ridonkulous?

 

[IronWing]

Makes me want to cry but...

 

[Xcobra]

Makes me want to cry but...

you still are in the inside.

 

[eldorado99]

I remember the great onion shortage of nineteen-dickety-two. We had to use the word dickety because the Germans stole it from us in the war.

 

[Bootprint]

http://thepacker.com/m/story.asp?se...0Stories from ThePacker.com&contentId=1061243

shortage

 

[I Saw OJ]

I remember the great onion shortage of nineteen-dickety-two. We had to use the word dickety because the Germans stole it from us in the war.

Dickety? Highly dubious!

 

[Special K]

Another possibly related point is that onions are one of the few commodities for which futures trading has been banned:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onion_Futures_Act

The wiki article says there are mixed conclusions regarding whether this makes onion prices more or less volatile.

 

[pyonir]

<Bill Raftery> ONIONS! </Bill Raftery>

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basket...-origin-story-of-Bill-Rafter?urn=ncaab,133366

 

[jemcam]

http://thepacker.com/m/story.asp?sect=news&page=Top Stories from ThePacker.com&contentId=1061243

shortage

The guy quoted in that article used to be a really good friend of mine for over 25 years. He knows his onions!

 

[LittleNemoNES]

Haha reminds me of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARXfQzfl9EQ#t=00m49s

49 secs in is the relevant part