article_snippet.sent: Pineapple lovers are facing hefty hikes in the price of Pineapple lovers favourite fruit, according to a report yesterday.
article_snippet.sent: Pineapple prices have soared to Pineapple prices highest level for almost three years as a result of poor weather in Costa Rica, which has led to plummeting supplies.
article_snippet.sent: The Grocer said that while retail prices of many fruit and vegetable lines had fallen over recent months, the average price of a loose pineapple in the biggest UK supermarkets has risen to $2.41(£1.61) – up from $2.21(£1.48) in March.
article_snippet.sent: Costa Rica is the world's biggest exporter of pineapples, accounting for 90 per cent of the global fresh supply, but recent cold and wet weather had hit this year's harvest.