Romaine contamination is making other lettuces more expensive

People who want salad or to dress up other foods with it have to pay more as the supply of leafy greens goes down.

Whether the supply of leafy greens is up or down, consumers still want salad or lettuce for adding to a sandwich or tortilla wrap. But when the supply of lettuce is down, the cost goes up.

In an article Dec. 4, 2018, on Marketplace:

When we pull everything off the market like we did with romaine, what we’ll start to see is people moving to other leafy greens.

– Agricultural economist Mark Manfredo, professor and director of the Morrison School of Agribusiness