Just an FYI — heard on Northwest public radio that the potato crop usually in the ground end of February or first of March wasn’t in yet in most of Idaho, Oregon and Washington (I think 70% of US grown fries come from those three states) and as of the report midweek still snow on the fields. But the farmers who contract with the French fry companies have to pull the potatoes on a certain date and if the potatoes are smaller (as they probably will be with a month less growing time) then there just won’t be as many. So if you buy frozen french fries stock up now. Not sure what that will do to fast food prices or serving sizes or just regular potato prices (regular potatoes can stay in the ground longer than the french fry contract date)
Going to be an interesting grocery year.