CBC: A quick scan of grocery store websites on Wednesday shows current regular prices for a single cucumber are anywhere from $2.99 at a St. John’s Sobeys, and $2.99 at a Toronto Metro to $2.50 at a Vancouver Loblaws.
The problem with cucumbers is we don’t have a very diverse supply of them in Canada, and they’re highly perishable. That makes them especially susceptible to production shortages, said Michael von Massow, a food agriculture professor at Ontario’s University of Guelph…