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Cauliflower shortage??

Carmie — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 16:00:07 GMT

In the past two weeks, I have gone to four different grocery stores looking for cauliflower. I'd really prefer fresh, but would buy frozen if they had it.

Anyone else having problems finding this in your area? I am in PA.

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cjm61 — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 16:03:52 GMT

@Carmie After reading your post I realized I never "search" out cauliflower. We rarely eat it and prefer broccoli. I thought I saw it at the store the last time I went but I can't be sure. Good luck finding it.

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kaydee50 — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 16:21:48 GMT

Not a problem for me. Never eat it!!

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BostonMommy — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 16:25:32 GMT

I have noticed the shortage, just a couple on the shelf. The caulilower I have seen at Kroger have been really small. Walmart I haven't seen any in months

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ThinkingOutLoud — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 16:27:36 GMT

My area has had cauliflower.

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On It — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 16:32:25 GMT

As I recall, news from California last year during the drought explained that the vegetable growers were hit hard and that production suffered. I expect that is part of the culprit for the missing cauliflower.

Another issue is the growing demand. Recent frozen products like riced and mashed cauliflower have started to use part of the supply. Cauliflower pizza crust is being used for gluten free options. When demand is rising and the source is not producing at full capacity, we have shortages particularly in the fresh produce area.

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sann — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 16:35:06 GMT

Cauliflower has been out of stock at my local Sam's club....

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chrystaltree — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 16:59:18 GMT

Nope. No problems finding cauliflower here.

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JeanLouiseFinch — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 17:25:35 GMT

Same here, it's been hit or miss in NW Indiana.. And if a store has it, they're puny heads. One store wanted $5.00/head. I refuse to pay that. We went to Costco the other day, to pick up my eyeglasses. Rather than make another stop, I thought we could pick up our produce there. We were able to get most of the items we needed, but there were some bare sections in the produce cooler - no cauliflower, no romaine, no asparagus. I'll be in ALDIs this week so 🤞

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Trailrun23 — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 17:24:21 GMT

I usually by cauliflower rice or buy it in a bag fresh with carrots and broccoli.tucked it if is scarce. I do know that green cabbage is impossible to find here...finally found a few heads at Kroger that were the size of baseballs with all outer leaves removed already. Didn't bother. Also having trouble finding celery bunches that are have more than four stalks to them. I see so many people now pick up produce, look at it, then just put it back.

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sunshine45 — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 17:27:25 GMT

well, if there has to be a shortage of something, i am definitely all for a cauliflower shortage. LOL

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nikkisaunt1 — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 17:59:51 GMT

That's odd as I am in NJ and all the stores have it here. Just bought some today as a matter of fact.

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Love my grandkids — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 18:30:30 GMT

@kaydee50 Me either. I hate that stuff. I'm 75 and tasted it once decades ago. Never again!

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cindyNC — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 18:56:50 GMT

We have it here southern NC, but it always looks really bad so I end up with frozen.

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We rescue cats — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 19:58:54 GMT

We eat cauliflower often, and it is a go to snack item for me but we have been eating more roast broccoli, brussels and cabbage as our veggy with dinner. I love raw cauliflower!

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Carmie — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 20:06:09 GMT

I have been eating a lot of broccoli, aspragus, brussels sprouts, zucchini and cabbage, but miss cauliflower. I guess I'll have to wait until it is available again.

I bought a few ears of fresh corn. I was surprised it was good and sweet.

Thanks for the replys.

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PA Mom-mom — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 20:15:27 GMT

@Carmie I"m in Montco, and my Weis market has been out for two weeks. Up until that time they had beautiful big heads for $3.99 to 4.99. ShopRite has them, but the heads are smaller and they are $5.99! We usually eat cauliflower once a week, and this has been crazy. I'm not paying $5.99 for a medium sized head.

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Carmie — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 20:19:16 GMT

@PA Mom-mom I can't even find it frozen in my area at any price. It is missing in action. I saw a bag of riced culiflower at Costco, but have no need for that.

Oh well, I guess I can wait a bit longer.

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SharkE — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 20:41:33 GMT

What's that ?

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Etoile308 — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 20:52:55 GMT

I saw a few days ago that the cauliflower in the store were very small heads. I was disappointed since I had recently bought some buffalo seasoning and wanted to make use of it on cauliflower florets.