Enjoy cheap avocados while you can. Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios
The Iran war is also driving up food inflation, adding to the effects of tariffs, rising electricity prices and high labor costs amid the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
But as groceries have become more expensive, you don't have to skimp on avocados.
By the numbers: Our Axios Austin colleagues, who have been on the avocado beat for years, pointed out that last week that small avocados were selling for 45 cents each at H-E-B in their region.
The Plano H-E-B was selling them for 50 cents each yesterday.
At Kroger stores in the Dallas area, medium avocados were priced at 89 cents each but, with a digital coupon, dropped to 70 cents each for customers buying four of them at once.
Flashback: In June 2022, small avocados were about $1.08 apiece in the Austin area.
State of pits: The U.S. has been importing record numbers of avocados, per the trade group Avocados from Mexico.
Bumper crops, driven by healthy rains, have led to the glut in supply, Bloomberg recently reported.
The bottom line: It may not be gas season, but it is guac season.
