In 2019, the U.S. price for one pound of lettuce amounted to almost one and a half U.S. dollars. Back in the nineties, the average cost per pound was less than 70 cents.

Lettuce sales and consumption With a sales share of approximately 80 percent, 2019’s best-selling type of lettuce was fresh cut salad by far. Iceberg lettuce captured a share of about ten percent of U.S. lettuce sales in that year. That being said, annual U.S. per capita consumption of fresh lettuce (head) has dropped considerably over the last two decades. While consumers in the United States ate over 20 pounds of lettuce on average in the year 2000, this number dropped to just over ten pounds by 2019.

Eat your vegetables In 2019, about 60 percent of people in the United States bought and ate potatoes, making it the most consumed vegetable in the country. Some other favorites among Americans included onions, tomatoes, and carrots. Only about a third of the group had bought cucumbers in the past 12 months.

Iceberg lettuce, regardless of packaging. Includes organic and non organic."

This statistic displays the wholesale price of iceberg lettuce in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2015 to 2019. The wholesale price of iceberg lettuce was valued at 0.79 British pounds per head in November 2019, an increase compared to the price a year earlier.

The price of lettuce in the United States reached 0.52 USD/lb by December.

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United States Consumer Price: Average: SU: Lettuce, Iceberg data was reported at 0.958 USD/lb in May 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.926 USD/lb for Apr 2018. United States Consumer Price: Average: SU: Lettuce, Iceberg data is updated monthly, averaging 0.759 USD/lb from Jan 1980 (Median) to May 2018, with 457 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.442 USD/lb in Jan 2016 and a record low of 0.382 USD/lb in Jan 1980. United States Consumer Price: Average: SU: Lettuce, Iceberg data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.P001: Consumer Price.

This statistic displays the wholesale price of cos lettuce in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2014 to 2019. The wholesale price of cos lettuce was valued at 0.39 British pounds per head in November 2019, a decrease of 18 pence compared to a corresponding period the prior year.

This statistic displays the wholesale price of butterhead lettuce in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2015 to 2019. The wholesale price of butterhead lettuce was valued at 0.41 British pounds per head in November 2019.

Monthly average retail prices for selected products, for Canada and provinces. Prices are presented for the current month and the previous four months. Prices are based on transaction data from Canadian retailers, and are presented in Canadian current dollars.

This statistic displays the wholesale price of salad onions in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2015 to 2019. The wholesale price of salad onions was valued at 0.22 British pounds per bunch in November 2019, a decrease comapred to a year earlier.

This statistic displays the wholesale price of little gem lettuce in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2015 to 2019. The wholesale price of little gem lettuce was valued at 0.67 British pounds in November, an increase compared to a year before.

净现值：蔬菜：生菜：室内虎头：人均在02-28-2025达0.550英镑，相较于02-14-2025的0.520英镑有所增长。净现值：蔬菜：生菜：室内虎头：人均数据按周更新，01-09-2015至02-28-2025期间平均值为0.400英镑，共502份观测结果。该数据的历史最高值出现于02-17-2023，达0.580英镑，而历史最低值则出现于07-14-2017，为0.285英镑。CEIC提供的净现值：蔬菜：生菜：室内虎头：人均数据处于定期更新的状态，数据来源于Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs，数据归类于全球数据库的英国 – Table UK.P001: Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Prices。

In 2022, over 1.1 billion British pounds was spent on chilled prepared leafy salads and vegetables, more than twice the spending in 2008. Compared to chilled leafy salads and vegetables, spending on chilled mixed tray salads was roughly 58 million in 2022.

Chilled food in the UK

In the UK, chilled food is a billion-pound business. The retail part of the chilled food market made up 10.5 billion British pounds. In 2022, the chilled ready meals market alone was worth 1.9 billion. The sector is dominated by private label products in the UK. In other markets private label products are less prevalent.