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.

Learn about the popularity and pricing of lettuce, a versatile ingredient rich in vitamins and fiber. Discover the factors that influence the cost of lettuce per kilogram and how it remains an affordable choice for adding greens to your diet.

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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Learn about the factors that influence the price of romaine lettuce per kilogram, including season, region, and quality, and how consumers can save money by staying informed about market trends and purchasing strategies.

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.

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.