Poland: Where does parsley price madness come from?

The main reason for the price increases is the low supply of good quality parsley in April-May. Parsley is difficult to store, its storage quality depends very much on the weather - says in an interview for sadyogrody.pl Jan Długosz, president of Grupa Producentów Vegetables Kalgrup from Steniatyn-Kolonia, poviat Tomaszów Voivodeship Lublin. Two years ago, parsley was "expensive as asparagus", a year ago it was "cheap as borscht", this year it is expensive again. What determines such price fluctuations? This year it was also cheap until the beginning of April, it cost about PLN 2.50 on the wholesale market. Only later did the price "skyrocket". It is known that prices are regulated by supply and demand - apparently there was not enough good quality parsley on the market, so it became more expensive. The main reason for the price increases is the low supply of good quality parsley in April-May. Parsley is difficult to store, its storage quality is very dependent on the weather, and ...