I am my producer lol, i mean for 6 months or so. everyone here is all over the stores for price gouging as they are unable to grow their own.

The issue i see is everyone has their fiat targets priced in percents. Grower makes 1 pepper for $1, then sell to local distributor who needs to make 2x to cover costs then national distributor does same. If the price of the pepper goes up 50% for the consumer it represents a tripling in price.