Analysts with GasBuddy say businesses should prepare for produce and grocery costs to rise as gas prices average nearly $4 a gallon.
Experts predict wholesale prices for bulk produce will increase. Shipping companies are already raising delivery costs and adding gas surcharges to make up for fuel costs.
“Restaurants are going to see a jump in the price of produce, and they’re going to see a jump in the cost of getting those food deliveries on a weekly basis,” GasBuddy Petroleum Expert Patrick De Haan said. “Produce and just about any groceries, supply chains, and factories that produce products that have to be moved to the market, everything. I mean, you can’t really underestimate the profound impact this will have to produce.”…