All out of love: Valentine’s Day flower prices surge as supply chain crisis hits

Valentine’s Day ‘the perfect storm’ as rose prices above double the usual cost

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True love may cost a little more this Valentine’s Day with the global supply chain crisis hitting the flower industry and forcing up the cost of a single – albeit pimped up – rose to as much as $70.

The Flower Industry Australia chief executive, Anna Jabour, said there had been issues with rose supply for a while now, but this Valentine’s Day was seeing prices in excess of double what roses would normally cost.

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from World news | The Guardian https://ift.tt/hpbBA31