Going Bananas for Bananas

Banana's priced $14.98 a kilo at a Sydney supermarket

I never imagined that bananas would be a scare commodity. I use to have a banana for breakfast every morning but since Cyclone Yasi, last year, the cold winter and the vast destruction of  Queensland's banana farms, banana prices have soared in Australia. A couple of months ago I had to reevaluate and ultimately refuse a banana purchase when I realized I was about to pay seventeen dollars for seven bananas! Since then, the idea of a banana has become more of a fantasy than a reality. 

Just to put it into perspective, on Fresh Direct, New York's amazing e-grocer and delivery service, yellow bananas currently cost 79 cents a pound  (1 pound = .45 kilo) as opposed to the $14.98 a kilo price tag, bananas have reached Down Under. That is a little less than $1.58 a kilo, a $13.40 difference. But almost one year later, although recovery is still underway, banana prices are beginning to drop, almost by half the price per kilogram. 

It seems that soon I may be able to enjoy my morning banana again...