[clawrence3]

Perhaps, but the price of iceberg lettuce (like any commodity) fluctuates, so my question still stands - how high would you draw the line at?

Keep in mind the record prices set in 2002, where they soared up to $60 a carton for 24 heads, according to the Federal-State Market News Service, forcing consumers to pay nearly three dollars for a head of lettuce. Of course, back then, extreme shortages were due to unusually cold weather in growing areas, not the lack of labor.

[clawrence3]

Here is a more recent report to base your answer on:

http://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/WA_FV102.txt

[JoeSixPack1]

how high would you draw the line at?

What would a head of lettuce cost that's picked by a minimum wage earning American? Or a machine?

And can a collective of individual consumers compete with the "must have at any price" national restaurant & fast food chains for the same product?