Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
5%
1 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
67/100
New York Post's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
1
Economy/Business
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Gas price hikes and supply chain issues stemming from the Iran war are driving everyone bananas – including actual banana companies.
asserted
hikes → stem → companies
How a banana gets from a tree in Guatemala to a smoothie in your Magic Bullet is a delicate process – one that operates on thin margins and lots of energy, the New York Times reported this week.
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Times → get → energy
Things have only gotten more complicated since the start of the Iran war in February, with Danny Dumas, the president of Del Monte North America, calling the situation a “crisis.”
Over the years, banana companies have developed a supply chain that is highly efficient and famously cheap, the Times noted.
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Times → get → chain
A single banana that’s packed with potassium can cost a mere 15 cents, but its cheap price is now under threat.
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price → pack → threat
The Gray Lady tracked a shipment of millions of bananas from Central America to Pennsylvania, noting a number of bruising bumps in the fruit’s journey.
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Lady → track → journey
Diesel needed for fast deliveries on refrigerated tankers has gone up 70% since the beginning of the war.
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Diesel → need → war
The price of banana fertilizer that is made with natural gas from the Middle East has shot up, as well.
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that → make → East
To top it off, the El Niño weather phenomenon is making shipping uncertain.
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shipping → top → it
Tom Stenzel, the president of the Banana Association of North America seconded remarks that the combination of factors mark a crisis.
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combination → second → crisis
“That system is currently under growing pressure,” he told The Post.
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he → grow → Post
Prices are currently locked in by contracts, but farmers are already carrying the brunt of the costs.
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farmers → lock → costs
One producer told the Times that his costs jumped 5% from last year to this year.
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costs → tell → year
Costs have risen so much that some proactive farmers have already switched to a different yellow fruit.
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farmers → rise → fruit
Banana contract prices are set to expire in December.
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prices → set → December
It’s not known how many grocers will let prices go up, according to the Times.
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prices → know → Times
The hikes were largely attributed to tariffs on imports from Guatemala, Ecuador, Honduras, and Costa Rica that have since been lifted.
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that → attribute → Guatemala
Grocery store prices have risen across the board, though.
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prices → rise → board
While prices of gas and tariff impacts continue to fluctuate, a long-term concern for the industry is coming from Mother Nature herself, in the form of Panama disease.
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concern → continue → disease
The fungus completely wiped out a banana varietal known as the Gros Michel.
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fungus → wipe → Michel
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