A mince pie is a small British fruit-based mincemeat sweet pie traditionally served during the Christmas season.Its ingredients are traceable to the 13th century, when returning European crusaders brought with them Middle Eastern recipes containing meats, fruits and spices.he early mince pie was known by several names, including mutton pie, shrid pie and Christmas pie.
Escobedo took a look at avocado sales and retail prices through mid-June and said he found that average U.S. retail avocado prices as of June 14 actually had declined 6.5% compared to a year earlier. Last year, the average retail price of an avocado was $1.10, he said. This year, itâs $1.03. For the four weeks ending June 14, prices dropped 13.8%, he said. âYouâre seeing tremendous velocity at retail,â he said. During that four-week period, sales of retail units were up 27.2% in the U.S. In California, the nationâs largest market, avocado sales were up 28.5%.
When harvesting and marketing costs are added to production costs, the total per-acre cost increases to $3,797. This translates into a cost of $0.23 per pound to produce, harvest, and market avocados ($0.064 per pound is added to the $0.17 per pound cost of production to cover harvesting and marketing costs). The only contributor to the harvesting and marketing costs is the cost associated with picking and hauling.