A few weeks ago, Earp's Seafood Market in Raleigh sold oysters in the shell for 40 bucks a bushel. This week they're 50 bucks.
Blame the catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
David Salmon, the manager of Earp's, said he's just passing on higher costs – his profit per bushel remains $12 – and that so far he hasn't met price resistance from oyster fans. At any rate, he's much more worried about availability.
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