Tomato-free pizza on the menu as chefs choke on the price of fruit and veg Posted by montalbano on Sunday February 26, 2023 @07:53AM from the theguardian.com dept. https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/feb/26/tomato-free-pizza-on-the-menu-as-chefs-choke-on-the-price-of-fruit-and-veg ( 3 comments | on HN )
Not knowing how many kg are "a case" it is difficult to say anything, but on Sainsbury's site canned tomatoes are in the £1.38 to £2.50 per kg range.
Considering that on a pizza there could be at the most 100 g tomato sauce, at the most it is £0.25 value.
And this is a retail price.
So - maybe - the issue is about availability in quantities, but not the costs increase of the canned tomatoes.