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Published:Thursday | April 24, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Goat Flesh

Goat flesh is on good offer at this time in meat shops and supermarkets across the island.

If you are shopping for the meat in any meat shop, rural or urban, the asking price per pound is $280.

However, supermarkets are aking as much as $490 per pound.

Dasheen

Dasheen is on good offer, and May Pen and Spanish Town markets are asking for prices ranging between $40 and $50 per pound. This same price applies to Montego Bay's Charles Gordon market.

In downtown Kingston you can get a pound of dasheen for as little as $30 per pound.

Tomatoes

Salad tomatoes are currently on very good offer. You can pick up a pound for $80 per pound at most rural retail markets. The same price holds true for Montego Bay's Charles Gordon Market.

Less-expensive outlets in downtown Kingston may ask as little as $50 to $60 per pound this week for salad tomatoes.

Cauliflower

The cost of cauliflower has decreased from $150 per pound in most retail markets to the current $100 per pound. This price also includes Montego Bay's Charles Gordon Market.

Cheaper outlets in downtown Kingston can ask as little as $70 per pound for cauliflower.

Callaloo

Callaloo is on very good offer in most retail markets across the island. The asking price currently ranges between $40 and $50 per bundle in most retail markets.

Downtown Kingston's outlets will offer callaloo at $30 per bundle.

Breadfruit

Fruit-food breadfruit is on fair offer at this time in most rural retail markets. May Pen's market will ask prices ranging between $50 and $70 for one breadfruit.

Montego Bay's Charles Gordon Market will start as low as $50 and go up to $100 for one breadfruit.

Dry Coconut

Montego Bay's Charles Gordon Market this week charges between $60 and $80 per coconut. This price holds true for most rural markets.

Downtown Kingston's less-expensive outlets will ask between $40 and $60 each for dried coconuts.