Daniela Velasquez de Leon

Yeah, it's great to connect.

Yeah, it's great to connect.

Businesses is doing well ever since the full exemption on fresh produce that isn't produced domestically.

Businesses is doing well ever since the full exemption on fresh produce that isn't produced domestically.

That's given us some semblance of stability, though there's still a lot of uncertainty in the world right now.

That's given us some semblance of stability, though there's still a lot of uncertainty in the world right now.

Well, on the one hand, it feels like tariffs are stable for now.

Well, on the one hand, it feels like tariffs are stable for now.

But at the same time, there's still a lot of uncertainty when it comes to the macroeconomic situation.

But at the same time, there's still a lot of uncertainty when it comes to the macroeconomic situation.

I mean, something like the strength of the dollar really affects all of the products that we're importing from abroad today.

I mean, something like the strength of the dollar really affects all of the products that we're importing from abroad today.

So even though we don't have the tariffs, our cost of goods has gone up over 10% year over year, just with the strength of the dollar.

So even though we don't have the tariffs, our cost of goods has gone up over 10% year over year, just with the strength of the dollar.

So that's pretty similar to what we were feeling with the tariffs.

So that's pretty similar to what we were feeling with the tariffs.

But we're not able to increase prices by that much, especially on an item like bananas that's

But we're not able to increase prices by that much, especially on an item like bananas that's

been artificially underpriced for decades.

been artificially underpriced for decades.