Food
Virus Makes Lobsters So Cheap That Sellers Face a Fatal Blow
- Prices tumble as flights to top-buyer China stop amid outbreak
- ‘I’m about to lay off most of my employees,” one seller says
The coronavirus outbreak is turning one luxury treat reserved for special occasions into a meal bargain hunters can afford.
U.S. lobster prices have plummeted to the lowest in at least four years after the spread of the virus halted charter flights to Asia at a time when sales usually boom for Chinese New Year celebrations.