ON THE PRICE OF OIL

Back when I was a chef I would call three produce companies to get prices for produce. Prices changed weekly and seasonally.
I called Ben E Keith one week. Orange prices had tripled from the week before.
I said "Why are orange prices so high?"
He said "Because they had a freeze in Florida."
I said "Can't we get some California oranges?"
He said "They heard about it in California."
That's about lesson number five when you're learning to be a chef.