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A 10-week run that squeezed every operator who wasn’t watching
Limes entered 2026 at a network average of $50/case. By March, the average had climbed to $78. The highest recorded case price in the network hit $135.64/case by end of March. Nearly 3x where the year started.
April was the worst month on average: $83/case, with 90% of operators purchasing above the market midpoint. Restaurants with lime-heavy menus, ceviches, cocktails, salsas, absorbed the full hit with no visibility into whether their price was normal or not.
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Apr 2026 · Peak avg
$82.94
90% of operators above market midpoint
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Mar 2026 · Peak case
$135.64
Highest recorded in the network
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June 2026 · Now
~$62
Normalizing. Renegotiation window is open.
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June is showing clear normalization, back near $62/case average. If your vendor hasn’t adjusted your price yet, now is the moment to push. They know the market came down. The question is whether you do too.
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Éxodo Hospitality found $17K in lime spend nobody was benchmarking
Éxodo Hospitality Group runs four concepts in Chicago: Kayao, Ayayay, Matilda, and Akiro. 180 employees, over $1.1M in annual purchasing. Each venue had its own chef, its own vendors, its own ordering rhythm. No one had the full picture.
When Pancho aggregated their 2026 invoices, lime alone surfaced as a $17,340 line item, ordered every week across all four venues, never benchmarked. Prices ranged from $44 to $93 per case depending on timing and vendor. Across five items, recoverable savings came to $15,070, measured against their own best prices. No external benchmark needed.
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