doubt it, it will just be one of those things that rises in price but ppl still buy. hopefully it will drop down in price fairly soon.
lol when my mom saw the rising prices ($30 CAD for a 36 lb bag of Rose brand rice from Thailand) she was so pissed that she didn't stock up this year (like she usually does). so now, we're down to one bag. we're looking around to find cheaper rice from, eww, US/Canada.
seriously the increase price on rice is so crazy, along w/ gas, corn/oil, what else? gosh.....everything's increasing :(
price rising for rice is affecting asians most i think cos we like always eat rice every day compared to other parts of the world like..