The 2010 United States tomato shortage was a shortage of tomatoes in the United States between March and April 2010 caused by unseasonably cold weather in Florida in January 2010 which destroyed 60-70% of the state's tomato crop. There was also a shortage of tomatoes over the new year holiday, caused by the Californian harvest finishing before the Florida harvest began. The shortage caused several fast food chains to stop offering tomatoes unless requested and supermarkets rationed their supplies. The tomato shortage came to an end around late April 2010, as crops had recovered.