avocado

We've seen many single-food-themed festivals, from pizza to

By now, we’ve all heard about how avocado toast is somehow solely responsible for the dire financial straits of today’s average millennial. But if you were to ask one investment manager who recently spoke with CNBC, putting money into avocados in a slightly different way could ironically be the key to a sound fiscal future.

As people continue to slice their hands as they attempt to pit avocados, avocado slicers have grown in popularity.

For better or worse, the avocado is the most enduring symbol of contemporary food culture. Featured in everything from pop-up restaurant concepts to marriage proposals, there’s no escaping the green menace. Fittingly enough, then, southern California is set to get its own museum about all things avocado this summer.  

Is our collective avocado fever— complete with the attendant intergenerational strife, fake jobs, and “avocado anxiety”—on the verge of breaking? If some sales figures from UK supermarkets is to be believed, the avocado’s status as the supreme alpha of all fruits might soon be toast.