It might be different for some places but bananas are like 79 cents a bunch, and when you compare that to other fruits like apples and oranges, theyre a good deal
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Grocery stores sell them at a loss, generally. Bananas are not something Americans will pay over $1/lb for – it’s been advertised and drilled into our heads that this exotic fruit is a staple.
I work in produce and fair-trade banana distributors have literally begged our GM’s to raise our prices to bring awareness to this so they can help farmers in Ecuador. We went up to .89/lb for about 2 weeks and people flipped out about it
Dude, 100 years ago you would have wept at the sight of a banana, chill
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