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
In: 1926
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
Are you comparing bananas to apples?
Men and countries are being exploited so you can have cheap bananas. If you see the prices of bananas grown in countries that are not under the heel of American fruit companies, ie Canary Islands, you will find prices are higher.
What the. My bunch (4 nanners minimum) costs like 2 bucks a pop and I’m living in a tropical country.
For anyone interested, the podcast *Throughline* has a very interesting episode about the history of how bananas became a good staple and why they are extraordinarily cheap in North America, especially the US.
It’s called “Reframing History: Bananas”, published in August 2020.
Not directly answering the question, but I used to live in the tropics and bananas were a literal weed. They kept invading our garden from the neighbours side and each time a tree fruited it produced 100 to 200 bananas, we had to eat some, bake some into banana bread and other jellied confections, fry some, and give away the rest.
In comparison other fruits we had, papaya, pineapple, mango, rambutan, they all produced fruit at a much more manageable pace and they didn’t grow and invade the rest of the garden lol.
[removed]
How much could a banana cost, like $10?
Bananas grow on trees that produce a lot of fruit per tree. The tree also grows extremely fast and is quite hardy. And it’s quite resilient to weather changes.
I have an actual answer from the business side of this. It’s an item to get you in the door. It’s cheap and they know it, but who is going to go to Walmart and just buy bananas? Not most people, so you get a few other things and the price of bananas is offset by the upcharge on other items.
Latest Answers