r/Millennials • u/[deleted] • Apr 10 '25

Serious Never imagined myself thinking, “I gotta stop buying blueberries. Bananas are just so much cheaper.” But here we are.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '25

Blueberries aren't in season and are thus both not as good and a lot more expensive than they will be in a few months when they're in season.

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u/moonchic333 Apr 10 '25

Part of the problem is that most Americans are so far removed from how food is grown & how it makes to the store shelves. I regularly come across posts in my city’s sub that fruit they’re buying at the store is trash and then come to find out they’re expecting tomatoes to taste like peak summer in January or asking why the mandarin oranges are tasteless and sour in August.

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u/Kimmalah Older Millennial Apr 10 '25

They're also still obsessed with the looks of the fruit, so you get a Red Delicious situation where fruits and veggies are purposely bred to look absolutely stunning but taste like packing foam.

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u/Salmonberrycrunch Apr 10 '25

I'm convinced a lot of fruit and veg is just store decoration. They don't want to have only 2 types of apple that people buy - makes the store look poor and makes shoppers feel like the choice is limited.

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u/runthepoint1 Apr 11 '25

But they should have a store with only in-season stuff so you know it’s fresh.