Cheap produce right now?

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amandaeve
amandaeve Posts: 723 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Is anyone else having really discounted produce right now? I'm in Seattle, and I just got 6 organic cucumbers at a corperate grocer for what 1 conventional cuke cost a month ago. I've never seen such a price difference. Just wondering what caused the excess and if anybody else is seeing this.

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  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
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    Maybe holiday season sales?

    I'm in Ohio and haven't noticed a downward trend in prices other than on the items used to make "traditional" holiday meals. (Using quotation marks because the ingredients generally are for Midwestern US traditional meals as opposed to what is traditional for folks from other areas.)
  • deannalfisher
    deannalfisher Posts: 5,600 Member
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    any changes in weather patterns that may have influenced amount of produce?
  • sgt1372
    sgt1372 Posts: 3,981 Member
    edited December 2017
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    Just picked up a variety of veggies on sale at HUGE discounts.

    At a Latino market
    3# Roma tomatoes for $1
    5# yellow onions for $1
    20 limes for $1

    At a Filipino market:
    2 bunches of spinach for $1
    2# bitter melon for $1

    At Smart & Final
    medium avocados for 25 cents each

    Just finished the spinach but still working on the rest.

  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
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    This time of year we get good local broccoli and cabbage.
  • HellYeahItsKriss
    HellYeahItsKriss Posts: 906 Member
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    I live in nova Scotia so it's expensive even if they had so much of it it could be free.. lol
  • schellies
    schellies Posts: 88 Member
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    Ours isn't cheap here either. :(
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,576 Member
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    No, that's not true where I live for fresh produce other than cold hardy greens.
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
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    Not true in Edmonton, Canada either. Apples were so expensive the other day I joked they must be gold plated ($4 a pound if I remember right).
  • kmsoucy457
    kmsoucy457 Posts: 237 Member
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    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    No, that's not true where I live for fresh produce other than cold hardy greens.

    This...I'm running out of ways to cook kale...
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,576 Member
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    kmsoucy457 wrote: »
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    No, that's not true where I live for fresh produce other than cold hardy greens.

    This...I'm running out of ways to cook kale...

    Have you tried Portuguese green soup?

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