I have noticed this with the honeycrisp apple also. I understand it was a hybrid or engineered but they were the most delicious fruit I had ever eaten when I discovered them about six years ago. Fast forward a couple of years and they are now I. The market weighing in at 2 lbs an apple and all the awesome flavor GONE.
We buy most honey crisps from a local orchard in Wisconsin. Most delicious. Look into where your supermarket’s supplier. The best tasting apples are from northern states. They can be grown in other areas but the results are not as flavorful.
HoneyCrisp were $3.50 a pound at Costco last week.