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$400 for one pineapple: The rise of luxury fruit
CNN Business ^
| 05/19/2024
| Danielle Wiener-Bronner
Posted on 05/20/2024 8:00:08 AM PDT by Bon of Babble
The Rubyglow pineapple –— bred for its distinctive red exterior and its sweetness — costs $395.99 at Melissa’s Produce.
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Americans have become interested in particular for new fruit varieties in recent years, paying a premium for Honeycrisp apples, Cotton Candy grapes, Sumo Citrus and vertically-grown Japanese strawberries.
To: Bon of Babble
You can have this - or 150 other pineapples.
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posted on
05/20/2024 8:01:01 AM PDT
by
Bon of Babble
(You Say You Want a Revolution?)
To: Bon of Babble
HoneyCrisp are $1/lb where I shop. But I also live in an orcharding county.
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posted on
05/20/2024 8:02:03 AM PDT
by
Valpal1
(Not even the police are safe from the police!!!)
To: Bon of Babble
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posted on
05/20/2024 8:03:10 AM PDT
by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
To: Bon of Babble
Americans have become interested in particular for new fruit varieties in recent years, paying a premium for Honeycrisp apples, Cotton Candy grapes, Sumo Citrus and vertically-grown Japanese strawberries. Japan has been doing this for decades.
To: Bon of Babble
I eat only grapes that are picked before 9 am on the eastern slopes of an Italian vineyard on a Thursday after a full moon...................
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posted on
05/20/2024 8:04:34 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Valpal1
Create something that has a high demand, and the price goes up. Producers respond to the price signal by expanding prooduction. Price goes down. Funny how free markets work.
To: AndyJackson
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posted on
05/20/2024 8:05:54 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Never give up; never surrender!)
To: Bon of Babble
$50 for these Oishii strawberries (price has since come down).
Other "luxury" fruit"
Honeycrisp apples
Sumo Citrus
Pinkglow Pineapple
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posted on
05/20/2024 8:06:03 AM PDT
by
Bon of Babble
(You Say You Want a Revolution?)
To: mewzilla
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posted on
05/20/2024 8:06:59 AM PDT
by
Bon of Babble
(You Say You Want a Revolution?)
To: Bon of Babble
Pineapples used to be so costly that people would not even buy them. They were rented for your party and sent back the next day.
From what Sorted Foods says these pink pineapples are pretty good but not anywhere worth the price.
In about ten years the price should be down to about 50% above what a normal pineapple costs. I might try it at that point.
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posted on
05/20/2024 8:09:34 AM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
( Roses are red, Violets are blue, I love being on the government watch list, along with all of you.)
To: Bon of Babble
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posted on
05/20/2024 8:10:31 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(It's not "Quiet Quitting" -- it's "Going Galt".)
To: Bon of Babble
I love capitalism.
And, as my late granny would say, value is relative.
Wonder if those things are taxed...
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posted on
05/20/2024 8:10:38 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Never give up; never surrender!)
To: Bon of Babble
I guess it’s cheaper than a yacht.
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posted on
05/20/2024 8:12:01 AM PDT
by
devere
To: Bon of Babble
Anyone that would pay $400 for a pineapple is a fool...I don’t care how rich they are.....
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posted on
05/20/2024 8:12:36 AM PDT
by
JBW1949
(I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
To: Bon of Babble
You forgot to add ONLY $400.
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posted on
05/20/2024 8:12:54 AM PDT
by
alstewartfan
(Child slavery, rape and drug OD's mean nothing to Roberts and Barrett. )
To: Bon of Babble
I purchased Sumo for as low as $1.25/each in season...they are super-easy to peel, and are very, very tasty.
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posted on
05/20/2024 8:14:04 AM PDT
by
who knows what evil?
(Hospitals are the most dangerous place on Earth! Dr. David Williams)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
My mother’s family was dirt poor - they said for Christmas, my grandmother would bake a pineapple pie - from “expensive” canned pineapple. For them, that was the height of luxury and they looked forward to it all year long.
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posted on
05/20/2024 8:14:33 AM PDT
by
Bon of Babble
(You Say You Want a Revolution?)
To: Bon of Babble
Dole’s in a can is good enough for me.
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posted on
05/20/2024 8:16:04 AM PDT
by
telescope115
(I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
To: Bon of Babble
Is that pineapple or pork roll?
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posted on
05/20/2024 8:16:59 AM PDT
by
4yearlurker
(Arise and shine,and give God the glory!-A trail cook's morning call.)
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