December 23rd 2024
(All our fruit and veg must be labelled with country of origin).
Overheard in the supermarket
”Would you look at the price of that!”.
Huge price increase in lemons
”Definitely not in season, they’ve been in cold storage a while”.
As a winter crop the lemons would have been picked ages ago
”How do I know which is which?”.
Kiwi fruit is a known import and we do like to support our nearby NZ neighbours.
Off season we often see imported grapes from USA but I’ve never seen Kiwi fruit from there before. Wonder what deal Head Office have made
I don’t need either but I’m curious to see the kg prices again
Because this was the price (yesterday) per individual item on their website
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Still Waters 
Growing up kiwi fruit were known as Chinese Gooseberries, a term I haven’t heard in years.
The price of fruit and veg is frightening here. Including things like lemons which are staples on our shopping list.
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Thanks for that EC – was trying to think of that name the other day. Couldn’t remember it at all
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We llive in a citrus growing area and I’ve seen lemons from South Africa and Turkey, oranges from Spain. Thank goodness this summer when our lemon trees were bare we could buy local lemons very cheaply.
You never know what you’re going to find. At least the country of origin has to be given. We have a lot of potatoes but often find potatoes from Cyprus or Egypt. They’re all good and similar prices.
Used to find a lot of NZ kiwi fruit but now it’s nearly all greek
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I find it strange that countries that grow the fruit and veg also import- but that’s for those who ‘want’ even though it’s out of season. I’ve never seen fresh imported Brussel Sprouts though
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The San Joaquin Valley in the middle of California grows A LOT of kiwis. They grow on trellises much like some of our high priced grape varieties. This is the season for kiwi.
We are also the citrus capital, growing more citrus now than Florida.That lemon price, though, is not much different from our stores’ prices. Lemons are very expensive even though they are grown here.
All the berries right now, in the market, are from Mexico or Peru so I’m not buying those. Kiwi and persimmons make a lovely salad this time of the year, and the persimmons are also locally grown. I do my best to eat only California grown produce.
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Thanks for all that information, it makes interesting reading.
I’m with you on not buying imports just because- come end of season we just move on to the next in line. It’s stone fruit at the moment- peaches, apricots, nectarines. Cherries are on the shelves with grapes coming along soon
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The price of lemons goes from high to absurd. I wonder if the Kiwi fruit is individually labelled and you fossick through to choose only New Zealand fruit.
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I didn’t actually look at the stickers Andrew. Should have done so but was trying to unobtrusively take the photo after hearing the chatter of shoppers standing in front of the display
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Mercy, the price of those lemons. My body doesn’t handle citrus very well (sadly) so I buy a few things for my husband. At that price, I would definitely pass. The fruits and veggies here are also labeled with the country of origin – in very small print. I sometimes have to look carefully if I want to know the origin.
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The price of fruits can be staggering! Yikes! I did not know about growing Kiwi’s in the US so thank you dkzody for that tidbit!
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I generally do not buy out of season fruit or imported fruit. Except that from NZ. And the occasional lemon. Not just for the $ cost but for the cost on the environment with all that burning of fossil fuel to import.
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Lemons are such a staple that I’m sure the supermarkets know they can charge what they like for them!
Kiwis a bit less so
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Here in Canada, all of our fruit is imported from November to May, except the few that can be stored, like apples. Our kiwis were always from NZ but now more likely from Italy. We used to get US citrus but now it usually comes from South Africa. We can’t choose, only complain to the managers!
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I can’t find a way to comment on your latest post. There was a time when I made tomato chutney every year. And loved it. The last few years it has been toooo hard. Sigh.
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