“There’s this wild disconnect between what people are experiencing and what economists are experiencing,” says Nikki Cimino, a recruiter in Denver.

  • partial_accumen
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    193 months ago

    Grapes were $6/pound. It’s getting so we can’t afford produce anymore.

    Are we talking regular red/black/green non-organic grapes or some of the more exotic varieties? I track grape prices myself and $2.99/lbs mark for out-of-season-domestic grapes. This is the current price a regular grocery stores right now here with the exception of warehouse clubs which have them at $2.29/lbs. The normal in-season non-warehouse price can be as low as 89c/lbs, but is usually $1.25/lbs.

    Is there something special about your geography that makes it more expensive?

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      23 months ago

      Is there really some kind of nation wide grape price standard? Don’t they have to add costs for transportation to places where they do not grow grapes?

      • partial_accumen
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        13 months ago

        Is there really some kind of nation wide grape price standard?

        Not to my knowledge, no.

        Don’t they have to add costs for transportation to places where they do not grow grapes?

        Certainly, but with economies of scale and good logistics, the prices across the country aren’t that much different. There are some exceptions, such as pockets of the continental USA that are under served, or states like Alaska and Hawaii which don’t benefit from the continental USA logistics. That was the “geography” question I had to the poster.

        The prices of grapes at my grocery stores right now are $2.99/lbs and they are imported from Chile or Argentina usually because grapes are out-of-season for the USA right now.

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      13 months ago

      They’re just regular red table grapes. I have no idea what’s going on with fruit prices near me but they’re nauseating. I’m in the northeast; we should still have some late apple varieties left from fall but those are getting outrageous too.

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        13 months ago

        Now I’m really curious. After reading your post, I happened to be at the grocery story this evening and our (Midwest) price for regular red grapes is $2.69/lbs. Down from the high of $2.99/lbs I saw last week.