3lbs papaya $1, 7lbs carrots, $1, avocados 39 cents each...

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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4 pounds of cantaloupe, $1
7 pounds of juice oranges, $1
Romaine lettuce, 2/$1
Large avocados (others are small, I guess) 2/$1
Strawberries, 97 cents /pound
summer squash, 3lbs/$1
cucumber 5/$1
I felt a Mundane Pointless need to share this week’s produce specials here at my local Los Angeles markets, after my thread in IMHO wherein everyone expressed surprise and some envy that produce can be so cheap in California.

So I guess I needed to feel like I had a tiny bit of something special that lots of other people don’t have today.

I suppose I should feel badly about that.

Okay. I will.

Later.

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Tropical Mangoes… 10 for $10.

But those dont’ grow in Cali, so I assume that kind of deal can be found elsewhere? Same with Papaya? Bananas?

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:eek:
Lucky. I’m gonna go pout now.

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Me too - 1$ for a single cantaloupe is dirt cheap around here
4lbs for 1$ - awesome

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Wow! :eek: I am in awe of your cheap produce.

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Holy shit. If I could get an avocado for .39 or .50 I’d eat four a day. I still kind of do, but I would then, too, and they’d be $.39 each. You’re right, though, mangoes are occasionally on sale for a buck each here, too (Philadelphia).

And it’s good stuff? Like that’s fresh romaine, locally grown by reasonable people?

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Papaya that weigh several pounds are $2.99 a pound right now. I really don’t see somebody spending $10 for one.

Robin Eggs $1 a bag but I didn’t buy any.

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The use of the word “reasonable” has thrown me a bit…but yes, it’s local produce and very fresh. It’s not always the best in terms of being the ripest, or the best genetic varieties, but it’s very fresh and very edible.

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I just took a look at my local flyer . We can get strawberries for $2.50 a lb this week. I think that’s a sale; I remember paying $3.00 recently.

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You know, I think if I lived where you do I would eat nothing but guacamole and strawberries.

ETA: not together!

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My local, privately-owned, grocery store is currently selling over-waxed, past their prime cucumbers for $1.49 EACH! This prompts me to grab my current local grocery add, for the least expensive store within reasonable distance from my home/work.

Oranges: 10 for $10. yes, a buck a piece
Cantaloupe: $3.99 each (but currently buy one-get one free)
Mangoes: 4/$5
Tomatoes: $2.99/lb (best price other than walmart)
Asparagus: $2.99/lb
Lemons or limes: 3 for $2
Strawberries: $2.50/pint

My favorite ice cream brand? $2.50 for a 48 oz container, full fat.
Apple juice? $3.99/60 oz…Pepsi is $4 for 3 2-liter bottles

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Bananas: $.25 lb.
Mexican Papaya: 4lbs/1 Chicken drumsticks: .49 lb.! I don’t eat meat but I will buy these to make wet cat food. I buy them quality (no corn, wheat, byproducts, etc.) dry food but have found its much, much cheaper to make the wet food and freeze it ahead. I use chicken drumsticks, brown rice, carrots and peas.

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Produce from the guy who sells it from the back of his truck is pretty cheap around here, but not that cheap. And nowhere near the selection.

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I’m packing my bags. I plan to live on avocados for the rest of my (short but happy) life.