On Tue, 22 Jul 2014 23:12:05 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"sf" > wrote in message
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>> On Tue, 22 Jul 2014 14:18:55 -0600, Janet Bostwick
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> The Bing cherries from Washington are glorious this year. They are
>>> huge, almost the size of a ping-pong ball, juicy, sweet and almost
>>> black in color. I've gotten cherries at Winco and Costco. All
>>> cherries were great. Be on the lookout for them
>>
>> Ah yes. Yet another example of what is sent elsewhere to be sold. I
>> bought ordinary sized sweet cherries today. No Winco here, but I'll
>> check Costco.
>>
>Our Costcos here never seem to have fresh looking cherries. I have looked
>several times because the price was good but they were all soft and
>wrinkled. I think where I did buy them was Winco. And they were good but
>not large sized.
>
>Last time I was there I bought two boxes of strawberries as they changed the
>assortment of fruits in their fruit bowl to mainly things that won't get
>eaten here. The strawberries were no good. The ones that are technically
>edible are very sour. And one box was loaded with mildewed ones right in
>the middle. Of course you could not tell this because the ones on the
>outside all looked good.

The rest of us thank you. You've been designated the shopper to be
the bad produce recipient so that the rest of us get the good stuff.
Good job!
Janet US