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Default Keeping cucumbers

Nancy2 wrote:
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>Yup, koko...cucumbers are usually with lettuces, bell peppers, carrots, and the like, and in most stores, these
>fresh items are in cool-misting shelving. Maybe not refrigerated, per se, but they certainly feel like it.
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>Other produce like potatoes, tomatoes, squashes, and onions are in non-cooled bins.


Except for tomatoes all those should be kept chilled, not refrigerated
like milk but at like around 50ºF... modern refrigerators have
vegetable bins that can be temperature and humidity controlled, mine
does and its more than 15 years old.
Today's markets keep produce in coolers in their storage area, and
replenish in front as needed. Stores that close at night move produce
to the storage area to keep chilled.