On Wed, 22 Jul 2015 21:54:47 -0500, Cheswick >
wrote:

>On Wed, 22 Jul 2015 22:38:03 -0400, Dave Smith wrote:
>
>> On 2015-07-18 14:13, Paul M. Cook wrote:
>>> "Bryan-TGWWW" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On Saturday, July 18, 2015 at 5:38:53 AM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>> On Fri, 17 Jul 2015 19:19:07 -0400, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I had to pick up some stuff at the butcher/deli down the road from me.
>>>>>>> While I was checking out I grabbed some bananas. The cashier looked a
>>>>>>> little confused and then started counting them and said something
>>>>>>> about
>>>>>>> them being 50 cents apiece. I looked at her puzzled and then told her
>>>>>>> they are bananas. They are sold by the pound. Doh. A hand of 6
>>>>>>> bananas
>>>>>>> would have been $3.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I would not be surprised to see a DELI selling bananas by the piece.
>>>>>> It's not a grocery store that typically has a lot of produce. Dave
>>>>>> was probably in the wrong, cashier was right.
>>>>>
>>>>> I was thinking the same.
>>>>
>>>> I agree with Steve and Julie.
>>>
>>>
>>> Me too.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Wow... all the idiots are in agreement. Don't you feel even the least
>> bit embarrassed to be in agreement with Julie and the other resident idiot?
>> She checked... the were priced by the pound.
>
>The going rate for bananas in Canada is about $.78/lb. Why would a
>deli/butcher, who are NOT in the produce business and don't get bulk
>produce discounts from distributors, carry them for $.28/less per
>pound than the regular grocery stores?
>
>It just doesn't add up, Davey.

There's a lot of loss with produce, what doesn't sell rots... makes
more sense to sell bananas at cost or even less to minimize losses. I
see reduced price produce offered every time I shop

Often stores carry merchandise called "Loss Leaders", sold at a small
loss in order to attract customers into the store who will then buy
high profit items. There's an ice cream store near where I live that
sells ice cream made on premises that gives customers free toppings
when they buy bulk hand dipped, including free bananas. Their ice
cream is very good but expensive, they don't lose by offering free
toppings when it increases sales. Do you really think the fast food
joints would sell nearly so many fries if not for the free ketchup...
it's not really free.

Many stores sell bananas priced at cost in order to attract customers
to buy the high profit seasonal fruit. The market in town advertizes
bananas in their weekly circular every week at 49¢/lb, probably still
more than they pay but attracts folks to buy the expensive seasonal
fruit, like cherries, peaches, plums, etc... and the bananas are
placed so people have to traverse the entire produce department to get
to them.