On Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 1:34:04 PM UTC-6, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2015-07-23 3:10 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> > On 7/22/2015 10:54 PM, Cheswick wrote:
> ound than the regular grocery stores?
> >>
> >> It just doesn't add up, Davey.
> >>
> >
> > That seems high for this time of year. When local produce hits the
> > market in the spring, banana prices drop considerably. Right now, they
> > are 39¢ to 49¢ in the US. Would Canada be that much higher?
>
>
> They are typically in the 60-80 cent per pound range here. This place
> always has a lower price, but they also have lower quality bananas. They
> tend to be ripe and on the verge of overripe, so I only get a few at a
> time. However, as I pointed out before, when I questioned selling by the
> piece instead of by weight she checked and I was right.

Of course you were right...I can't believe this discussion is still going
on. The vast majority of retailers sell bananas by the pound.
I know of a small corner store with no scale. The proprietor sells them by
the banana...$1.00 each.
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