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Default Produce shortage?


"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 24 Apr 2016 22:10:24 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
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>> It's not normally like this here which is why I asked. At one store,
>> every
>> box of strawberries had bad ones in there. Another customer told me that
>> she just redid them and made her own box. I wouldn't because I figured
>> with
>> that many bad ones, the ones that looked okay were sure to be bad soon.
>>
>> Grapes are split open and wrinkled, no matter the store.
>>
>> And at one store, the customer service counter was covered with bags of
>> spoiled fruit. Not sure what the story was there but the only decent
>> things
>> I found there (of what I needed) were cucumbers and oranges. Not saying
>> it
>> was all bad but I only had a few specific things on my list.

>
> Sounds like a bunch of over-exaggerations to me. Julie wouldn't do
> that, would she?
>
> So much drama, so little time.


If you think that's drama, try shopping with girls for senior prom. Heh.
Produce is the least of my worries. Was just wondering if other areas were
having the same problems. I known things are seasonal and I know this is
always the bad time of year but it seems worse than usual.