The produce at normal (fka middle class) grocery stores goes bad much faster now

Bought a box of organic strawberries yesterday, and a few were already covered with mold this morning

Rarely happens with produce from upper class stores (eg. Whole Foods). Yet another way the growing class disparity is felt (but hidden)

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i love TJs but if you're shopping at TJ's for produce, their produce has always been at best inconsistent and at worst bad (except for bananas). unfort many theories and guides written on this for the past few years.

Yes, where I live (industrial urban area) it’s almost impossible to get good produce now. We don’t even have a Whole Foods near me. And even the “farmer’s market” stores are not selling local produce. It’s just become the reality that only about 1/2 of what I buy is gonna be edible ☹️

A few years ago I learned about how produce auctions work. And this explained so much. Produce imports arrive at a big distribution warehouse, where they are bid on by suppliers from the different chains. The produce is separated by quality. And all the upper class chains bid higher to get the high quality produce

They prob bid lower on produce auctions

Their produce spoils faster but is also much more affordable

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TJ is Aldi no? They‘re known to buy low quality veggies in Germany since forever

yes, classic economic tradeoff in which higher price = higher quality, lower price = lower quality. not saying it is right, but it is expected.

this week at edge is discussing future of agriculture!! timely. think you'd like it.

They prob bid lower on produce auctions

Their produce spoils faster but is also much more affordable

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