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Default How come some fruits rarely/never go on sale?

On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:06:37 -0600, gloria.p wrote:

> Mr. Nonsense wrote:
>> At my Walmart, they often have cantouloupe, tomatoes , strawberries,
>> peaches, mangos and avocados on sale for dirt cheap prices. But how
>> come other fruits never go on sale, i.e berries, bananas, most apple
>> varieties, apricots etc.

>
> Probably because "your Walmart" hasn't browbeat the suppliers of those
> fruits to wholesale them dirt cheap.
>
> Walmart to me is about one step up from supporting slave labor.
>
> gloria p


sometimes it's not a very steep step.

your pal,
blake