Fruit getting to be expensive

That's becoming a huge problem, especially in the United States here. The obesity epidemic is only going to get worse as the economy plummets. But once we at least get a lasso on that, a lot of our other problems are at least going to stop getting worse, I assume. Who do we blame? The government? Our selves? I guess it's just a time to be more frugal, and set aside for what's important.

I like fruits and vegetables better than meat and carbohydrates. With the rising cost of food these days, I often have to cut down on my fruit intake. I also have to switch to fruits that are not so expensive like bananas and apples instead of grapes and blueberries. I guess we all have to make some changes in our lifestyle and diet these days to save some money.

It is expensive here as well. If they wanted us to loose weight so much(the government) Then they would lower the healthy food prices. It is cheaper to eat junk food and unhealthy foods then the healthy. I would love to be able to raise strawberries but can't since my brother in law who lives next door has chickens/roosters that he lets loose during the summer and they eat everything in site.

Most of the reason for that is that berries are out of season in the northern hemisphere now and they have to be brought in from other countries like Mexico, Brazil, etc. Though fuel is now lower the stores (companies) still have to pay more for the freight due to higher costs of labor and greater distances. You will see these prices go down in the Spring and Summer.

I'm sorry, suspenseful, I'll be nice to you in response to this post because you're being decent...and also because one of my granddaughter's is diabetic so I know well the importance of diet. I can imagine that fruit is pretty expensive for you this time of year, considering where you live, so it must be frustrating when you go to the stores to shop. Does your store sell frozen berries? I know they're not as good as fresh but maybe you can do something with them. I get very frustrated when I want to buy something that should be relatively inexpensive down here in Florida, like shrimp. I also pay a LOT for Maryland blue crab but, being from Maryland originally, I have some recipes for crab that I just have to make once in awhile or I go insane.

I am from India here also fruits are more expensive. We have to eat more fruits but they are more expensive especially apples are more expensive in our area. So generally I buy bananas to eat as they were so what cheaper than other

Of course so I just dont buy it.

i know it sucks i love my fruit but i cant afford to buy much of it anymore. Hopefully prices for fruit will go down soon. I mean it seems all the food thats good for you is expensive and they wonder why so many people are over weight.

Oh i do understand ,fruit has really gone up...Especially all the berries ,and some of the other fruits..Its a burden for people because actually we all need fruit,and the can fruit is just simply not the same as fresh....

yes of course because it ruins our budget.even in germany not only fruit are getting expensive but all important stuff.

yes it does frustrate me. Gas prices are going down and food prices up. I do not understand our ecomony. It seems like the things that we need the most to survive are the things they are wanting to keep from us. I want so much and can't have them because things have gotten too expensive.

No sometimes not. It depends upon your need of quality rather than quantity because manyways if quality can be less you will find more in quantity if quality is high you will find less in quantity, thats how it goes.isn't it.

Oh,yes,it is really so depressed.At recently,in my area,the price of most of the food is higher and higher,what is more,not only the food.when I find somethings expensived , I will give up it or to find something which can instead if it and more cheap.So,if apple is more expensive than pear,I will prefer pear to apple.

That's does not frustrating but in the Christmas yes it is!! Here in my country the fruits like apples and grapes goes tooooo expensives like the month of dicember. And some people doesn't buy and other people buys a lot of fruits to bring to they'r family, friends and others :)Have a nice day.

I guess we are very lucky with fruit or buying of fruit in my town and probably most of the UK as we have fruit stalls set up in the town centre where you can buy cheap fruit and at the end of the day they sell scoops of bananas, pears, apples so very cheap they are actually throwing them at you, well not literally, and you can as much fruit as you can eat for half the price they charge at supermarkets etc! It's about timing and where there are more than one stall in town they set up competition so you can find even the cheapest fruit and it's still good quality!

Yes. It sure is. I love fruit but it is very expensive to buy and it does not last long before it goes bad.

Hello friend. Fruits here in my place are also very expensive, more expensive than before. The cheaper fruits are those planted in our local areas as they are easier to get.

It is very frustrating for me, too.I'm 5 months pregnant and I love to eat lots of fruits. But the prices of my favorite mangoes are so high that I'm thinking twice before buying them. Because oranges are expensive,too, I now resort to the less pricey. We have the native version of oranges which gives more "breathing space" to my purse. My son, though, loves bananas. And even they're a bit expensive, too, I still buy them. The sky is not the limit anymore, when it comes to these fruits. We now have to look at the prices first before indulging ourselves.

Yes I get so upset by the fact that something can go up in price so fast. I have noticed about a 20% increase in food prices at the grocery store. I stopped buying bananas over the summer because they had gotten so high and just this week I picked some up for 26 cents a pound I was very excited about that.

It does not frustrate me, if everyone encounters the question. What make me unhappy is that I am the only one who spend more money on something than others. No difference, no bad feeling.