Another (Boutique) Grocery-store selection! As I saw this upon walking in, I asked Ken for the phone to take pictures! It's as though the store hires "a decorator" in charge of making everything present a "best face forward". (I once paid $7 here for a huge, delicious beefsteak tomato, so the tactic works!)
As we walked through, I photographed everything that caught my eye! Now, if Ken goes there while I get a haircut, I can give him my (short) shopping list!
@koalagardens We recycle, but plastic usage is still prevalent. A recent news story said it all! Stores began to sell heftier plastic bags for a dime if you hadn't brought a bag of your own. A couple years later, those heavier bags that would take longer to compost, are now filling the landfills. Catch 22...if you charge too much to make people want to keep using them, the poorer people cry that they're being discriminated against! In our exceeding large and varied population, there's always something that can rail one side or the other! (Truth...I hadn't even taken notice of the plastic tubs! If I'd bought, I'd have recycled them!)
What a wonderful display making the strawberries very tempting! This is the shop you told me about and I can understand why you liked it. I think Ken will be popping in there with a list from you!
These strawberries are really speaking to me. Thomas is very patient with me now when we go anywhere near food displays like this - he does the buying, I photograph
So many sumptuous strawberries! My dad bought some last week - a box with the equivalent of four if not five of those punnets, for just under €6. And they were delicious.
@tunia@blightygal@bluemoon@haskar@pusspup@rensala@agnesvanderlindeicloudcom@will_wooderson I didn't take note of the price for these berries. I might have bought some if I were having a special-occasion meal for friends; they would be delicious as the store has a reputation! However, in a week, we will have strawberry stands in multiples in the near vicinity as they're being picked in the fields alongside! The fresh strawberries in May are *spectacular* and a favourite restaurant in town makes scrumptious strawberry pies! (I think we need to buy one to photograph...before polishing it off!)
@Weezilou Love the organization of it all! I was also curious how much for one carton. The store bought strawberries here are $5-6.
Only problem is they are not ripe! I'm looking forward to our neighborhood fruit stand to open. They grow their strawberries right behind their stand.
@joysfocus Brigett and Hasker commented on the possibility they might not be tasty...Irvine Ranch Mkt as a reputation they uphold! That said, I was spending my $ on ahi, artisan crackers, and cheeses that day! Like you, the strawberry stands alongside the strawberry fields (forever...) will be opening soon, not to mention the Marie Calendar strawberry pies!!!
April 22nd, 2024
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Only problem is they are not ripe! I'm looking forward to our neighborhood fruit stand to open. They grow their strawberries right behind their stand.