A small and belated September update for 2024, where I am still, after many years' membership, on 365 Project, also now posting elsewhere but wanting...
Yes and local ones generally have more flavour. I think because they pick the ones for shipping really early and let them ripen on the way, but they often arrive still partly green and the flavour they develop, while ripening in a truck, seems much inferior to the flavour they get while ripening on the plant.
I agree plus they have to be grown in the UK…..no out if season fruit here. I saw some for sale in Sainsburys last week but didn’t buy. I do like strawberry’s but not enough to pay lots of money!