Are bananas really expensive in Europe?

[AcesHigh]

I heard two bananas cust U$15 in Holland.

Here they cust U$1... a entire pack with several (8-12) bananas!

 

[CONCLAVE OBSCURUM]

damn.. i can't belive i'm reading this...

one US dollar?

 

[AcesHigh]

yes... they are measured by the weight... i dont know the price by the kilo... but some 10 big bananas cust around R$3... thats about 1,07 US Dollar.

 

[Incendiare]

What's this talk about bananas? They're going extinct anyway. Some sort of mold is kicking its ass.

 

[Hitori]

but what will happen to banana splits then?
and here they are really cheap, not sure how much

 

[Thanatos]

 

[AcesHigh]

one Mexican guy is surprised bananas are cheap in Brasil... and the other say they are also cheap in Mexico. Who is right after all? I think the 2nd one, since bananas are abundant in those small countries of central america near Mexico.

 

[Hitori]

well I dont go shopping much for fruits, but in general every foreigner that comes here freaks out at how cheap fruits are and buys them like crazy...

 

[Rainking]

Fruit isn't all that expensive in the UK, but since coming to the US I have noticed fruit is VERY expensive here for some reason. No wonder there are so many fat people here

 

[Shannow]

What's this talk about bananas? They're going extinct anyway. Some sort of mold is kicking its ass.

Yep, all the ones that we seem to like (not the big starch label footballs that they were derived from) are clones, only obtained by splicing.

Naturally, we've let most of the actual breedstock (those that reproduce using male and female components) die out, as they don't make a commercial product.

No genetic diversity means that when a disease finds the combination to the lock, there's no stopping it.

BTW, theyre about $2.00US downunder per kilo

 

[veil the sky]

Fruit isn't all that expensive in the UK, but since coming to the US I have noticed fruit is VERY expensive here for some reason. No wonder there are so many fat people here

nice!

a hand of about 7 bananas will cost around 1GBP which is about $1.60

 

[Alex999]

i usually pay about £7 per banana.

However, I am incredibly rich and served by indonesian child slave labour, so the price doesn't bother me that much.

 

[rahvin]

this thread should definitely be about pineapples. wasting such a perfect opportunity for discussing the enticing world of pineapples is akin to blasphemy.

 

[opacity]

pineapples are considerably more expensive than bananas

 

[opacity]

but pineapples are very stable, prize-wise: whereas you have a season-dependant range of banana prize from 49cents to 1.50euro per kilo, pineapples always cost the same: around 3,60 per piece

 

[rahvin]

pineapples are forever, not just for christmas night. :Spin:

 

[veil the sky]

this is interesting

 

[Brood of Evil]

I get them for free Since my neighbour owns a banana plantation. They're really good against constipation

 

[opacity]

against? i thought too many do exactly that

 

[AcesHigh]

pineapple juice rules.

guava juice is also excellent.