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Walmart prices vary store to store. I am less than 5 miles from 2 Walmarts and prices on some things ( not just food) vary.
Different Walmarts can have vastly different inventories too. There are three with 5 miles from me and all carry some different items. And the prices are different.
My point was that locally - grown is rarely cheaper, not that anything is growing in the Midwest, right now.
The US imports fresh fruits and vegetables from 125 countries. Mexico is the source of 77% of imports. Consumers want year round fruits and vegetables.
Well I definitely will pay more for locally grown produce, whether it's from the local section at Walmart or the grocery store or if I'm handing the cash to the farmer. I want them to stay in business.
Limes and lemons are sky high but have been for awhile. Lemons are $1 EACH. I guess the days of lemonade stands for kids are over. Well, with the price of lemons along with legal council needed to run such an enterprise these days, a glass would be $7.
Yup. At a recent festival fresh squeezed lemonade was $7 for a cup. I got a water instead for $1.00.
My point was that locally - grown is rarely cheaper, not that anything is growing in the Midwest, right now.
The US imports fresh fruits and vegetables from 125 countries. Mexico is the source of 77% of imports. Consumers want year round fruits and vegetables.
You don't go to farmer markets for locally grown. Go drive the country roads..buy off the back of a truck or a farmstand.
Have you ever heard of or seen a creation called a city Bus? You can buy big foldable grocery carts that fit easily into a bus. I have one. Mine has 2 big wheels, holds 80 lbs. of groceries, and I'm 3 blocks to a major grocery store and 2 blocks to Trader Joe's.
Great for you. It is 10+ miles to a rather dingy Aldi for me. A place I feel save to buy canned food but not meat/vegetables/fruit. Everything else is further. The idea of horse and buggy does not work as we cannot keep farm animals in the city on properties not zoned for it.
You don't go to farmer markets for locally grown. Go drive the country roads..buy off the back of a truck or a farmstand.
I have not seen one in 11 years in TX/OK. The city farmers market is a hoax. Muffins in zip locks, eggs 5/12, ...
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