Thread: Holy Moly!! Bell Pepper $$$$

Janet Bostwick wrote:
> I stopped at Albertsons yesterday and was going to buy some red bell
> peppers. They were selling them for something like $3.79 a pound.
> Although I was startled, I just figured that was the usual Albertson
> thing. Today I went to Cash and Carry to get bell peppers and was
> startled to see a package of 6 was $8.77. (A case was $100) 10 days
> ago the same package was $2.85. What did I miss? This is Mexican
> pepper season. Was there a bad storm? Or did that earthquake impact
> Mexican growing areas? I'm feeling stressed on this as I don't
> believe there has been a day in the last 10-15 years that I haven't
> had several red bell peppers in my fridge. We eat them raw as a
> vegetable or in salads or cooked in something. They're so tasty and
> so good for you. Yikes!

I don't know what's going on. Last week the produce market had
*no* green peppers, no frying peppers, and not a huge number of
red/yellow/other color peppers.

nancy

"Janet Bostwick" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
>I stopped at Albertsons yesterday and was going to buy some red bell
>peppers. They were selling them for something like $3.79 a pound.
>Although I was startled, I just figured that was the usual Albertson thing.
>Today I went to Cash and Carry to get bell peppers and was startled to see
>a package of 6 was $8.77. (A case was $100) 10 days ago the same package
>was $2.85. What did I miss? This is Mexican pepper season. Was there a
>bad storm? Or did that earthquake impact Mexican growing areas? I'm
>feeling stressed on this as I don't believe there has been a day in the
>last 10-15 years that I haven't had several red bell peppers in my fridge.
>We eat them raw as a vegetable or in salads or cooked in something.
>They're so tasty and so good for you. Yikes!
> Janet

Food is a commodity. Rich people lost money in the stock market crash. So
they want to get their money back by jacking up the prices of commodities.
It has nothing at all to do with weather or season. Wall Street dictates
what you pay for food since big agriculture now owns the markets. This BTW,
is what is commonly referred to as the "free market." And free markets are
awfully damned expensive to consumers.

Bell peppers are about 2 dollars each at my Albertson's. Never mind by the
pound, they are sold by the unit.

Paul

Janet Bostwick wrote:
>
> I stopped at Albertsons yesterday and was going to buy some red bell
> peppers. They were selling them for something like $3.79 a pound. Although
> I was startled, I just figured that was the usual Albertson thing. Today I
> went to Cash and Carry to get bell peppers and was startled to see a package
> of 6 was $8.77. (A case was $100) 10 days ago the same package was $2.85.

For that kind of money, you could buy one of those
new KFC breadless sandwiches! :-)

On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 11:41:44 -0700, "Paul M. Cook" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
>"Janet Bostwick" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]..
>>I stopped at Albertsons yesterday and was going to buy some red bell
>>peppers. They were selling them for something like $3.79 a pound.
>>Although I was startled, I just figured that was the usual Albertson thing.
>>Today I went to Cash and Carry to get bell peppers and was startled to see
>>a package of 6 was $8.77. (A case was $100) 10 days ago the same package
>>was $2.85. What did I miss? This is Mexican pepper season. Was there a
>>bad storm? Or did that earthquake impact Mexican growing areas? I'm
>>feeling stressed on this as I don't believe there has been a day in the
>>last 10-15 years that I haven't had several red bell peppers in my fridge.
>>We eat them raw as a vegetable or in salads or cooked in something.
>>They're so tasty and so good for you. Yikes!
>> Janet
>
>Food is a commodity. Rich people lost money in the stock market crash. So
>they want to get their money back by jacking up the prices of commodities.
>It has nothing at all to do with weather or season. Wall Street dictates
>what you pay for food since big agriculture now owns the markets. This BTW,
>is what is commonly referred to as the "free market." And free markets are
>awfully damned expensive to consumers.
>
>Bell peppers are about 2 dollars each at my Albertson's. Never mind by the
>pound, they are sold by the unit.


I've never throughout my entire life seen bell peppers, or any
peppers, sold any other way but by weight.

"Mark Thorson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
> Janet Bostwick wrote:
>>
>> I stopped at Albertsons yesterday and was going to buy some red bell
>> peppers. They were selling them for something like $3.79 a pound.
>> Although
>> I was startled, I just figured that was the usual Albertson thing. Today
>> I
>> went to Cash and Carry to get bell peppers and was startled to see a
>> package
>> of 6 was $8.77. (A case was $100) 10 days ago the same package was $2.85.
>
> For that kind of money, you could buy one of those
> new KFC breadless sandwiches! :-)

In driving by a local KFC, I saw they advertised an "All You can Eat
Buffet." Isn't that a new departure for KFC? Something to look forward to
;o}
Janet

"brooklyn1" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
> On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 11:41:44 -0700, "Paul M. Cook" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Janet Bostwick" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected]..
>>>I stopped at Albertsons yesterday and was going to buy some red bell
>>>peppers. They were selling them for something like $3.79 a pound.
>>>Although I was startled, I just figured that was the usual Albertson
>>>thing.
>>>Today I went to Cash and Carry to get bell peppers and was startled to
>>>see
>>>a package of 6 was $8.77. (A case was $100) 10 days ago the same package
>>>was $2.85. What did I miss? This is Mexican pepper season. Was there a
>>>bad storm? Or did that earthquake impact Mexican growing areas? I'm
>>>feeling stressed on this as I don't believe there has been a day in the
>>>last 10-15 years that I haven't had several red bell peppers in my
>>>fridge.
>>>We eat them raw as a vegetable or in salads or cooked in something.
>>>They're so tasty and so good for you. Yikes!
>>> Janet
>>
>>Food is a commodity. Rich people lost money in the stock market crash.
>>So
>>they want to get their money back by jacking up the prices of commodities.
>>It has nothing at all to do with weather or season. Wall Street dictates
>>what you pay for food since big agriculture now owns the markets. This
>>BTW,
>>is what is commonly referred to as the "free market." And free markets
>>are
>>awfully damned expensive to consumers.
>>
>>Bell peppers are about 2 dollars each at my Albertson's. Never mind by
>>the
>>pound, they are sold by the unit.
>
>
> I've never throughout my entire life seen bell peppers, or any
> peppers, sold any other way but by weight.


1.99 each, red, yellow, orange or green. Pack of 4 mixed colors for 6.99.
What a deal!

Paul

On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 13:01:28 -0600, "Janet Bostwick"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
>"Mark Thorson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]..
>> Janet Bostwick wrote:
>>>
>>> I stopped at Albertsons yesterday and was going to buy some red bell
>>> peppers. They were selling them for something like $3.79 a pound.
>>> Although
>>> I was startled, I just figured that was the usual Albertson thing. Today
>>> I
>>> went to Cash and Carry to get bell peppers and was startled to see a
>>> package
>>> of 6 was $8.77. (A case was $100) 10 days ago the same package was $2.85.
>>
>> For that kind of money, you could buy one of those
>> new KFC breadless sandwiches! :-)
>
>In driving by a local KFC, I saw they advertised an "All You can Eat
>Buffet." Isn't that a new departure for KFC? Something to look forward to
>;o}
>Janet

Yeah, but they weigh you entering and leaving and charge by the ounce.

On Apr 11, 1:55*pm, Mark Thorson <nos...@sonic.net> wrote:
> Janet Bostwick wrote:
>
> > I stopped at Albertsons yesterday and was going to buy some red bell
> > peppers. *They were selling them for something like $3.79 a pound. *Although
> > I was startled, I just figured that was the usual Albertson thing. *Today I
> > went to Cash and Carry to get bell peppers and was startled to see a package
> > of 6 was $8.77. (A case was $100) 10 days ago the same package was $2.85.
>
> For that kind of money, you could buy one of those
> new KFC breadless sandwiches! *:-)

That's a sad truth. Many people when faced with the decision between
buying something healthy which requires cooking (like Bell peppers)
will just Super Size it at some drive-thru grease and salt CrapFood
emporium and be happy their belly is full ASAP.

And we wonder why obesity has been running rampant in this country:

http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obes...maps/index.htm

John Kuthe...

On 4/11/2010 3:06 PM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
> "brooklyn1"<[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]..
>> On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 11:41:44 -0700, "Paul M. Cook"<[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "Janet Bostwick"<[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]..
>>>> I stopped at Albertsons yesterday and was going to buy some red bell
>>>> peppers. They were selling them for something like $3.79 a pound.
>>>> Although I was startled, I just figured that was the usual Albertson
>>>> thing.
>>>> Today I went to Cash and Carry to get bell peppers and was startled to
>>>> see
>>>> a package of 6 was $8.77. (A case was $100) 10 days ago the same package
>>>> was $2.85. What did I miss? This is Mexican pepper season. Was there a
>>>> bad storm? Or did that earthquake impact Mexican growing areas? I'm
>>>> feeling stressed on this as I don't believe there has been a day in the
>>>> last 10-15 years that I haven't had several red bell peppers in my
>>>> fridge.
>>>> We eat them raw as a vegetable or in salads or cooked in something.
>>>> They're so tasty and so good for you. Yikes!
>>>> Janet
>>>
>>> Food is a commodity. Rich people lost money in the stock market crash.
>>> So
>>> they want to get their money back by jacking up the prices of commodities.
>>> It has nothing at all to do with weather or season. Wall Street dictates
>>> what you pay for food since big agriculture now owns the markets. This
>>> BTW,
>>> is what is commonly referred to as the "free market." And free markets
>>> are
>>> awfully damned expensive to consumers.
>>>
>>> Bell peppers are about 2 dollars each at my Albertson's. Never mind by
>>> the
>>> pound, they are sold by the unit.
>>
>>
>> I've never throughout my entire life seen bell peppers, or any
>> peppers, sold any other way but by weight.
>
>
> 1.99 each, red, yellow, orange or green. Pack of 4 mixed colors for 6.99.
> What a deal!
>
> Paul
>
>
They were $1.50/ea at out local evil mom & pop store and I was wondering
why the price went up so much (they are usually $0.30-0.50/each).

At my grocery store, they have a marked down/ price reduced produce
shelf... I get a package of 4 large bell peppers for about $1.00

On 4/11/2010 1:35 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
> Janet Bostwick wrote:
>> I stopped at Albertsons yesterday and was going to buy some red bell
>> peppers. They were selling them for something like $3.79 a pound.
>> Although I was startled, I just figured that was the usual Albertson
>> thing. Today I went to Cash and Carry to get bell peppers and was
>> startled to see a package of 6 was $8.77. (A case was $100) 10 days
>> ago the same package was $2.85. What did I miss? This is Mexican
>> pepper season. Was there a bad storm? Or did that earthquake impact
>> Mexican growing areas? I'm feeling stressed on this as I don't
>> believe there has been a day in the last 10-15 years that I haven't
>> had several red bell peppers in my fridge. We eat them raw as a
>> vegetable or in salads or cooked in something. They're so tasty and
>> so good for you. Yikes!
>
> I don't know what's going on. Last week the produce market had
> *no* green peppers, no frying peppers, and not a huge number of
> red/yellow/other color peppers.
> nancy

That is strange, I was in Kroger Friday and they had tons of bell
peppers in all colors and plenty of Anaheims and other chiles, including
some habaneros. Prices were about average from what I saw though I
seldom buy chiles of any kind, sweet or hot. We grow enough of our own
to chop and freeze for cooking at any time.

John Kuthe wrote:
>
> And we wonder why obesity has been running rampant in this country:
>
> http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obes...maps/index.htm

Dead link.

On 11-Apr-2010, "Nancy Young" <[email protected]> wrote:

> I don't know what's going on. Last week the produce market had
> *no* green peppers, no frying peppers, and not a huge number of
> red/yellow/other color peppers.

I noticed a significant price increase ($1/each this week vs. 2/$1.50 last
week) on green peppers here (STL) this week; not so for yellow, orange or
red peppers which remained 2$/3. Poblanos also rose a bit, but not to the
same degree as green peppers.

This time of year, most of our bell peppers are probably coming from South
America, certainly not local; perhaps the recent earthquakes are disrupting
supplies. Even if the pepper plant weren't directly effected, ports and
shipping could be an issue.
--
Change Cujo to Juno in email address.

On 11-Apr-2010, brooklyn1 <[email protected]> wrote:

> >
> >Bell peppers are about 2 dollars each at my Albertson's. Never mind by
> >the
> >pound, they are sold by the unit.
>
>
> I've never throughout my entire life seen bell peppers, or any
> peppers, sold any other way but by weight.

As far back as I can remember, bell peppers have been sold by unit, not
weight, by grocers here (STL) - generally, at the farmer's market too. The
exceptions are:
- tray packs, which are usually 16 ounces, most often containing 4 peppers
- the "bargain bag" offered at the farmer's market to move out aging
produce, mostly stuff that need to be use "right now" and trimmed of bad
spots
- Wal-Mart/Sam's/Aldi where tray packs are the way they sell things.
--
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In article <[email protected]>,
Janet Bostwick <[email protected]> wrote:
>I stopped at Albertsons yesterday and was going to buy some red bell
>peppers. They were selling them for something like $3.79 a pound. Although
>I was startled, I just figured that was the usual Albertson thing. Today I
>went to Cash and Carry to get bell peppers and was startled to see a package
>of 6 was $8.77. (A case was $100) 10 days ago the same package was $2.85.
>What did I miss? This is Mexican pepper season.

For bells? Really? The only ones I'd expect to see are antipodean and
hothouse grown (in Canada, the US, or Holland). I'll have to check labels
next time I'm at the greengrocer but they are wildly off season AFAICT.

>Was there a bad storm?

If the rains I'm seeing get as far south as you're thinking about, it's
been a series of them.

>Or did that earthquake impact Mexican growing areas?

You might ask your produce buyers what happened to their supply.

Charlotte
--

On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 15:00:19 -0400, brooklyn1
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 11:41:44 -0700, "Paul M. Cook" <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>
>>"Janet Bostwick" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected]..
>>>I stopped at Albertsons yesterday and was going to buy some red bell
>>>peppers. They were selling them for something like $3.79 a pound.
>>>Although I was startled, I just figured that was the usual Albertson thing.
>>>Today I went to Cash and Carry to get bell peppers and was startled to see
>>>a package of 6 was $8.77. (A case was $100) 10 days ago the same package
>>>was $2.85. What did I miss? This is Mexican pepper season. Was there a
>>>bad storm? Or did that earthquake impact Mexican growing areas? I'm
>>>feeling stressed on this as I don't believe there has been a day in the
>>>last 10-15 years that I haven't had several red bell peppers in my fridge.
>>>We eat them raw as a vegetable or in salads or cooked in something.
>>>They're so tasty and so good for you. Yikes!
>>> Janet
>>
>>Food is a commodity. Rich people lost money in the stock market crash. So
>>they want to get their money back by jacking up the prices of commodities.
>>It has nothing at all to do with weather or season. Wall Street dictates
>>what you pay for food since big agriculture now owns the markets. This BTW,
>>is what is commonly referred to as the "free market." And free markets are
>>awfully damned expensive to consumers.
>>
>>Bell peppers are about 2 dollars each at my Albertson's. Never mind by the
>>pound, they are sold by the unit.
>
>
>I've never throughout my entire life seen bell peppers, or any
>peppers, sold any other way but by weight.

In this neck of the woods (Southern Ontario, Canada) I'm seeing more
and more stores selling vegetables like peppers by the unit. And,
other items like rutabaga and cabbage that used to be sold by the unit
are now being sold by the Kg.

Ross.

On 2010-04-11, Janet Bostwick <[email protected]> wrote:

> peppers. They were selling them for something like $3.79 a pound.

I would think bells would take more than a couple to make pound. You
wanna see insane, howzabout $3.64 ea for a persimmon, and that was 3
yrs ago.

nb

In article <hpt55a$3pu$[email protected]>,
"Paul M. Cook" <[email protected]> wrote:

> "Janet Bostwick" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]..
> >I stopped at Albertsons yesterday and was going to buy some red bell
> >peppers. They were selling them for something like $3.79 a pound.
> >Although I was startled, I just figured that was the usual Albertson thing.
> >Today I went to Cash and Carry to get bell peppers and was startled to see
> >a package of 6 was $8.77. (A case was $100) 10 days ago the same package
> >was $2.85. What did I miss? This is Mexican pepper season. Was there a
> >bad storm? Or did that earthquake impact Mexican growing areas? I'm
> >feeling stressed on this as I don't believe there has been a day in the
> >last 10-15 years that I haven't had several red bell peppers in my fridge.
> >We eat them raw as a vegetable or in salads or cooked in something.
> >They're so tasty and so good for you. Yikes!
> > Janet
>
> Food is a commodity. Rich people lost money in the stock market crash. So
> they want to get their money back by jacking up the prices of commodities.
> It has nothing at all to do with weather or season. Wall Street dictates
> what you pay for food since big agriculture now owns the markets. This BTW,
> is what is commonly referred to as the "free market." And free markets are
> awfully damned expensive to consumers.
>
> Bell peppers are about 2 dollars each at my Albertson's. Never mind by the
> pound, they are sold by the unit.
>
> Paul

Geez. I'm glad I don't like Bell Peppers! Tomatoes are up too, even
Romas.

I'll just go back to using canned ones. There is nothing that says you
have to support the greedy ass holes.
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In article <hpt87s$qfe$[email protected]>,
George <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 4/11/2010 3:06 PM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
> > "brooklyn1"<[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]..
> >> On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 11:41:44 -0700, "Paul M. Cook"<[email protected]>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> "Janet Bostwick"<[email protected]> wrote in message
> >>> news:[email protected]..
> >>>> I stopped at Albertsons yesterday and was going to buy some red bell
> >>>> peppers. They were selling them for something like $3.79 a pound.
> >>>> Although I was startled, I just figured that was the usual Albertson
> >>>> thing.
> >>>> Today I went to Cash and Carry to get bell peppers and was startled to
> >>>> see
> >>>> a package of 6 was $8.77. (A case was $100) 10 days ago the same package
> >>>> was $2.85. What did I miss? This is Mexican pepper season. Was there a
> >>>> bad storm? Or did that earthquake impact Mexican growing areas? I'm
> >>>> feeling stressed on this as I don't believe there has been a day in the
> >>>> last 10-15 years that I haven't had several red bell peppers in my
> >>>> fridge.
> >>>> We eat them raw as a vegetable or in salads or cooked in something.
> >>>> They're so tasty and so good for you. Yikes!
> >>>> Janet
> >>>
> >>> Food is a commodity. Rich people lost money in the stock market crash.
> >>> So
> >>> they want to get their money back by jacking up the prices of commodities.
> >>> It has nothing at all to do with weather or season. Wall Street dictates
> >>> what you pay for food since big agriculture now owns the markets. This
> >>> BTW,
> >>> is what is commonly referred to as the "free market." And free markets
> >>> are
> >>> awfully damned expensive to consumers.
> >>>
> >>> Bell peppers are about 2 dollars each at my Albertson's. Never mind by
> >>> the
> >>> pound, they are sold by the unit.
> >>
> >>
> >> I've never throughout my entire life seen bell peppers, or any
> >> peppers, sold any other way but by weight.
> >
> >
> > 1.99 each, red, yellow, orange or green. Pack of 4 mixed colors for 6.99.
> > What a deal!
> >
> > Paul
> >
> >
> They were $1.50/ea at out local evil mom & pop store and I was wondering
> why the price went up so much (they are usually $0.30-0.50/each).

Screw 'em. Let them rot in the bins.

You can live without them for awhile!
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