Just saw an article on the high cost of berries, do you partake?

[LuvOrlando]

I love fresh blueberries and strawberries but they are very expensive so I try to do deliberate snacks along with lunch. For nutrition I supplement with frozen fruits in smoothies. The past few years I have been making a lot of smoothies we share in the blender for nutrition, 3 ripe bananas, an inch of milk, a handful of frozen blueberry, strawberry or mango, a few TBS of chobani vanilla yogurt and about 1/3 cup crushed ice. It's fantastic for aging fruit, lately I have been using older looking strawberries (you know how they sort of wilt after 3 days) with juice from an aging orange (love my $15 Elite Gourmet juicer from amazon) and it ends up tasting better than the best orange julius.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/pare...so-many-parents-say-they-going-broke-berries/

The cost of berries is really up there these days.

 

[georgina]

I love fresh blueberries and strawberries but they are very expensive so I try to do deliberate snacks along with lunch. For nutrition I supplement with frozen fruits in smoothies. The past few years I have been making a lot of smoothies we share in the blender for nutrition, 3 ripe bananas, an inch of milk, a handful of frozen blueberry, strawberry or mango, a few TBS of chobani vanilla yogurt and about 1/3 cup crushed ice. It's fantastic for aging fruit, lately I have been using older looking strawberries (you know how they sort of wilt after 3 days) with juice from an aging orange (love my $15 Elite Gourmet juicer from amazon) and it ends up tasting better than the best orange julius.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/pare...so-many-parents-say-they-going-broke-berries/

The cost of berries is really up there these days.

Yes, I eat blueberries and strawberries every day with my Greek yogurt. (Also bananas which the article showed have not gone up as much.) In the winter I use frozen berries, in the summer I get at my local farmers market. Worth the price to me

 

[tvguy]

I love fresh blueberries and strawberries but they are very expensive so I try to do deliberate snacks along with lunch. For nutrition I supplement with frozen fruits in smoothies. The past few years I have been making a lot of smoothies we share in the blender for nutrition, 3 ripe bananas, an inch of milk, a handful of frozen blueberry, strawberry or mango, a few TBS of chobani vanilla yogurt and about 1/3 cup crushed ice. It's fantastic for aging fruit, lately I have been using older looking strawberries (you know how they sort of wilt after 3 days) with juice from an aging orange (love my $15 Elite Gourmet juicer from amazon) and it ends up tasting better than the best orange julius.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/pare...so-many-parents-say-they-going-broke-berries/

The cost of berries is really up there these days.

Strawberries and blueberries are currently $5 for a two pound container, what are they where you live?
Your article is behind a paywall so no idea what it says.
Both berries are $2.99 each for a one pound container.

 

[Praying Colonel]

I love fresh blueberries and strawberries but they are very expensive so I try to do deliberate snacks along with lunch. For nutrition I supplement with frozen fruits in smoothies. The past few years I have been making a lot of smoothies we share in the blender for nutrition, 3 ripe bananas, an inch of milk, a handful of frozen blueberry, strawberry or mango, a few TBS of chobani vanilla yogurt and about 1/3 cup crushed ice. It's fantastic for aging fruit, lately I have been using older looking strawberries (you know how they sort of wilt after 3 days) with juice from an aging orange (love my $15 Elite Gourmet juicer from amazon) and it ends up tasting better than the best orange julius.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/pare...so-many-parents-say-they-going-broke-berries/

The cost of berries is really up there these days.

I'm trying to control my carbs so I've cut out grains, potatoes, pasta and high glycemic fruit. We eat fresh berries about every day. At our local Walmart fresh blueberries are $4.28 for an 18 oz container and strawberries are $4.74 for a 2 lb container. That lasts us a week or more, but we're empty nesters and it might look different with kids at home.

If our kids devoured berries, I would count that as a blessing. They're really good for you and you can decrease the purchase of processed snacks, which are often more expensive and not as healthy.

On a side note, it's pretty amazing that we can get fresh fruits and berries about any time of year. When my parents were growing up in the coal fields of southern WV in the 40s, it was a rare treat to get citrus or a banana in the Christmas stocking. Now we can get just about any type of fresh fruit or berry anytime. And if we can't get it fresh, there's a really good chance we can get it frozen. We tend to take it for granted.

 

[LoveDaisy]

I only buy berries in season from local farms. Prices at farm stands and pick your own for strawberries are the same as the last few years. it will be a few more weeks for blueberries and raspberries.

 

[LoveSpringsteen]

I eat berries almost daily in my Greek yogurt. It’s my sweet treat. I buy whether berries are on sale or the cheapest that week. I buy at least two containers of any combo of blackberries, raspberries and blueberries. Strawberries are my least favorite of the group, but if those are on sale, I will buy them.

 

[barkley]

I have some strawberries growing in the garden just starting to turn pink so I need to net them so the birds don't gobble them up. i like berries but don't buy them much. that said-i will buy a couple of fresh huckleberry pies when the season is at hand, such good berries-but at an average of $30 per pound to buy fresh they are spendy little suckers.

 

[LuvOrlando]

The big containers are usually close to $8 by me. In general, I observed the cost of food in Massachusetts to run about 30% higher than in Pennsylvania when we were traveling between the two homes. Another big difference is in PA there were many medium sided brick and mortar Mom & Pop type grocery store type businesses that sold a ton of produce at massively discounted prices. I saw a few when we were driving through Florida. I see nothing of the kind in the Boston suburbs I have been through, the closest is Trader Joes.

 

[amcnj]

Blueberries have been coming down in price lately by me. And once the local ones start coming in, they should continue to do so. During winter I keep a bag of frozen on hand as sometimes they can get pricey or more difficult to find.

Lately the pints have been $2.69-$2.99, and the three I have now are all from CA.

I used to pass some blueberry farms on my commute, and the lowest price I recall was $1 a pint.

 

[Christine]

I pretty much stick to those jumbo blueberries--they are consistent. They have always been more expensive, but this year they are so expensive ($8.99 a pack) that I just won't do it. I saw them drop to $6.99 but they just didn't look that great. Last year and the year prior I had been getting them for $4.99 and, at most, $5.99.

I've seen the smaller pints come down by using a store's digital coupon enticements but the every day prices of them are higher than normal--but yes, I can get them affordably with a deal. I've thrown out 2 of those pints for not being very good this year. I'm done with them. I'm sticking with frozen. I just thaw them out, get a little warm, and them put in my plain Greek yogurt. I'm not eating anything else. Our farmer's market had fresh strawberries from about 2 hours away, but they were $7.00 a pint.

For me, the blueberries seem to be priced higher, other stuff seems about the same or close to it.

 

[Skippy918]

I hope the blueberry prices have come down but when I last went to the store, they were $7 for an 18oz container. I can buy a watermelon which has a lot more servings for $4.

 

[MillauFr]

If I want berries I just buy them. I don't care what the price is. I cut back in other ways like not owning a car.

 

[kanerf]

I think berries are pretty easy to grow. I can remember picking wild blackberries when I was a kid. If you think the cost is two high, try growing your own.

 

[LuvOrlando]

People who live in shared communities don't have private green space to grow things they would eat.

 

[anrew]

my kids love berries, so we buy regularly . better than sweets anyway, even a bit pricey. The price of berries has definitely gotten pretty high lately. I still buy them occasionally, but I pay much more attention to sales than I used to. I was looking at costco reviews recently because bulk shopping seems more appealing these days. Some grocery prices are honestly getting a bit ridiculous. It's amazing how quickly little things add up.

 

[mjkacmom]

I think berries are pretty easy to grow. I can remember picking wild blackberries when I was a kid. If you think the cost is two high, try growing your own.

We have a raspberry bush that we pick from in the summer, but that is only 3 months, I eat berries several times a week year round.

 

[lynxstch]

I just got a large container of the jumbo ones for $4.88. Berries have been a consistent price here for awhile.

 

[SandyinMonterey]

I only buy berries (strawberries and blueberries) when they are on sale. I shop Publix and pick them up when they are BOGO. Right now blueberries are BOGO. I was at Walmart yesterday and blueberries were just under $3. The package was smaller than Publix.

 

[LoveDaisy]

I just went and bought strawberries from a farm. They were $8 a quart. My whole car smelled like strawberries on the ride home. The photo below is half a quart. I’m making strawberry shortcake to drop off at my parents and strawberry ice cream for us.

 

[AnnaS]

I buy both when on sale. I buy extra and freeze.