Great capture.
FWIW - bananas here rose to $0.89 USD last month (and I stopped buying),
but have dropped to $0.69.
We've been spoiled I guess... used to paying $0.49 per pound.
Rick in Southern Maryland USA
On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 7:45 AM, Brian Swale <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Wayne wrote (below)
>
> Aus *could* have imported their bananas from Costa Rica, Colombia, or the
> Philippines (spelling?) and the prices would have been around $2/ kg
>
> That's what we do ...
> >
> > Yeah, seem very cheap to me, until recently I was paying $AU13/kg !
> >
> > I guess this is what happens when cyclones+floods wipe out most of the
> > Queensland crop.
> >
> > ...Wayne
>
> > > Nice catch! The dog is great, but I'm more impressed by the price of
> > > bananas. <g>
>
> Brian Swale.
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