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Red bell pepper prices

Mindy D — Wed, 02 Jun 2021 17:54:30 GMT

I can't believe the price of red bell peppers. Today, I was ordering groceries and one red or yellow bell pepper was $4.52. I like to put them in my smoothies for their Vitamin C and A content but my smoothies will have to do without them. The price I saw was on Instacart for Publix.

Price on Amazon Fresh was $1.38 for regular red bell and $2.34 for organic. MUCH LOWER.

OOPS. Regular are $4.52 a pound, Organic's are $4.52 each.

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4kitties — Wed, 02 Jun 2021 17:31:07 GMT

Oh my word! Just bought a nice one at Walmart for $1.48, the usual price.

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SloopJohnB — Wed, 02 Jun 2021 17:32:20 GMT

@Mindy D Wow!!! $$$$ Tomorrow they have a bag of the mini peppers on sale for $3.59 as a BOGO. 🏪

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Imaoldhippie — Wed, 02 Jun 2021 17:36:43 GMT

Im afraid its only going to get worse. With (and I quote) "Cyber Hacks" which seems to be the latest excuse for price gouging.

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SloopJohnB — Wed, 02 Jun 2021 17:50:41 GMT

@Mindy D Your oops reminds me of the old Saturday Night Live skit with The Emily Litella character saying "never mind.". LOL 😁

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Kachina624 — Wed, 02 Jun 2021 17:52:48 GMT

Chile pepper is also likely to be sky high this year. There's no water to grown a crop. The reservoir that sends water to Hatch for the chile crop is only at 4% of capacity.

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Mindy D — Wed, 02 Jun 2021 17:53:44 GMT

@SloopJohnB wrote:
@Mindy D Your oops reminds me of the old Saturday Night Live skit with The Emily Litella character saying "never mind.". LOL 😁

@SloopJohnB @I've got her pictured in my mind. I miss Gilda.

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CelticCrafter — Wed, 02 Jun 2021 17:53:48 GMT

Do you have an Aldi or Lidl? Check to see which one fullfils Instacart orders.

They are much lower on produce and we have never gotten bad produce from them.

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deepwaterdotter — Wed, 02 Jun 2021 17:55:26 GMT

Red bell peppers are $.99 a piece at my local grocery store. This is the everyday price.

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SloopJohnB — Wed, 02 Jun 2021 17:56:48 GMT

@Mindy D Me, too. Especially her as Roseanne Roseannadanna. 🍌

SNL used to be so good! 😍

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Spurt — Wed, 02 Jun 2021 18:53:09 GMT

At our grocery store H E B here in Texas the red peppers are $1.42 each

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Meowingkitty — Wed, 02 Jun 2021 18:57:43 GMT

I bought one today and it was 99 cents. We often see them about a dollar each.

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chrystaltree — Wed, 02 Jun 2021 20:01:30 GMT

I don't know where you live but here in MA (at Stop and Shop this morning); organic red bell peppers were $2.99 each and non organic ones were $1.99 each. I bought two of the non oranic.

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just bee — Fri, 04 Jun 2021 00:22:12 GMT

I live in fear that the day will come when I will no longer be able to afford peppers for my Italian sausage and peppers.

I require green, yellow, orange and red.

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jannabelle1 — Thu, 03 Jun 2021 00:28:00 GMT

That price seems to be a lot more than what I've seen in my Midwest city. I think one of the problems we might start to see is the shortage of over-the-road truck drivers to transport food across our country. From what I've been reading, this has become a real problem for the food transport business.

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Sooner — Thu, 03 Jun 2021 00:44:26 GMT

I think groceries are going to go sky high and I am thinking I need to weight not just price, but what nuturitional value am I getting for my money.

More cabbage, fewer fancy lettuces, more bell peppers and fewer snacks, eggs rather than breakfast sausages, etc. etc. Higher quality rather than snacks.

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RollTide2008 — Thu, 03 Jun 2021 00:58:26 GMT

I paid 99 cents a piece at Fresh Thyme this afternoon.

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Mindy D — Thu, 03 Jun 2021 02:53:32 GMT

And the irony is that Florida is among the top three states where bell peppers are grown. Many of you that got a $.99 pepper probably got one that was grown in Florida.

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jellyBEAN — Thu, 03 Jun 2021 04:47:34 GMT

I'm in NC, and last I checked, our red/yellow/orange peppers are $1.99 apiece at the local Food Lion. You can buy a package of 3 (1red, 1yellow, 1orange) for $3.99.

I always thought this was kinda high so I don't eat many peppers anymore. Sometimes I'll get the package, but I tend to buy more carrots, cucumbers, petite tomatoes, avocados, which I get more satisfaction out of.

We're going to see big inflation, you can bet on it.

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tiny 2 — Thu, 03 Jun 2021 16:48:28 GMT

@jellyBEAN wrote:
I'm in NC, and last I checked, our red/yellow/orange peppers are $1.99 apiece at the local Food Lion. You can buy a package of 3 (1red, 1yellow, 1orange) for $3.99.

I always thought this was kinda high so I don't eat many peppers anymore. Sometimes I'll get the package, but I tend to buy more carrots, cucumbers, petite tomatoes, avocados, which I get more satisfaction out of.

We're going to see big inflation, you can bet on it.

@jellyBEAN

I'm not sure where you are in NC but they are very easy to grow here. I usually get plants from the farmers market and plant them in pots or on the end of my herb garden.