Safeway NorCal- Bananas "each"

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Safeway NorCal- Bananas "each"

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Safeway NorCal has changed banana pricing. Previously .89/lb (.75/lb in the price cut stores) they are now priced at:
Banana 3 for $1
Organic Banana 2 for $1

This is a very poor value when you consider Trader Joe's is at .19 each/.25 each Organic and discount operators are still under .60 per pound. It appears to me they wanted to price increase the bananas above $1/lb (despite competitors not being close to that yet) but realized that may not be good so they did this instead.

For a consumer like me who tries to buy the smaller bananas this type of single unit pricing is the worst. I will stick with the various stores where bananas are .55 to .58 per pound (Smiths, WinCo, Wal Mart).

I think there is going to be a lot of confusion at self checkout.
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Weird to switch to 'by the piece' pricing then not price them competitively with your largest well known "by the piece" competitor, Trader Joe's. I always do a little "by the pound" conversion at local conventional grocers to price bananas vs. Trader Joe's.

I am assuming this is still less expensive than at 7-Eleven or Starbucks? Maybe that was the test/idea? :shock:
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Post by Bagels »

Kinda ironic that 10-15 years ago, CA (and much of the west) charged for nearly everything by weight, whereas in the Midwest/East, most produce was sold by the unit (with exceptions). Of course, most ethic stores still charge by weight.

But Albertsons is starting the year off with a bang in increasing prices...
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Bagels wrote: February 3rd, 2023, 2:32 pm Kinda ironic that 10-15 years ago, CA (and much of the west) charged for nearly everything by weight, whereas in the Midwest/East, most produce was sold by the unit (with exceptions). Of course, most ethic stores still charge by weight.

But Albertsons is starting the year off with a bang in increasing prices...
Wal Mart sells all citrus by the each out west (oranges). Some ethnic stores do limes by the pound but not many.

I prefer pricing by the pound.

I've noticed while traveling some Kroger divisions sell the small/lunchbox size apples by the each rather than by the pound. Yet in those same stores the large apples are sold by the pound.
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Post by dcpeachy »

Albuquerque, Albertsons Market, under United, has conventional bananas now 4/$1, which matches the price at Target here as well. I noticed the shift last week.
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