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Why aren’t bananas sold in the UK more expensive?

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🕒 16 Feb 2025 15:01

Why aren’t bananas sold in the UK more expensive?

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Why are bananas so cheap to buy in the UK? In a big supermarket, a single banana costs about 15p, but presumably it has been shipped thousands of miles at some expense. Other individually sold fruit – even the stuff grown in the UK – seems to cost two or three times as much. Magdalena, by email

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