Who's eating the bananas?

Today I saw full priced bananas under the $10 mark for the first time since cyclone Yasi. Which got me wondering.... who has been eating the bananas. Obviously for the price to stay up so long the demand is there even at over $10 a kg. We have been eating them but not with the same reckless abandon as we did before Yasi. DH buys them marked down from the shop next to his gym - they are marked down because they are ripe so they are just right to eat immediately. We haven't cooked with banana for a long time because we never have any old ones hanging around.
I prefer the ladyfingers so it was nice when they were the same price as the Cavendish because I didn't have to justify the extra expense.

I was just thinking this the other day! Ours are down to $7.99, coming from Carnarvon. I would never buy them at that price, I don't understand how they can sustain it!

We've been buying them for 5.50 a kg at the local markets for about 6 months :D.

I was a bit excited to see them come down in the local coles this week. We have Harris Farm here that does them cheaper but they are a bit bruised and definitely ripe.

I never really stopped buying them. They are DS's favourite and I do limit him to 1 a day (he would eat 3 or more a day if I let him) I figured we spend $2 on a bag of chips and more on chocolates why not pay that for something that is actually healthy and soemthing he prefers.

Nope, we have most definitely not been eating them as they ahve been well over the $10 - mostly $15-$16kg. They spent a few weeks at $10, but last week they suddenly plummeted to $6. Needless to say I bought a heap and we had a big banana feast.

I have not eaten a banana since before Yasi - so its not us here at my house thats for sure!

I haven't really stopped, but am picky with the ones I'll buy - I don't like green bananas. Glad they're finally starting to come down though - cravings are harsh at $5 a pop

Why is anyone eating banana? Don't you know that APPLE is thin?

Although we have some over-ripe ones I'm turning into a banana cake tomorrow. That certainly won't be thin.

I have bought them randomly -when ds gives me The Face and makes grabby hands for them.

My Mum's been buying them for Amelia since she worked out she likes them :rofl:

Don't shoot me, but I've been buying bananas as per usual. Their price hasn't really bothered/affected me, but I guess its good that they are coming down, more $ for chocolate :D
I don't mind, as long as they are eaten, and they sure do get eaten! My two monkeys go wild for bananas, and I haven't really been a fan of bananas but I have to say I am slowly converting.

I have been buying them here consistently since cyclone Yasi, even at up to $20 kilo:hide:. Regular price that I was paying for months was around $15 kilo.

DS is an extremely fussy eater and banana's are the only fruit he will eat and even then sometimes it can be a struggle. Since he needs to take a piece of fruit to pre-primary and that is all he will eat then we don't really have a choice. And for those who might say, well at that price my son would not be eating them and would be forced to eat another fruit, unfortunately it doesn't always work that way.:rolleyes:

We are lucky that we could afford them and I would simply allow $20 per week in my budget for banana's. It's just the way it is in our household.:redface:

I ahve wondered the same thing...who buys $18 bananas??!! But every week, they disappear and new ones are put out...LOL, now I know! But I can't justify spending so much on one item in my grocery shop even though the kids and I love bananas and they never stick around long in our fruit basket.

Lately, I just buy two when we go shopping. One each for DD and DS1. They love bananas adn they have become a shopping treat for them! Better than the usual lolly pop or chocolate they would normally get.

Though yesterday I saw them for $6.50 which is extremely cheap out here. They haven't been theat cheap for months. So we brought 4, lol, what a splurge!

We haven't been buying any at those ridiculous prices either!

I saw a funny sign on a tv show a few months back that was put up outside a shop. It read -

*No Cash, or Banana's Kept on Premises* :clap:

thought that was pretty funny heeh

:lol: FB and Nikky! Too funny!

We have been buying but where we would normally get maybe 6-8 for a week, we have only been getting 3-4 and making it a treat. The kids love them and JJ would eat 3 in one sitting if he could. I used to mush one up every morning in their porridge which I haven't done since Yasi, and now they are just a snack. Looking forward to them coming down a bit more so we can go back to normal buying!

I haven't been buying them, but last week my friend bought us one each for a treat :) It was delicious, I can't wait for them to come down in price again but I am on a really strict budget so there is no way I can justify them atm.

we haven't really stopped - but i've been getting them at a local fruit & veg shop that has had them for between 5.99-7.99 per kg. i haven't made a banana cake in a very long time though & i'm looking forward to making one soon!

We have been eating them still, although not as much as we had in the past.... I ended up buying more apples, mandarins etc... but now that the weather is warmer I have been buying watermelon, pineapple, mangoes etc...