I have been buying them here consistently since cyclone Yasi, even at up to $20 kilo. 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.
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.
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 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!
I never stopped buying them. I just made sure that they would get eaten and only gave them to DD1 when I knew she actually wanted one. DD2 loves them so much, she never let any go to waste.
we have kept buying them my boys aren't huge fruit eaters so probably 3-4 every fortnight as a firend once said take in mind how much you spend on take out coffees... or soft drink...never ending snacks but everyone complain about the price of bananas, having seen first hand the devastation from yasi I have no hesitation buying banansa
. Regular price that I was paying for months was around $15 kilo.
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FB and Nikky! Too funny!
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.
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