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!