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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 5569758" data-attributes="member: 4937">You probably won't.  My foodie friends laugh at me when I say that Whole Foods produce is no better than Wal-Marts except in selection, but if you know something about how produce is distributed you'll realize that it can't be anything but that.  Produce to all grocery stores is distributed through the same centralized wholesalers.  The only difference between the two is the price points they are willing to buy at, and that only matters when the produce is out of season and hense not near its peak anyway.Even with modern techonology, it's not possible to ship most ripe produce and have it arrive in the grocery store in an edible form.  Nor is it possible to provide ripe fruit out of season without greenhouses and the associated expense, and sometimes not even then.  Plus, the best produce from the best growing regions is often consumed relatively locally, so if you don't happen to live near a good growing region for X, your tough out of luck.  Try getting avacado in central Ohio, for example.  You folks near the Mexican border just don't know what you've got.  And how do I miss Louisana strawberries and satsumas; and Texas grapefruit; and Arkansas watermelon.  And good fresh peaches and pears seem to be impossible to get around here, even from 'pick it yourself' growers.  Even the apples are a bit dubious at times.And I don't know what California produce tastes like in California, but out in the rest of the country its tasteless.  What's with those huge hybrid strawberries that have all the flavor of styrofoam?  Who thought those were a good idea?If you have a farmers market or co-op, you might be better off but then you'll basically be tied to only what is grown locally and then have it only for 3-4 weeks a year.Doritos are like iron rations in that regard.  May not taste that great, but a whole lot more dependable when on a campaign.</blockquote>

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