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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Hilary Osborne

Why are homegrown apples in the UK more expensive than imported bananas?

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Why have apples increased so much in price in the UK? They seem much more expensive than bananas, even though many are homegrown, and so don’t have to travel halfway around the world.

It seems bananas (sorry) that fruit grown in the country where it is being sold costs more than produce which has been shipped thousands of miles. But, unlike other goods, such as petrol, the price we pay at the supermarket for fresh food has become detached from the cost of getting it there.

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