This post came about thanks to my husband, who picked up some cherries a while ago, and just had to call me at work to let me know how appalled he was that they cost $10 for a bag. Well my darlin’, welcome to my world of spending atrocious amounts of money on fresh produce for the kids.
It has taken me a long time to stop flinching at the prices of fruit when I go out grocery shopping. The bald truth is, that if you want to be able to keep your kids interested and eating fresh fruit daily, you usually have to spend quite the cash to do so. It is recommended that children get 4-8 serving of fruit and vegetables a day. Up to 8!! servings! In my household, my kids won’t eat apples and oranges and bananas day….after day…after day. I have to venture into some territories that range from the slightly more expensive, kiwis,pears, and strawberries, to the flinch-worthy cost of blueberries,blackberries and raspberries. Also, we have to remember the two adults in my house who have to get 5-10 servings a day as well. Do you sense the money just flying out of my pocket?
We are fortunate to live in a time where all the above produce is readily available, even in the wintertime, however that availability comes with a hefty pricetag in the dreary months. I am ever so happy that my children were able to eat blackberries, blueberries and strawberries in the winter, but having to take out a second mortgage to do so was kind of a bummer.
I remember one trip to Superstore, I looked in my bin and counted between the blackberries and the blueberries plus assorted others, it was $40 on fruit. FRUIT. I could buy enough boxes of assorted prepackaged snacks that would last 2 months for $40. Not one week of fruit. I realized that that moment, standing there mouth agape in Stupidstore, that its either just suck it up and ignore the price of feeding my little fruitheads their 4 servings of fruit daily, (veggies, thank god, all remain cheap), or have a mini-stroke every time I went shopping. I chose the ignorance is bliss route. And got a part-time job 
I joke about the job, but not really. Having it does allow our family the luxury of spending atrocious amounts on a variety healthy fruits and vegetables, but I darn well know that not everyone has that option. Or they have larger families, with more people to buy for. I know I am lucky to be able to fork out that cashola for fruit.