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Which do you think is the fastest selling fruit at a regular grocery store?
grapes 2 (7.7%)
apples 5 (19.2%)
bananas 12 (46.2%)
strawberries 3 (11.5%)
tomatoes 3 (11.5%)
oranges 1 (3.8%)
peaches 0 (0%)
watermelons 0 (0%)
other 0 (0%)
Total Votes: 26
fruity poll
Topic Started: Apr 28 2008, 05:47 PM (503 Views)
pianojerome
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I just started a full-time summer job at a grocery store, working in the produce department.

We sell lots of fruits.

There is one kind of fruit in particular that sells *so* quickly, that we probably restock it at least 5 or 6 times during my 8-hour work-shift. Sometimes, "restocking" means emptying 1 or 2 big crates, and sometimes it means 4 or 5, depending on the time of day and how busy we'd been. (the whole display could probably fit 6 or 8 crate-fulls)

Of course, other fruits sell quickly, too, while others just sit and vegetate.

Which one do you think sells the quickest?
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Optimistic
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I was thinking oranges, but I'm gonna go with tomatoes.
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Axtremus
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Definitely grapes.

An average shopper probably buys a few to may be a couple dozen oranges, apples, bananas, and such.

But grapes, whenever some one buys grapes, he buys by the hundreds, if not thousands!
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I waffled between apples and bananas - finally came down on the banana side. "Oh, Yes, We Have No Bananas."

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Apr 28 2008, 09:57 PM
Definitely grapes.

An average shopper probably buys a few to may be a couple dozen oranges, apples, bananas, and such.

But grapes, whenever some one buys grapes, he buys by the hundreds, if not thousands!

Well, in the same respect, bananas would be going fast, too, as they're picked up by the bunch. I considered voting for bulk, but I think things like oranges and tomatoes will be taken up more quickly. Apples are popular, too, but they have a longer shelf life.
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I am guessing bananas.
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I guessed bananas as well.
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Bananas
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kenny
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I'm sorry.
I realize I should be an expert on this subject, but I just don't know. :shrug:
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I was leaning towards bananas, but the more I thought about how many tomatoes are bought....I voted tomatoes.
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kenny
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Apr 28 2008, 06:05 PM
I was leaning towards bananas . . .

That's so geh!
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pianojerome
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kenny
Apr 28 2008, 10:04 PM
I'm sorry.
I realize I should be an expert on this subject, but I just don't know. :shrug:

Kenny, I am an expert master peon of fruits-and-veggiesology. But then again, you have huge melons. Our combined fructiciosity is perhaps too much for this forum to handle.

Oh, but then there's apple, too....

*esplode*
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as a former produce assistant for Safeway back in the day, I can attest that bananas get moved quickly. People realize their short life span and gobble them up. And how many of us have bought too many and have let a few go bad before we got to them.
Close second were tomatoes. They keep a bit longer, but bananas, yep.
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oh shoot, I didn't look at the list closely.

Oh jees, strawberries, they have a short season, unless you're talking about those "artificial ones" you can get year round, and right now is the start of the real strawberry season. When they're in, they're sweet and go bad fast.

I change my answer.
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kenny
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Define "fastest selling".

Is that quantity per day?
Or pounds per day?

A typical purchase of grapes, which may have a hundred or more, would win if it's by quantity.
If by weight probably not.
Watermelon would win by weight, but not by quantity.

Because of the nature of your job I'm guessing you mean which fruit has to be restocked the most frequently.
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kenny
Apr 28 2008, 06:17 PM
Define "fastest selling".

Is that quantity per day?
Or pounds per day?

A typical purchase of grapes, which may have a hundred or more, would win if it by quantity.
If by weight probably not.

He probably refers to what has to get restocked more often than anything else.

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kenny
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Read my edit.
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bananas

(altho i hate them)
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pianojerome
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Rick
Apr 28 2008, 10:18 PM
kenny
Apr 28 2008, 06:17 PM
Define "fastest selling".

Is that quantity per day?
Or pounds per day?

A typical purchase of grapes, which may have a hundred or more, would win if it by quantity.
If by weight probably not.

He probably refers to what has to get restocked more often than anything else.

Yeah, that's what I meant.

Of course, sometimes that doesn't really match up with how much we're selling... we put out a ton of oranges, for example, and we put them in at least 3 different locations, so they don't need to be restocked as much, even while they sell very quickly. They're small, and so we can fit a lot in each display. Same thing with apples, and there are so many different kinds of apples, but I almost never have to restock them (of course I've only worked there for 3 days... :P) Strawberries are on sale now, and it's that season, so they are going pretty quickly, too. Grapes... don't seem to move so quickly. Tomatoes, actually, not so much.

But some of the people who have worked there much longer than I have told me bananas are the #1 fastest seller, and I believe it!
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Bananas. We buy two cases for each store every morning. It's the only produce we buy locally anymore because we get better looking stuff from our vendors for lettuce, tomato and onion. Bananas, we get from the local groceries, every day. BANANA SPLITS, BANANA CREAM PIE SHAKES, HOT FUDGE BANANA BROWNIE SUNDAE (although that one is seasonal and we don't have em right now :weeping:)
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I rechange my answer!!

:biggrin:

Seriously, the strawberries here will turn you diabetic they're so friggin sweet. Their fields are a patchwork of 5 to 10 acres plots all over town and grown and sold by the Hmong (SE Asian immigrants). If we avoid the rain in April and May, like we are now, these strawberries are truly the manna of the earth! They won't sit more than a day or two unrefridgerated without Mr. and Mrs. fruitfly coming to visit. They are blood dripping sweet!

Buy yeah, bananas for sure. :wink:
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pianojerome
Apr 28 2008, 06:07 PM
kenny
Apr 28 2008, 10:04 PM
I'm sorry.
I realize I should be an expert on this subject, but I just don't know. :shrug:

Kenny, I am an expert master peon of fruits-and-veggiesology. But then again, you have huge melons. Our combined fructiciosity is perhaps too much for this forum to handle.

Oh, but then there's apple, too....

*esplode*

I think your combined fructiciosity would be blendtastic, probalistically.
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Daniel
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Rick
Apr 28 2008, 07:06 PM
They are blood dripping sweet!

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I voted for grapes.
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Qaanaaq-Liaaq
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I voted for strawberries because the harvest season is so short. May and June are strawberry harvest months at least here in the midwest it is. People are going to buy them while they can. Strawberries have a very short shelf life and get moldy fast.

I don’t think it’s bananas because they’re imported year round from Central America. There’s no problem getting them.

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