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Originally Posted by Tribesman
"some bulk buying supermarkets" .
Some of the larger supermarket chains act as their own wholesalers and even get in on the agricultural production level.
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Yep, true - I wanted to point out that the entities that buy those large quantities are interested only in standartized sizes, for a number of reasons, like storage, transportation container standards, etc - and also because the customer has an image how a fruit should look like.
So it's also the fault of the consumer, but the question is how much of this image is made
by those retailers.
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Originally Posted by MH
Lots of vegetables that go on export from here are genetically engineered to have nice shape.
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We don't buy them here - you can ship them to the US
Genetically manipulated foods are not very popular in Europe - we can buy your avocados in all shapes and sizes.