Cherries are expensive at store

C50 said:
One thing that bothers me about buying cherries or grapes is typically they are already bagged in two pound bags, which is a pound more than I want. At one time the Acme I shop at had a sign on the display cases "No rebagging" because people tend to dump the extra product into the bins creating a mess. I don't mind spending money on what I want but resent being forced to buy more than I can use before it goes bad.
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Same here in all respects. They also put a lot of loose stems in the bags which add to the weight (and cost) and it something that usually isn't eaten. Probably a third of a cherry's weight is waste - stem and pit.
 

debodun said:
Same here in all respects. They also put a lot of loose stems in the bags which add to the weight (and cost) and it something that usually isn't eaten. Probably a third of a cherry's weight is waste - stem and pit.
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I highly doubt the stem and cherry pit is a third of the weight.
 

Same here in all respects. They also put a lot of loose stems in the bags which add to the weight (and cost) and it something that usually isn't eaten. Probably a third of a cherry's weight is waste - stem and pit.

Ahhh, but the pits are useful. My wife has a few bean bag things that are filled with cherry pits. What they're used for is microwave warmed heating pads.
 
I know it doesn't count but I buy frozen cherries so I can have some when I want in a smoothie or yogurt bowl. They're very sweet and rich. Yes, expensive but they're an indulgent.
 
According to AI, the combined weight of the stem and pit of a dark sweet cherry typically makes up around 15-20% of the total weight.

This is still a significant total. I've seen some pits as large a pea .
 
I noticed a can of cherry pie filling was $3.17 at Walmart today, which isn't higher than last year. It surprised me, since fresh cherries have gone up.
 
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