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Cooking & Baking

bucolic_frolic

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Reply to eppur_se_muova (Original post)

Mon Mar 23, 2026, 07:20 AM

19 hrs ago

I bought celery at Aldi last Wednesday for 89 cents. Haven't bought zukes green or yellow since the previous week, but they were $1.28 a pound at Wallies. I figured it was all too good to last.

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What the heck has happened to celery lately ?? It's doubled and even tripled in price locally, and it's suddenly hard to [View all] eppur_se_muova 19 hrs ago OP

No idea. Zucchini & yellow squash, too! SheltieLover 19 hrs ago #1

Don't know bucolic_frolic 19 hrs ago #2

Aldi here had celery hearts last time for $1.49, the cheapest I've seen in weeks. It's $3.25 at Dollar General for eppur_se_muova 19 hrs ago #3

Is there a shortage of green onions (scallions). Callalily 18 hrs ago #4

Not that I've noticed (N. AL) nt eppur_se_muova 16 hrs ago #10

Most likely, idgits goon squads have rounded up mwmisses4289 18 hrs ago #5

Green frying peppers...... AltairIV 18 hrs ago #6

What are "frying peppers" ? If bell peppers, we've got no shortage. nt eppur_se_muova 16 hrs ago #11

No Bell peppers are diffirent AltairIV 15 hrs ago #16

;-{) Current Cost Of Celery: 2026 Price Guide & Savings Tips Goonch 18 hrs ago #7

LOL! Alibaba has a brilliant time-traveling AI tool! "As of April 2026, the national average retail price..." highplainsdem 16 hrs ago #9

Post removed Post removed 16 hrs ago #12

I'm not "stalking" you, Goonch. I didn't expect to see a reply from you here. But if you or anyone else highplainsdem 15 hrs ago #13

"your hundreds of recent posts " Goonch 15 hrs ago #14

No. I'm not a fan of AI-generated images, which is apparently most of what you post lately. highplainsdem 15 hrs ago #17

Celery gets bleached IbogaProject 17 hrs ago #8

Celery hasn't jumped in our area. Much of the other produce is cattle feed and not cheap. twodogsbarking 15 hrs ago #15

here in Cali produce is up 40% Nigrum Cattus 14 hrs ago #18

From searching, here is a detailed link on produce shortages and availability, for instance jgo 14 hrs ago #19

Today, ColumbusOh, grocery delivery $2.99/a bunch today irisblue 12 hrs ago #20