A lot of produce can be about a month old before it gets to the stores to be put on show, then it depends on the stock levels, if they have too much out in the cool room and the products not selling well, it can easily sit there for another 2 weeks.
The biggest lie in fresh produce is the word fresh, nothing fresh about store brought produce.
Locally in season stuff is so much better than the crap ship half way around the world in winter for exaclty thoae reasons.
Root vegetables are really the only thing that makes sense to have year round since they just have to be stored in dark, dry places and last for a long time.
A lot of produce can be about a month old before it gets to the stores to be put on show, then it depends on the stock levels, if they have too much out in the cool room and the products not selling well, it can easily sit there for another 2 weeks.
The biggest lie in fresh produce is the word fresh, nothing fresh about store brought produce.
Locally in season stuff is so much better than the crap ship half way around the world in winter for exaclty thoae reasons.
Root vegetables are really the only thing that makes sense to have year round since they just have to be stored in dark, dry places and last for a long time.
The apples you buy in a grocery store are, on average, about 6 months old. This is because we basically figured out immortality for apples