selling pineapples?

Question

How much do grocery store chains and other large consumers of pineapples pay for the fruit?

Answer 1

That would depend on lots of things...the time of year, the weather conditions in the places where the pineapples grow, the quality and size of the crop, etc. But I do know that the "markup" on fresh fruits and veggies is usually fairly small, in larger grocery stores and "bulk" retailers.

For example, if a grocery store is selling pineapples at a regular price (not a "weekly special" or a sale) of $4, the retailer may have paid $3.75 each for the pineapples. During a week when pineapples are "on sale" for only $2 each, the retailer has received a similar discount from the produce distributor; the store probably got the pineapples for $1.79 each. They make a lower profit on each pineapple, in this case 4 cents less, but they make up for that by selling WAY more pineapples that week.

Answer 2

Idk. I just bought a fresh one last week. It was on "sale" for $2.89. {In my area, they are usually well over $3 a piece.} If you figure that the grocery store makes at least a 30% profit, they bought the same pineapple for a little over $2.00.
I've never worked in a grocery or produce store, but it is also possible that they bought the pineapples at a flat price per pound and then set their own individual prices.