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What they didn't anticipate was how many people don't buy fruits or vegetables.

Plus how many of us are willing to buy 2x as many as needed, assuming some will be bad, and just chalk that up to the cost of not going to the store.

Or how many of us understand that an "ugly" tomato is just fine to eat, especially when I'm making a sauce.

The obsession with perfect produce is so dumb, and has genuinely harmed our shopping.

Oh I’m fine with imperfect produce. But Instacart frequently brings me really terrible specimens, like strawberries with mold literally yesterday (the second batch was fine, and I would have eaten both if they were both good).

The grocery store should be pulling terribly produce, but my local one apparently does not.

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