Last week Giant and Harris Teeter had apples ranged from $1.45 to $1.95 a pound. Mushrooms were $1.75 for 8 ounces on sale. Blueberries on sale for $2.00 a pint. Strawberries on sale $2.50 a pound. Grapes ranging from $1.99 to $3.49 a pound. Those were a few that I was interested in. A twelve oz. bag of Spinach $1.99. This in an urban mid Atlantic location. What part of the country are you pricing?
I am in the Northeast, one of the most expensive parts of the country.
Reliably, onions, potatoes, cabbage, winter squash and bananas are to be had at less than a dollar a pound.
Frozen spinach and peas and fresh asparagus and grapes on sale, a dollar a pound. In season, apples and zukes and green beans and summer squash are a dollar a pound.
In season, lettuce is a dollar to two a pound. In two pound bags, fresh kale and collard greens are available year-round for two dollars a pound. Go to an ethnic market (e.g., Hispanic or Chinese or Indian) and prices are at least as good, sometimes better.