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Well there isn't much industrialization on this front so of course these things are a luxury, and cost as such. Before pineapples were able to be cheaply grown
by dvdcxn 11y ago
Well there isn't much industrialization on this front so of course these things are a luxury, and cost as such.
Before pineapples were able to be cheaply grown and imported so the masses could afford them, they were revered as a treat only reserved for the upper echelon of society. Now, they're just another cheap fruit in the supermarket.
- pilsetnieks 11y agoSide note: sometimes they weren't even a treat for the elite, they were rented to display in parties, and then returned.
- reqctomaniac 11y agoExcept in the case of pineapples, it's not because of industrialisation, but because of almost slave-labour and smart tax evasions. http://www.bananalink.org.uk/pineapples-true-price-luxury-fruit-revisited http://www.bananalink.org.uk/pineapples-true-price-luxury-fr...