Compared to something like apples or oranges, raspberries are land-intensive to grow; very expensive to pick and pack; fragile; and have a short shelf life. Fr

Compared to something like apples or oranges, raspberries are land-intensive to grow; very expensive to pick and pack; fragile; and have a short shelf life. Fresh raspberries have always in my experience been expensive items. (Frozen, less so, because it mitigates some of those issues).