Produce

Yes this seems like quite an odd topic to post an entire blog on, but I find it quite relevant to my day. I went to 3 yes 3 grocery stores today and found that only 1 of them had any sort of quality produce selection. I find this completely and utterly ridiculous! My "normal" grocery store or at least the one that is closest is Harris Teeter, now due to my husband being a damn Wahoo (UVA grad for those that don't know), I have heard nothing but fantastic things about Harris Teeter for a long time and had high hopes of it being decent. However I find that most of their produce is ick for lack of a better way to put it. So I have been trying out Trader Joe's, which I have had some good luck with in the past and maybe in the spring/summer it will improve, but there was literally almost nothing worth purchasing their either. I was very disappointed and it even made me upset enough to get the one darn thing I went in there for. So I decided to try out a place I had driven by a few times and thought, well its worth a shot. its a small place called the Fresh Market, now they are apparently a chain, but I am not sure you would know this due to how wonderful it was. The entire store consisted of a total of 4 aisles and the rest was produce, baked goods, a huge wine and beer selection and a meat case that was HUGE. Everything for the most part was really really fresh and they were even taking off some of the stuff past its prime as I perused the all the wonderful fruits and veggies. I literally had to stop myself from buying way too much because it was all fresh. Now for those of you that have whole foods near by, its a lot like that but on a smaller scale and with less prepackaged items. I am super excited to go back and is worth the extra few mile drive. Its one of 2 in Charlotte and the other is only another mile or two drive from there.

Needless to say I just don't understand why all grocery stores don't stock quality produce and keep up with it. I suppose not all the stuff at harris teeter or trader joes was bad but to have to dig for it just isn't my style, its either there or its not. I had such high hopes for living in a bigger city, but at least I found one place to go!

Does anyone else have this problem or am I just really picky?