Grapes are usually full of spiders
The fear of spiders is called arachnophobia. Imagine having arachnophobia and seeing a spider in your freshly bought grapes. Heart attack on the way. It’s true that fruits are often treated with pesticides after being picked to eliminate any unwanted intruder, but sometimes spiders manage to survive.
And we’re not talking about small spiders here. Costumers have witnessed huge black widows in their grapes and deadly Brazilian wandering spiders, so imagine their panic. According to Scientific American, if you happen to find a spider, you should scoop them up, not squish them.
The store’s employees are not the only ones handling produce
Fruits and veg are touched by hundreds of hands every day, from the produce department employees to the customers that usually squeeze, poke or thump them before deciding to buy it.
And that’s another reason to always wash your produce, because it surely has more bacteria than you’d think.
Stores mark up their produce a lot
“Produce is way overpriced; it’s usually marked up 60 percent,” Nash says. If you ever wondered why produce is way more expensive in supermarkets is because they usually sell it for twice the price.
So if you want to buy fruits and vegetables at a smaller price, you can always look for farmers’ markets in your area and community-supported agriculture (CSA) groups.
