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Trader Joe's raises banana prices for 1st time in over 2 decades

Headline from Fox26 Houston, on the newest of 2 developments

Trader Joe's, known for its affordability, is breaking a long-standing tradition by raising banana prices for the first time in over two decades.

Fox26 Houston's own description from its feed. We collect headlines and these descriptions, not full articles; read the original reporting below.

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2 dated developments, oldest first, newest marked. Each is named by one outlet's own headline; open its reports to see every outlet that covered it.

  1. Trader Joe’s just increased the price of a banana for the first time in more than 20 years

    Headline from KTVZ Bend ·

  2. Newest

    Trader Joe's raises banana prices for 1st time in over 2 decades

    Headline from Fox26 Houston ·

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39 articles, oldest first.

  1. NBC4 Washington

    Trader Joe's has raised the price of one of its most popular products for the first time in over 20 years (opens NBC4 Washington)

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    NBC4 Washington's feed description

    The price tag of the potassium rich fruit has gone up by 20%.

  2. Quartz

    Trader Joe's is raising the price of its bananas for the first time in twenty years (opens Quartz)

    Published

    Quartz's feed description

    The grocery store chain said it adjusted the fruit's price after its costs changed

  3. CNN

    Trader Joe’s just increased the price of a banana for the first time in more than 20 years (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    Food prices have gone a bit bananas — and that includes a famously priced 19-cent fruit at Trader Joe’s.

  4. Los Angeles Times

    Trader Joe's raises price of bananas. But this is about more than just 4 pennies (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    The price change from 19 cents to 23 cents per individual banana "still represents a tremendous everyday value," a Trader Joe's representative said.

  5. Salon

    Trader Joe’s has raised its banana prices for the first time in more than 20 years (opens Salon)

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    Salon's feed description

    A news brief on the grocer hiking up its banana prices after more than two decades

  6. New York Post

    Trader Joe’s increased banana prices for the first time in over 20 years: ‘This change is necessary’ (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    For the first time in store history, Trader Joe's has raised the price of their bananas. The banana has had the same 19-cent price tag at the grocery store chain for 25 years, but inflation has hit even staple items, leading to a 20% price hike.

  7. Insider

    Trader Joe's bananas are no longer 19 cents (opens Insider)

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    Insider's feed description

    Trader Joe's bananas now cost 23 cents each. The retailer sold them at 19 cents for more than two decades.

  8. Fortune

    Banana prices are increasing at Trader Joe's for the first time in more than 20 years (opens Fortune)

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    Fortune's feed description

    Company had held steady for 20+ years.

  9. CBS News

    Trader Joe (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    The grocery chain has increase the price of a single banana for the first time in more than 20 years.

  10. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Trader Joe's upped the price of its bananas for the first time in decades. Here's why (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    Minneapolis Star Tribune's feed description

    It may not be too ''appeeling,'' but the price of some bananas are rising by a few cents.

  11. Fox26 Houston

    Trader Joe's raises banana prices for 1st time in over 2 decades (opens Fox26 Houston)

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    Fox26 Houston's feed description

    Trader Joe's, known for its affordability, is breaking a long-standing tradition by raising banana prices for the first time in over two decades.

  12. Triblive

    Trader Joe's increases banana prices for 1st time in 20 years (opens Triblive)

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    Triblive's feed description

    Trader Joe’s banana prices have held at 19 cents each for over 20 years. Until now. The bananas are now priced individually at 23 cents. The more than 20% increase was enacted because Trader Joe’s reached a point where the change was “necessary,” a spokesperson told CNN. “We only change

  13. Green Field Reporter

    Trader Joe's upped the price of its bananas for the first time in decades. Here's why - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    Green Field Reporter's feed description

    NEW YORK (AP) — It may not be too “appeeling,” but the price of some bananas are rising by a few cents. Trader Joe’s recently upped the price for a single banana to 23 cents, a 4-cent — or 21% — increase from the grocer’s previous going rate for the fruit that had remained unchanged […]

  14. The Oregonian

    Trader Joe’s raises the price of a banana after more than 2 decades at 19 cents (opens The Oregonian)

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    The Oregonian's feed description

    In contrast to other foods more heavily impacted by inflation, bananas have stayed relatively affordable over time, but that may be coming to an end.

  15. The Guardian

    Inflation is bananas: after 20 years, Trader Joe’s raises the fruit’s price by four cents (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Increase from 19 cents to 23 cents sparks an uproar as grocery store’s fans lament ‘end of an era’

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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