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Store News | Our produce team's weekly tasting

Nothing reaches the shelf until someone has eaten it.

Store News | Our produce team's weekly tasting

Every Tuesday our produce team sits down and tastes everything currently on the floor, plus anything a grower has proposed.

It is an unglamorous hour with a lot of cutting boards, and it is the single most useful thing we do. A tomato that photographs well and tastes of nothing does not survive the table.

When something drops off the shelf without explanation, this is usually why.