TIL wholesale flower markets in Philly sell to the public after 10am on Saturdays

I always assumed you needed a business license to buy there until a grower told me they just want to move their stock before it wilts, so now I'm grabbing $25 buckets of peonies instead of paying $6 a stem at the grocery store.

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the_henry2d ago

Right, because paying $6 for a single flower that dies in three days feels like a real winning investment. Love that the flower market's business model is basically "panic sale before everything turns into compost." $25 for peonies sounds like the biggest rip-off of the grocery store's entire existence, honestly. Guess I'll just show up Saturday with a wad of cash and zero shame about not owning a commercial greenhouse.

cameroncarr2d ago

You say "panic sale before everything turns into compost" like that's some shady business tactic, but isn't that literally how all fresh produce works? I mean, a head of lettuce goes bad just as fast if you don't eat it, and nobody calls that a rip-off. So what's the actual difference between paying $6 for a flower that lasts three days versus paying $3 for a bag of salad that lasts the same amount of time? Is it really about the money, or is it just that you feel dumb for buying something pretty instead of something you can eat?