10.11.2026 14:20
A lemon producer in Adana reacted to small-sized lemons considered rejects that could not find a buyer even for 1 TL in the field being sold for 39 TL on supermarket shelves, highlighting the price chasm between the field and the shelf.
In Adana, a farmer engaged in citrus production revealed the huge difference between the lemons sold on supermarket shelves and the real prices in the field. Criticizing the presentation to consumers at high prices of small-sized products separated as 'rejects' in packaging facilities, the producer reacted harshly to the situation.
'THE PRODUCT WE COULDN'T SELL FOR 1 TL...'
Expressing the difficulties in production through his social media post, the lemon producer drew attention to the quality of the lemons sold for 39 TL per kilogram in the market. Stating that the producer's rights were not delivered, the farmer used the following statements: 'As a producer, I am ashamed. A segment cannot be humiliated this much. These lemons you see are 4-4.5-centimeter lemons that the trader did not select. They are products that harvesting workers put into crates during harvest to fill trucks and that are referred to as 'rejects' in packaging facilities. While we, as lemon producers, cannot sell lemons of this size even for 1 TL, factory surplus products are sold in the market for 39 TL.'
'I DO NOT GIVE MY BLESSING'
Emphasizing that the gap between the labor in the field and the label on the supermarket shelf victimizes the producer, the farmer from Adana completed his words by saying: 'I do not give my blessing. I leave those who brought the producer to this state to God.' This outcry from the producer reignited the price debates in the agricultural sector over input costs, intermediary shares, and profit margins in supermarket chains.