Golden State Fruit California Bounty Fruit Basket Gift

Great

Good mom gift .

Great treat for someone needing fruit at college.

Most of the fruit was excellent, but an orange was rotten and an apple was bruised. All the other fruit tasted great.

We read past comments about the practices of this company that were offset by a slew of positive reviews over the last year. I decided to take a chance and unfortunately just joined the ranks of individuals deceived by their marketing. First - the official weight of the fruit was just over half what their advertising claims! We marked our legal scale at a hair over 6 pounds, certainly not the 10 pounds falsely advertised. Second - the fruit selection was beyond unacceptable - small, off shape, marked, and not suitable for any type of gift presentation. We literally have 5x better quality options during the off season in the small convenience store in our small town. The fact they could ethically try and ship this as a gift to give others - Disgusting. I cannot fathom what it would take to select the pieces that they shipped us with a smile on their face. This is maybe $6-$8 of poorly selected small fruit - marked, scarred and small, and frankly for the most part would likely not have been selected to show at your local grocery mart. There is no bounty, it is not suitable for a gift, and using the Golden State reference to capitalize on consumer imagery of lush full fruit is just slimy.