Just curious, bone-in or not? All I can say is I went to Osher Ad a few times and the quality of the peppers and cucumbers, were horrendous. As you said, fruits are seasonal, which is a big change from America. Although I wish someone could explain to me why passion fruit is $.50 there (and in Europe as well) and $3.99 here.
Imported meat is all pre-frozen AFAIK so stocking up by re-freezing is just not something we do. Our meat gets frozen only once. Either before prep or after its bought fresh and cooked.
I guess eachperson is different. I find osher ad to be totally acceptable quality. Keep in mind, even standard vegatables are seasonal, and they are better and worse times for them. I get my meat frozen once, i defrost it, cook it , eat it, enjoy it. I actually started pickling tounge and corn beef recently, great stuff. Again, to parrot the previuse post, i didnt move to israel to get a USA lifestyle. But i did not have to take on a vow of poverty either. I find that most people who are making comments about the impossibilty to live in israel, spent most of their early years in kollel, and now the family got big and the expenses rise they cant support themselves. So they go look for a job that pays well and they find that very few are hiring no experienced 28 year old employees. And they cant allow themselves to take a 35nis an hour job, because they need to support their family. Thank god i make an average israeli salary, but i started working at my current place of employment for about 4000 nis a month. Which i did for 2 years, while newly married. But i worked hard, built my way up and now make a standard salary that i can live on.