"One thing I’ve learned about bananas is that there’s an art to purchasing them. It takes a certain amount of planning. Brainstorming. Conspiring." - from The Art of Buying Bananas by KB

Link to the full article: http://ktotheb.com/2011/how-to-buy-bananas/

This amazing work is almost two years old, but it still paves a four-step path that I'm sure you'll find useful even today. As popular as bananas have become, I'm shocked that KB isn't referenced more often for her incredible insight.
LOL, I actually read that entire article. I certainly hope I don't go through 42 every week when I finally decide to get mine.