Hi Kristin, a week or so ago we were talking about avocados and being on 'special offer' in our respective local shops. Can't remember if it was this thread or not, (haven't read back through 5 pages), but we were talking about the various countries of origin, and which were the best. I did check it out next time I was in the shop, and found the country of origin on the side of the display box - seems they were probably South African. They were certainly different from the normal ones that are available locally, which are all Peruvian. Agree that they can be decidedly "iffy" - sometimes fine, sometimes won't ripen, other times turn to mush almost overnight. Haven't found any from Mexico, so I'll be on the lookout for South African ones again - maybe that's a new source for us. Hope so, I really enjoyed the dozen or so I had.