AbstractProductGrid huge performance issues

[kastriotkastrati]

Hello, I am seeing huge performance issues stemming from the AbstractProductGrid implementation.
In a page with 3 blocks of 3x7 grid of products we are seeing response times of 4 seconds and upwards.

If I comment this part of the code or cache it super aggressively, the response times immediately jump to sub 500ms,

My initial suspicions are that the products on line 79; in the AbstractProductGrid file are queried inefficiently.

I'm also wary of this part, which might be a source of performance issues.

This issue makes AbstractProductGrid unusable in anything that is more complex.
I think we should look to improve the performance here.

To reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:
Use n x n product grids where n is >~ 4 in multiple places in one page.

Expected behavior

Response times that are not as slow as 4 seconds and upwards