Lurch Posted November 1, 2012 Report Share Posted November 1, 2012 Sainsburys to be exact Sainsbury's fruit'n'veg is consistently bloody awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulpicide Posted November 2, 2012 Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 Lidl have string bags off onions for about 99p for a big string bag I just hang them in my larder they keep great I buy my tomatoes in lidl as well but a week in advance the large vine tomatoes leave them in a fruit bowl on dining room table by next week ripe and juicy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del T Posted November 2, 2012 Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 Our last online order from tesco arrived with rotten onions, rotten chillies,a rotten banana and bruised apples! We were fed up with always getting poor produce so a complaint was made and they gave us some vouchers ! I mean which mong picks this stuff to send out for delivery , we even have a note on the fruit and veg section saying no bruised or damaged fruit and veg . Think we'll have to add rotten to that ! And dont get me started on their substitutions! No rose' wine so send white?!!!! Your telling me the 4 huge alcahol aisles in tesco Blackpool didnt have any rose' wines on them!! On a better note I did order a 8 pack of beer once but they didnt have any so they sent me a 24 pack! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39TDS Posted November 2, 2012 Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 (edited) First pic shows some poor quality apples. Top two are dimpled due to hail damage in late spring, first on second row has hole due to mouse or birdpeck (happened about a month back IMO), rest are russeted due to cold weather in late spring and below standard. They are edible I suppose but I wouldn't pay for them. Hail dimpled ones are fit for juicing, the one with a hole should have been thrown away at picking time. I was astonished to see this rubbish on the shelf at Sainsburys. Second pic is 50-55mm Gala. Gala are difficult to get to a decent size but this is cull fruit, not "family pack" size. I grow apples for a living, we have had an awful time this year with the weather but we wouldn't send this stuff out of the gate. Edited November 2, 2012 by 39TDS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 I'd be happy with any of those apples. No reason to throw away any of them. The amount of produce the UK consumer society discards because of "sub-optimal quality" is shocking. Just my 2p... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39TDS Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 I would be extremely delighted to sell you those apples for 75p/lb too. In fact I would also carry them to your car for you at that price. (which is what they were priced as) Just my 2p.... Yep, thats more like what I would actually get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willxx Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 I get ours from a local Asain market... £1.09 for a 10Lb sack, or £3.95 for a 40Lb. They keep well too Same here, I use loads of onions when I cook so big bags from the local Asian supermarket suit me fine and at £2 a sack I'm not complaining Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greener86 Posted November 29, 2012 Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 Grow your own I do Robinsons gaint onion plants I order most feb delivered to my door plant out in may by sept you have the best tasting onions ladt year i grow 6 at 1lb 5 and 1 at 1lb 8 going give the leeks a go they are full if flavour nice and green and parsnips are so sweet and tasty only thing we have used them so it back to the super market rubbish with no flavour veg that will not last roll on spring get back in the veg garden 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck Posted November 30, 2012 Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 i just buy local http://www.facebook.com/TheOldStablesFarmShop?ref=stream Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mace Posted November 30, 2012 Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 The reason you apples look like that is due to heavy rain and hail, because of the weather it damages the skin and grows with blisters almost all growers had this, this year meaning supermarkets that dont normally take product like this have had to as alot of eating fruit has been used as cider fruit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39TDS Posted November 30, 2012 Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 I grow apples for a living, we have had an awful time this year with the weather but we wouldn't send this stuff out of the gate. I know why they look like that, I was still surprised to see them. 70p/lb!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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