asian food wholesalers

Sam2005

xara wrote: »

Im asian and live in a predominantly asian area. There is a huge cash and carry around the corner from us. My family have always bought most of groceries especially veg and spices from them. You can get most things alot cheaper from there including herbs and spices. If you're adventurous you can get loads of weird veg some of which the names even i cant pronounce! Alot of people think that halaal butchers are more expensive when they're not compared to asda its alot better. I lived out for uni and was shocked at some of the prices supermarkets charge for spices and veg. Its cheaper still if your going to buy in bulk eg. get a big bag of rice/potatoes.

xara....If you could let me know the whereabouts of the asian shop

geri1965_2

dreamlife99 wrote: »

is it because of the droppings tthat you wont buy halal meat? if thats the case then im sure a major supermarket was fined for the same reason recently?

No, they are two separate issues.

I don't buy Halal meat because they slit the animal's throat without stunning it first, and it takes longer to die.

mimi1234

Oh in which case you have missed out big time. It's Ramadhan (month of fasting for Muslims) at the moment. A week or two before this happens they have a massive sale at my local Asian shops, and I mean SALE! Like a whole packet of in date poppadoms (the ones you fry) for 15p etc. Meat is on sale as well as almost everything else in store. Plus, it's better when you have a few different shops like this, cos they cut prices to get more sales. Bear it in mind for next year.

mimi1234

Oh and I cook the best curries ever! Ask anyone at work.

geri1965_2

mimi1234 wrote: »

Oh and I cook the best curries ever! Ask anyone at work.

Where do you work?

kathrynvaughan

bella2121 wrote: »

hi everyone hope this is the right place to post this.

the cost of meat in supermarkets nowadays is ridiculously expensive and not great quality, however a friend of mine suggested going to this asian wholesalers to get supplies for a curry night we where havin.

We went and not only did they have all the herbs and spices we needed at great prices, they had vegis 10kg of white potato's £2.49! we bought 3 chillis for £0.03p! the biggest surprise was the halal butchers, we got 3LB (approx 8) chicken breasts for £3.58! and 3lb minced lamb for about £4.30! both of which where absolutely delicious!!!!

I know for sure i wont be buying these items from anywhere else in the future.

Just wanted to let everyone know and hope this helps someone.

Hi - Sounds Fab!!

But where would I find out where my local asian food wholesaler is??

Please let me know - very interested!!

black*diamond

yeah def agree about veg,spices being cheaper

hey mimi,
I need to learn how to cook curries, any chance of some lessons?

bella2121

kathrynvaughan wrote: »

Hi - Sounds Fab!!

But where would I find out where my local asian food wholesaler is??

Please let me know - very interested!!

we where told about this one through a friend but there a quite a few in our town, maybe do a search on yell.com if you put in food wholesalers it comes up with quite a few. hope this helps.

ACID

bella2121 wrote: »

we where told about this one through a friend but there a quite a few in our town, maybe do a search on yell.com if you put in food wholesalers it comes up with quite a few. hope this helps.

lol old news

now you can see the rip off prices on the high street are really no comparison!

bella2121

why is this 'lol old news'!!!!!!

it wasnt old news to me it was new so therefore i'm spreading the word, trying to help people save money!