Pre packaged v loose fruit and veg

SuziQ

I noticed this re the £1 apples and the mix of lb and kg-really sneaky. I complained to customer services once,and the woman said 'does anyone actually look at those then?' When feelimg really sad I take a calculator!

Skint_Catt

SuziQ wrote: »

I noticed this re the £1 apples and the mix of lb and kg-really sneaky. I complained to customer services once,and the woman said 'does anyone actually look at those then?' When feelimg really sad I take a calculator!

Should have said "yes they bloody do!" :rotfl: I do all the time - sometimes the offers are more expensive than something thats not on offer if you compare the weight/price thing!

gunsandbanjos

Sometimes they dont even have a price per kg etc. Just a price per bag. I never actually thought to weigh them, DOH!

Lesley_Gaye

yes, I've noticed this too. I started using the small local Tesco sometimes when we moved to Heathfield and shortly after we arrived they introduced the scan it yourself system.

When I was working out how to pay for some broccoli I had got (as I was in the shop, didn't want to walk round the corner to just get one thing), I couldn't find anything to weigh it, and all fruit and veg are charged at a price per item, regardless of the size or weight. I expect all the Tescos that have the scan it yourself would also have the price per item as well.

And yes, I always look at the labels and have got quite annoyed when what is supposed to be an offer works out to cost more.

And while I'm working myself up here, I'll tell you about something else that still irritates me. Years ago, when salaried and not working from home like I do now, I needed food quickly and decided to buy a ready meal. This is a VERY rare occurrence. I don't usually like them much, I think that they contain too much fat, salt etc and I think they are overpriced. So I was unfamiliar with the packages and didn't have any favourites to fall back on. I decided on something that had 6% fat (or something low fat anyway) emblazoned across the front and went with that (can't remember what it was now). Whilst I was eating it I was idly looking at the back of the packet and was shocked to see how many fat grams there were per 100g of product. So I worked it out. It was well over 60% fat. I was furious to have been so misled, and when I did a couple more calculations I worked out that they had calculated the % on the total weight and not the calorie content. This is utterly, and deliberately, misleading. If I had a pint of water and floated a teaspoon of oil on top, I could say that the weight % is very low, but of course ALL the calories are from fat.

I never did do anything about it, but it still rankles as we as consumers are constantly being told to read the labels. Another reason to eat fresh food you have cooked yourself I suppose

Rant over, I feel better now!

katieowl_2

I always weigh the 'per item' stuff like cabbages, to make sure I get the heaviest one!

I've had some strange looks, and have actually had people tell me that they are priced individually. When I told them what I was doing they were amazed...cos they'd never thought about it.

I swear one day I'll get banned from Sainsbury's LOL!

floss2

I have always thought that pre-packed fruit & veg in any supermarket or store is more expensive than loose......they have to pay for the packaging & the packers (whether people or machines) on top of the fruit.

lilian1977

You're right, those apples are very expensive - you only get 5 in a bag. Rip off!

Tibbie's_mum

In Morrisons at the moment they have Jonagold apples loose for 65p a kilo, which is a real bargain and they're tasty, yet rather big. My kids eat apples by the tonne, so I'm always on the lookout for some that are cheap to stockpile. I remember as a child we would wrap the apples off our tree in newspaper and put them in the garden shed for winter, oh to have that luxury now.

MeAllOver

I have always thought that pre-packed fruit & veg in any supermarket or store is more expensive than loose......they have to pay for the packaging & the packers (whether people or machines) on top of the fruit.

Yes, I think the value fruit is meant to be cheap compared to other bagged fruit. You can sometimes get loose value fruit - like JonaGold basics apples in Sainsbury's.

I am becoming very wary of the VALUE rip offs though. I bought Country Life butter the other day because it was actually cheaper than the value stuff. I am trying to break the habit of automatically reaching for Value.

mute_posting

Lesley_Gaye wrote: »

I decided on something that had 6% fat... Whilst I was eating it I was idly looking at the back of the packet and was shocked to see how many fat grams there were per 100g of product. So I worked it out. It was well over 60% fat. I was furious to have been so misled, and when I did a couple more calculations I worked out that they had calculated the % on the total weight and not the calorie content. This is utterly, and deliberately, misleading. If I had a pint of water and floated a teaspoon of oil on top, I could say that the weight % is very low, but of course ALL the calories are from fat.

ERM...

That is the standard way of working it out,

6g of fat in a item weighing 100g = 6% fat (end of!)

Why do you think the Nutritional Information is given per 100g or per 100ml? (and then sometimes calculated per serving if space permits) - For a start it allows people to quickly compare.

To put it another way, 6g in 100g or 24g in a 400g serving is STILL 6% fat content.



MP