How to get money off when buying fruit and veg

thriftlady_2

twink wrote:

the stalks on broccoli are edible and can be used for soup etc, a male shopper thought he would tell my elderly neighbour, who was buying broccoli, to take the stalk off, he went away with a flea in his ear:D

Am absolutely amazed that people throw these away We always eat them,never occured to me not to.What's wrong with them?

Kazonline

That made me chuckle churchmouse! Our local PYO wieghs the fruit you pick in the container - there are two container options, plastic punnet and fancy cardboard 'basket' with metal handle. I dread to think how much the later wieghs - and at £4 a kilo I'm not about to try it!
Rasberries etc were dearer again - it seems that PYO isn't the cheap option, or am I mistaken? (No you can't eat as you pick - lots of signs and allways an employee 'tending to the plants' nearby

thriftlady_2

I've found some good fruit and veg bargains recently at my local farmshops

Buying in bulk is the trick(and having a freezer).

A couple of weeks ago I bought a 10 lb box of broad beans for £3.They were 99p a lb loose.I podded them and bagged them up for the freezer.

Last year I bought a 10 lb box of runner beans for about the same price and made runner bean chutney.

Today I bought a huge tray of strawberries about 11 lb in weight for £10 - less than £1 a lb.I've made a few pots of jam and have mixed the rest with sugar.I'll leave it overnight,then puree it and add some lemon juice and freeze in small quantities.The puree can be used in ice cream,stirred into hm yogurt,and many other things I'm sure;)

In the Autumn I always buy a tray of damsons to make chutney or jelly.

And of course when the maincrop potatoes are lifted I can get a 20 kilo bag (45 lbs) for about £3;)

Prudent

I love fruit and veg. I find the best way to save is to be selective th time I shop. I usually go to Morrisons around 6 -7 pm when all their surpus/ at sell by date is reduced to 9p per punnet/pack. This evning I bought a net of oranges £1.29 - 9p, 'The Best' range peppers £1.59 -9p, rocket leaves 89p - 9p, oraganc carrots 9p, mushroms 9p, big bag baking potatoes 9p, 2 punnets of plums 9p each, pack of spring onions 9p.

cattie

Ajax & fluff, you are girls after my own heart.

If I buy a few bananas I break off as much of the stalks as I can, I usually try to pick out the single one's to do this. And with onions I push off any loose skin. I've been known to take the stalks off tomatoes when they are quite expensive.:o

Whenever I buy iceburg lettuce I make sure it's a really nice firm one, which is far better value than one that may look a bit larger but has leaves that are a bit looser & not so densly packed.

tee_pee_2

when in supermarkets I can never work out whether it is cheaper to buy preweighed or PYO. Any advice?

ela

Ive just havested my own strawberries, got about 8 bowls now and they taste better than any supermarket ones. Also just planted parsnips, sprouts, and onions. Cost: two bags compost plus seeds

Churchmouse

tee_pee wrote:

when in supermarkets I can never work out whether it is cheaper to buy preweighed or PYO. Any advice?

You really need to check the shelf label. Generally the loose stuff is cheaper but not always. The only way to tell is compare the price per kilo or 100 grams.

ela

tee_pee wrote:

when in supermarkets I can never work out whether it is cheaper to buy preweighed or PYO. Any advice?

I work in a well known supermarket. things prepacked can cost up to twice as much. Bags of carrots are the worst. Pick your own you will save a fortune.

twink

if your buying big oranges or grapefruit, hold them in your hand and take the heaviest ones, they will be more juicy, they are usually all one price so you wont pay more