Market Veg- cheaper?

bramble1

Where I work there is a market every thursday with a farmers one once a month too.

Would it be cheaper for me to get my fruit and veg from the stall there than to buy supermarket stuff?

snowgirly

I guess so, since these people don't pay rent at all, or if they do, then maybe very minimal only compare to those in supermarkets.

sarah1972

Yes and they will all taste better

daveybea

must admit they do taste n look better..not much waste..i recently got a bag of 6 apples from morrisons n after 3 days I had to throw 3 away cos they went rotten so now im getting my fruit n veg at our weekly market...also it saves a fortune on gym membership cos its a long way to the car park lol!!!

tessie_bear

i think some market fruit and veg is great but some can be a bit past its best...great for in season stuff

reehsetin

we have a local market once a month and it's fairly expensive and there's not much choice! the veggies are nice but don't always last very long

Gingernutmeg

Markets can be great, especially if there's a glut of something or if you go at the end of the day when they're really reducing stuff to get rid of it. I used to live near a great market and remember coming home with big bags of peppers and avocados that I'd paid very little for.

Farmer's markets are great but the veg does tend to be a lot more pricey and it's not always as fabulous as it's made out to be. I remember once going to a farmer's market and there was a stall that sold 'fresh' loose salad leaves which everyone was raving about. Then I noticed that when one box got a bit empty, they pulled out a couple of bags of supermarket salad, undid the bags and topped the boxes up

kippers

I live near the largest market in Europe (Leicester) and i can honestly say that everytime i've shopped there i have been given 'duff' stuff that you don't find until you get home..it also doesn't last as long as the fruit and veg from the supermarkets and the prices are not usually cheaper (they are sometimes dearer) than the supermarkets.

It is a real shame as i won't shop there now and i'm not the only one that has had the same experience with our market.

Payless_2

We have an outdoor market nearby that's on twice a week and an indoor one a bit further away. Prices tend to be cheaper at the indoor one eg 5 pound of bananas for £1. You do have to be careful about the quality though. If you go often enough you learn which traders have the good quality produce and which sell stuff that is past it's best. The length of the queues are probably a good indication.

foxgloves

Our market is really good. We try to get all our fruit & veg from there. In the 7 or so years we've been using the market, we've perhaps had 2 cucumbers that have not kept very long and one bag of pears. Apart from that, the quality of the produce has been great and lots of it is grown locally. We take our own bags, the big supermarket bags for life type, for the stall holder to pack straight into and I would say that we rarely pay more than £10 or £12 for 3 huge bags full. If they do put anything fragile into bags, these are paper, so go straight onto the compost heap, so no supermarket shrink-wrapped swedes and plastic punnets going to landfill either. The stallholders do pay council rent to be on the market but they won't have the overheads or the profits-for-shareholders-at-all-costs ethos of the big supermarkets. Hope you find a market with a good stall. Once they get to know you, they'll also flag up anything that's particularly good that day or on offer.

markdavey

We regularly shop at our weekly market or the local farm shop. Far better quality and cheaper than any of the supermarkets.