i need cheap strawberries!

Fojo

Am on the hunt for cheap strawberries for choc fountain at school fair on friday. Asda have 227g for £1 and am now going to chec other stores on line. Does anyone know how much they currently are at lidl/aldi/netto as cant seem to get their prices online. Thanks

Kered

Lidl had them for £1.79/400g yesterday and frozen ones were £1.99/750g

Aldi are about the same price for fresh.

Fojo

having just done my online research, sainsburys were best at £2.00 for 400G (whihc is £5/kg) so lidl have come out in front there, thank you so much for that

Fojo

me again, i'm thinking that the frozen ones, when defrosted would be too soft/mushy for choc fountain?

Kered

The frozen ones do go a bit soft when fully defrosted but are good when used in desserts and smoothies

ravylesley

Try your local market, as I got a 2kg box of lovely Strawberries for £2 on Saturday hth

Lesleyxx

Fojo

thanks lesley, we do have a good fruit shop and farm shop nearby which i'm going to try tomorrow for prices. thanks to all for input

jumblejack

Could do strawberry picking at a local farm? Not as convenient maybe but much more fun than shopping!

Swans1912

I agree, I dont think frozen (though defrosted) strawberries would work very well on a stick that gets put in the chocolate fountain.

asparagusnextleft

If I was after a lot of cheap strawberries, I'd definitely find a 'pick your own' place!

rabidbun

Another vote for pick your own - got a tonne for a fraction of the price of supermarkets at the weekend (and they're nice). Now, if I could only find my microwave jam recipe...