Organic food in supermarkets

Edwardia

2.99 Daylesford website, https://www.daylesfordorganic.com and their shops (see website includes London) or from Ocado for 3.29 :mad:

1.79 Fairtrade organic mulling sachets, Abel & Cole

19.99 entire mulling kit, Abel & Cole

faganswife

Seeds of change choc bars 100g at Heron Foods , Thirsk , 60 p.
2 varieties , one with hazlenuts and one with fig / orange ( I think ) .

Edwardia

Thanks faganswife (love the screen name too ) and here's the website address for other people like me who haven't checked out this chain before. https://www.heronfoods.com

Edwardia

Holland & Barrett online free delivery on orders over £20 www.hollandandbarrett.com

Meridian organic mince pie filling 310g save 50p now 2.99
Rochester organic Hot Toddy 725ml save 2.66 now 3.33
Rochester organic mulled berry punch drink 725ml save 1,66 now 3.33
Neal's Yard Wholefoods organic jumbo oats 1kg save 40p now 2.19
Neal's Yard Wholefoods organic cashew nuts 100g 2.45 or 2 for 3.67
Neal's Yard Wholefoods organic almonds 250g 4.55 or 2 for 6.82
Neal's Yard Wholefoods organic walnuts 75g 1.95 or 2 for 2.92
Neal's Yard Wholefoods organic hazelnuts 100g 1.99 or 2 for 2.98
Neal's Yard Wholefoods organic brazil nuts 5.79 or 2 for 8.68
Neal's Yard Wholefoods organic golden linseed 250g save 1.50 now 1.49
Neal's Yard Wholefoods organic mixed nuts and raisins 250g 3.69 or 2 for 5.53
Heath & Heather organic Echinea herbal infusions 20 bags save 65p now £1
Rowse spreadable organic honey 340g save 70p now 2.79
GranoVita Ready Spready organic pate Original/Mushroom/Herb 200g tube save 60p now 1.79

Edwardia

Totally Swedish www.totallyswedish.com has two stores in London, one in Crawford St, W1 and the other in Barnes High Street.

Putting organic in the search engine produced the following products available by mail order:

Lofbergs Lila coffee Harmoni 6.20
Ekologiskt Fullkornsbrod Med Linfron (organic wholewheat bread with linseed) 500g 3.90
Torfolk Gard Ekologisk Lingonsylt (organic lingonberry jam) 430g 5.10 and Totally Swedish's most popular product.

Additionally I spotted Grumme Gron Sapa for 3.20 which is an all-natural green all purpose cleaner made with pine needle oil.

Apologies to any Swedish people reading this, as the names have to be put on without accents on my laptop.

bornintoit

Edwardia wrote: »

Husband thinks Ocado taking the michael rather.

I think he is right about their Christmas delivery charges but do they take the michael the rest of the time? I have been thinking about doing an Ocado shop but clearly Christmas is out. What are their usual delivery charges like?

Edwardia

La Vie Claire is a French chain of organic shops which has been going for years. There are 210 stores in France plus a handful in more exotic places around the world eg Madagascar. https://www.lavieclaire.com Organic is biologique in French usually shortened to bio.

La Vie Claire
9 rue du Duc de Guise 62100 CALAIS

La Vie Claire
34 avenue Charles Saint Venante 59000 LILLE

Edwardia

bornintoit wrote: »

I think he is right about their Christmas delivery charges but do they take the michael the rest of the time? I have been thinking about doing an Ocado shop but clearly Christmas is out. What are their usual delivery charges like?

I called Ocado and moaned today and told them that I felt that the minimum order over Christmas was too high at £90 as it discriminates against smaller households and against people like me who don't leave everything to the last minute.

I told the customer services bod that it's difficult in a small town to find organic food anyway and that's why I use Ocado every week and that I felt let down.

Told her that instead of £90 minimum order 9.99 delivery charge and 21st December delivery slot I was buying all my last minute stuff from Abel & Cole getting Christmas Eve delivery for 99p and £10 minimum order - with veg, bread, milk, nut roast for veggie mother and deli stuff it'll probably be around £60 but it's now £60 Ocado won't get.

I've been using Ocado since August, every week now and have to say the customer service is excellent, the technology means I can sit on a train and do my shopping, I've had nothing damaged yet, few subs and I'm very happy.

I have a Delivery Pass so I'm doubly annoyed at the 9.99 delivery charge as normally I get it free. It is possible to get free delivery slots with Ocado without getting a Delivery Pass.

Waitrose delivers free of charge all the time min order £50 and the main reason I switched from Waitrose is that my local store doesn't have a big range of organic stuff. The new Waitrose website is rubbish but their customer service is also very good.

Edwardia

Not organic but Heinz doesn't use artificial colourings, preservatives or flavourings ..

Heinz spaghetti in tomato sauce 200g 3 for £1
Heinz baked beans 150g 3 for £1
Heinz cream of tomato soup 800g £1
Heinz cream of tomato soup 300g 2 for £1
Heinz cream of chicken soup 800g £1
Heinz cream of chicken soup 290g 2 for £1
Heinz vegetable soup 300g 2 for £1
Heinz cream of mushroom soup 290g 2 for £1
also toast toppers, big soup, spaghetti bolognaise

Tuna should be wild..
Ocean Bay tuna flakes in brine 2 for £1

bornintoit

Edwardia wrote: »

I called Ocado and moaned today and told them that I felt that the minimum order over Christmas was too high at £90 as it discriminates against smaller households and against people like me who don't leave everything to the last minute.

I told the customer services bod that it's difficult in a small town to find organic food anyway and that's why I use Ocado every week and that I felt let down.

Told her that instead of £90 minimum order 9.99 delivery charge and 21st December delivery slot I was buying all my last minute stuff from Abel & Cole getting Christmas Eve delivery for 99p and £10 minimum order - with veg, bread, milk, nut roast for veggie mother and deli stuff it'll probably be around £60 but it's now £60 Ocado won't get.

I've been using Ocado since August, every week now and have to say the customer service is excellent, the technology means I can sit on a train and do my shopping, I've had nothing damaged yet, few subs and I'm very happy.

I have a Delivery Pass so I'm doubly annoyed at the 9.99 delivery charge as normally I get it free. It is possible to get free delivery slots with Ocado without getting a Delivery Pass.

Waitrose delivers free of charge all the time min order £50 and the main reason I switched from Waitrose is that my local store doesn't have a big range of organic stuff. The new Waitrose website is rubbish but their customer service is also very good.

I live in a small town also and have found the organic produce at the supermarkets to be uninspiring to say the least. ASDA has been especially bad, very limited choice instore or maybe thats just at the couple of stores that we have here. We also do not have a farmers market close by and as I don't drive I find it difficult to go to far out of my way especially if I will be carrying home bags of shopping.

Thats why I am, as you have been leaning towards more online shopping which doesn't involve the supermarkets. I am nervous of the delivery charges mostly because I only buy for me and my son (my mother is vegetarian and buys her own food) so I do not buy food in bulk so a hefty charge of say £10 on a £30 delivery would not make it viable for me.

I used to get Waitrose delivered where I used to live but sadly they do not deliver to my new area. Ah I miss those days . That is another reason I was thinking of Ocado as they have a range of Waitrose food.