Organic food in supermarkets

Edwardia

I get the ham and leek tarts and homity pies from Riverford and they taste fan.tas.tic although as carby it's generally OH eating them not me.

I suppose with vegetarian food (and I was a veggie for 11 years) there *should* be less danger of contamination. I would hope that veggie food isn't made on the same line as meat pies but who knows ?

Personally I don't think the veggie convenience food is necessarily healthy eg Quorn, Dalepak, Birds Eye, Linda McCartney though I have eaten them. Don't think I would buy anything from Dalepak now.

Edwardia

Not sure how eco gardening differs from organic but here it is..

http://www.burgonandball.com/shop/scripts/prodList.asp?idcategory=150

Organic fertilisers
http://www.burgonandball.com/shop/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=28

Edwardia

http://www.berryred.co.uk/conservation-laundry-sack/product
Posting this imported American laundry sack up because although it has an admirable message, the price is :eek:

ASDA has 300 thread count Egyptian cotton flat sheets for £12 and fitted sheets for £11 and evidently my mother bought loads and thinks they are fantastic.

Which leads me to say are we being exploited financially for trying to shop and eat ethically ?

Edwardia

Organic gardeners' range
http://www.highgroveshop.com/bath-body/gardeners-organic-range/

Organic preserves
http://www.highgroveshop.com/food-drink/food/preserves/p-0/ps-0/

january_23

Edwardia wrote: »

Velvet 9 loo rolls was 3.99 now 3.49 - they plant trees see www.velvettissue.com

Co-op are doing the 3ply 9 packs for £3.25 so a slightly better deal if people have a co-op near them. Offer is on until 2nd April.

vincenta

For first time I ordered Oragnic medium vegetable & salad box from Ocado, 17.99 with smart pass 14.39# at the moment.(OH. -pound sign is not working:eek::eek: )
I received :
- Carrots- 674 g
- Cauliflower-842g(mostly leafs cauliflower head is tiny)
- Courgettes-561g
- Jerusalem Artichoke-565g
- Purslane- 123g
- Red Peppers-522g
- Shallots -659g
- Sweet Potatoes-535g
avocado was replaced with fennel -617g (yuk, we don't eat them, )
- Vine Tomatoes -0g (my tomatoes was missing, so dissapointed as my hubby can live without tomatoes.
All in all price with discount wasn't so bad, but one courgette was mouldy, tomatoes missing, avocados replaced with fennel which we don't use and shallots looked quite damp.:o

Edwardia

Hi vincenta :j

Have to say your Ocado veg box seems disappointing. If I were you I'd take photos of manky veg and email them to Ocado and complain. Hopefully then you'll get at least a partial refund.

I've never had mouldy damp veg from Ocado anytime I've ordered a box so I would def complain if I were you.

Lofbergs Kafferosteriet 'Serenad' organic ground coffee arrived by courier from Totally Swedish today. Hope it's as good as the 'Harmoni' which is OOS. This one is cheaper though. www.totallyswedish.com

Yes it's an expensive indulgence but I figure I buy it out of the money we save by not drinking, smoking or eating takeaways.

Still waiting for the Farmaround order..

vincenta

Edwardia wrote: »

Hi vincenta :j

Have to say your Ocado veg box seems disappointing. If I were you I'd take photos of manky veg and email them to Ocado and complain. Hopefully then you'll get at least a partial refund.

I've never had mouldy damp veg from Ocado anytime I've ordered a box so I would def complain if I were you.

Lofbergs Kafferosteriet 'Serenad' organic ground coffee arrived by courier form Totally Swedish today. Hope it's as good as the 'Harmoni' which is OOS. This one is cheaper though. www.totallyswedish.com

Yes it's an expensive indulgence but I figure I buy it out of the money we save by not drinking, smoking or eating takeaways.

Still waiting for the Farmaround order..

Thank you Edwardia! I will complain! Opened one of shallot and it not only look dump from outside but are mouldy inside.:(

Edwardia

Definitely complain to Ocado vincenta that's not their usual standard !

Not food, but organic..

Some of the Rocha. John Rocha womens' clothes at Debenhams are organic and a few of them have been reduced on www.debenhams.com

Plus if you buy over £50 of Designer at Debenhams clothes (Rocha.John Rocha included) online and give the code LP66 you get 15% off. Additionally, orders over £50 get free delivery in UK. Or alternatively you can do free click and collect instore.

UPDATE: I checked with customer services and yes the whole Rocha. John Rocha range for women is included, organic stuff too.

Other stuff...

Debenhams also has Tan Organic self-tanning lotion and application mitt

http://www.debenhams.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/prod_10701_10001_157211900399_-1 4.99

http://www.debenhams.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/prod_10701_10001_157211900099_-1 19.99

There are organic/products containing organic ingredients from L'Occitane de Provence, Aveda, Dr Hauschka, Origins, Clarins, Modern Organic Products and Natio.

Ted Baker organic boxers too for the guys

sophlowe45

With Ocado, I had a message saying if I wanted vine tomatoes (not as part of a veg box) for today they were out of stock, but from tomorrow onwards they would be back in stock, so I changed my delivery slot.

Also, some breads are only available after Wednesday so its fine for me.