Where have all the cheap prunes gone?!

TravellingAbuela

I have always bought prunes from Aldi (£1.39 a 500 gm bag) but for weeks there has been a "Sorry out of stock" label on the shelf. So, in the meantime, I resorted to buying them from Home Bargains instead (albeit more expensive at 99p for a 250 gm bag). This week Home Bargains didn't have any either! So looked in Booths - all they had were Humdinger chopped ones at nearly £3 a bag! So next stop Sainsbury's - they only had Humdinger too, the chopped variety and a traditional stone-in variety at (I think) £1.99 a bag. None of their own brand in stock and not a pitted prune to be seen!

Has anybody seen any pitted prunes at a more realistic price?

Ken68

These people perhaps...uisually a sale on buy one get one for a penny.

http://www.hollandandbarrett.com/pages/iq.asp?SearchText=pitted+prunes

Chris25

it might be due to the weather this summer - maybe bad plum harvest?

armyknife

Man, things are really going down the pan.

TravellingAbuela

armyknife wrote: »

Man, things are really going down the pan.

Not in our house they aren't! Not until I find a cheap supplier!

frugal_shopper_2

£2.70 per kg from HBS. Shipping charges vary by area, UK mainland orders over 25kg delivered free.
http://www.hbsfoods.co.uk/acatalog/Dried_Fruit.html

welshee

frugal_shopper wrote: »

£2.70 per kg from HBS. Shipping charges vary by area, UK mainland orders over 25kg delivered free.
http://www.hbsfoods.co.uk/acatalog/Dried_Fruit.html

25kg of prunes......time to leave the crossword in the bathroom.