Cheap spuds at Morrisons

geordie_joe

My local Morrisons are selling 12.5g bags of Maris Piper spuds for £2, they were £6.99.

Not sure if it is a national offer, or just my local selling off ones that are near there best before date.

VfM4meplse

OMG the carbs.....! But a bargain indeed if you have a family to feed.

LearningToSave.

got mine yesterday.......literally everyone in the store had a bag,lol!!

Kirri

No idea how supermarkets store their conventional potatoes or if these are ones grown recently abroad, but from a home grown perspective (and some of the organic companies are the same), as it's coming up to potato planting season and the end of stored potatoes from last season, potatoes may now start sprouting so may only be good if anyone uses that many very quickly.

geordie_joe

Kirri wrote: »

potatoes may now start sprouting so may only be good if anyone uses that many very quickly.

Yeah, it's not as if you can cook them half a dozen ways then freeze them, is it.

Or buy one bag between several people, or just think that as they are around £2.25 for a 2.5kg bag, any you get to use over the first 2.5Kg are in effect FREE.

Kirri

geordie_joe wrote: »

Yeah, it's not as if you can cook them half a dozen ways then freeze them, is it.

Or buy one bag between several people, or just think that as they are around £2.25 for a 2.5kg bag, any you get to use over the first 2.5Kg are in effect FREE.

I was only adding something people may not be aware of... no need for the sarcasm.

geordie_joe

Kirri wrote: »

I was only adding something people may not be aware of...

And you were doing very well, until you implied that they may only be good for people who can eat that many very quickly.

Kirri wrote: »

no need for the sarcasm.

It seemed better than pointing out you were just plain wrong.

Even if people can't eat that many very quickly, many of them could just bury the remainder in the garden.

Kirri

geordie_joe wrote: »

And you were doing very well, until you implied that they may only be good for people who can eat that many very quickly.

It seemed better than pointing out you were just plain wrong.

Even if people can't eat that many very quickly, many of them could just bury the remainder in the garden.

Why the attitude over a bag of potatoes?! Using whether cooking or cooking/eating or freezing etc it's still 'using' them as opposed to storing them which was my point - lots of times I read on here that things don't last as long as people expect - if people don't grow things they may not realise that things like potatoes, onions, squash, garlic last for many months but only at the right times of year, which isn't this time of year when they are coming to the end.

VfM4meplse

^^^^ I meant to ask you how your allotment did last year, are you still living off its produce? The previous year you seemed to have gluts of everything!

marluc

Hi. i was lucky enough to buy these potatoes for £2.00 in our local morrisons. A member of staff, when asked why they were selling them so cheap, was because the bags were damp and would not store well at morrisons. Although there are only currently 2 of us living at home, I buy their normal large bags and the potatoes last us ages. I have put the newly purchased potatoes in a paper sack and dried them off. Even if potatoes start "sprouting", they are fine to eat. Potatoes are extremely versatile. HTH

Kirri

VfM4meplse wrote: »

^^^^ I meant to ask you how your allotment did last year, are you still living off its produce? The previous year you seemed to have gluts of everything!

It's been a bit up and down the last 2 years with the weather! Had gluts of some things and plenty to eat in summer but everything went in very late with the cold spring, so had lot less stored for winter. I'm supplementing from veg box schemes to get through the winter but have only just eaten the last stored potato from last summer! This year's potatoes will also go in late due to waterlogged ground