Asda trialling £3.50 Wonky Veg boxes

oliveoyl

Link to article http://your.asda.com/news-and-blogs/wonky-fruit-veg-boxes

Seems like a good deal if you can get one - it started yesterday and each trial store will be getting 20 boxes in each to see how they go.

Stores: Totton, Taunton Supercentre, Bury St Edmonds, Cannock, Stevenage Supercentre, Coventry Jubilee Cresent Supermarket, Kingshill, Hessle, Corby, Aberdare, Plymouth, Hinckley, Grantham, Gillingham, Dunstable, Biggleswade, Pentwyn, Newark, Adel, Llanelli, Bridgend, Newton Abbott, Boston, Barnsley, Tilbury, Morley, Donnington Wood, Ipswich, Stoke Park, Kettering, Pershore Supermarket, East Retford Supermarket, Bristol Whitchurch, Lowestoft, Hemel Hempstead Supermarket, Chelmsley Wood, Castlepoint Supercentre, Ipswich, Leamington Spa, Weymouth, Rotherham, Great Yarmouth, Canterbury, Yeovil, Torquay Supermarket, Kingswood, Gosport, Worcester, South Wootton, Colchester, Swanley, Wheatley, Shoeburyness, Eastbourne, Chelmsford, St Austell, Longwell Green, Brighton Marina, Ferring (Worthing), Brighton Hollingbury, Norwich, Woking, Newport Pill, Hayle Harbour, Stowmarket, Swindon, Farnborough, St. Leonard on Sea, Rugby, Hitchin Supermarket, Mansfield, Long Eaton, Arnold, Kingsthorpe Supermarket (A2), Hull, Bilton, Patchway Supercentre, Fareham, Burgh Heath, Poole, Thurmaston, Greenhithe, Bexley, Ramsgate, Twickenham, Hayes, Halesowen, Harlow, Ware, Leicester, Swansea, Nuneaton, Portsmouth, Grimsby, Hull Mt Ples, Middleton, Wakefield, Wisbech, Froome, Wellington, South Woodham Ferrers, Bideford, Wembley, Colindale, Hounslow, Small Heath, Beckton, Clapham Junction, Isle Of Dogs, Capehill, Edmonton, Wallington, Oadby, Hyson Green, Old Kent Road, South Gate Circus, Dagenham, Walthamstow, Milton Keynes, Watford, St Matthews, Great Bridge, Luton, Hatfield, Lower Earley, Roehampton, West Bradford, Leyton, Woking, Dewsbury.

robin58

Ahh! Shoeburyness, my part of the country. May take a look.

When do we start a what kind of wonky fruit/veg we find in our boxes picture thread.

Could be a good laugh! With censoring :eek: of course. :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

VfM4meplse

robin58 wrote: »

Ahh! Shoeburyness, my part of the country. May take a look.

Chances are you'll be in luck, vegetables are an alien notion to many locals

Post what you get, please?

dlusman

How do I post photos that are currently on my PC ? - The "add image" link looks for a URL


In the box I bought this morning

2 parsnips
4 carrots
4 leeks
3 peppers
1 cabbage
18 onions ( mx of small/medium sized )
cucumber
8 potatoes - 4 quite big , 4 a bit smaller

I havent tried to weight them or compare to what they would have cost for standard veg.
I wouldnt describe any of them as wonky/misshapen - Probably failed "standards" due to their relatively small size ( though perfectly okay for me )

welshbookworm

Clicked on link and got this
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maman

It'd be interesting to know how the trial stores were chosen as my local one isn't there but many surrounding towns are.


Also interesting to see the make up of a box as unlike traditional veg boxes it's all basic stuff, nothing 'exotic'.


I think the idea behind it that misshapen/imperfect sized/blemished veg is sold on to customers is a good one but for how long (if at all) it'll be a bargain I wait to be convinced.

dlusman

maman wrote: »

Also interesting to see the make up of a box as unlike traditional veg boxes it's all basic stuff, nothing 'exotic'.
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I dont think there is anything "exotic" in season at the moment ?

dlusman

dlusman wrote: »

How do I post photos that are currently on my PC ? - The "add image" link looks for a URL

Hopefully I have worked it out and you can see photo below

VfM4meplse

Looks like a reasonable amount, but I would get more for the same money from Aldi, plus it would be stuff that I will actually eat.

From memory: celery, carrots at around 55p per pack, pineapple at 69p, 2 bags of apples and a bag of oranges at 59p each - comes to just over £3.50.

sharond101

How do you do the picture? I couldn't work it out.

sharond101

dlusman wrote: »

Hopefully I have worked it out and you can see photo below

How did you do the picture?