price of apples!

Dill

I've just paid £2.73 in the Co-Op for two apples



..and another £1.17 for a small cooking apple :eek:


Is this normal? Perhaps the variety I bought are out of season. They weren't even organic or anything like that. I'm sure apples are not usually that pricey!

NewShadow

I just bought 12 for £1 from the market.

Co-op do tend to be a little pricey, but I regularly buy a bag of 6 or so apples for £1.50

Didn't you see the price before you bought them, or ask at the checkout?

It's possible they were mis-entered on the POS system (decimal place shifted across perhaps).

Dill

NewShadow wrote: »

I just bought 12 for £1 from the market.

Co-op do tend to be a little pricey, but I regularly buy a bag of 6 or so apples for £1.50

Didn't you see the price before you bought them, or ask at the checkout?

It's possible they were mis-entered on the POS system (decimal place shifted across perhaps).

They were individual apples sold by weight and I only realised when I'd got to the till how much they were I know pink ladies are usually a bit more expensive but I'm sure they're not usually £1.50 each :eek:

receipt says 0.785kg @ £3.49 per kilo..

GreyQueen

:eek: Well, we're out-of-season for apples in the UK at the moment but imports are ususally much cheaper than that. I can normally get a bag of 8 apples with change from £1 from the supermarket.

I'm partial to an apple but I would have walked away from them at that price, I'm afraid, being a natural born tightwad.

NewShadow

Dill wrote: »

receipt says 0.785kg @ £3.49 per kilo..

Two apples at 785g aren't small apples - I think 150/160g is more common.

800g is a standard bag of 6 apples.

Tesco has them down at £3.25 per kilo, but approx 55p each.

http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/tesco-price-comparison/Fruit/Tesco_Pink_Lady_Apples_Approx_170g.html?TrackingCode=2201.MvjXYjE5g0WhSuekqrGGBg

moneyistooshorttomention

That sounds expensive.

From memory - the last bag of apples I bought (5 I think?) was £1.75 from T*sco. Organic ones as per usual.

Mr_Singleton

NewShadow wrote: »

Co-op do tend to be a little pricey

Now that has GOT to be the understatement of the year!

Hand on heart, I have no idea how the Co-Op stays in business. Fools and there money?

welshbookworm

Co Op pack of wraps £1.29
Waitrose pack of wraps 90p
Guess where I went
But Co Op are cheap as chips for cigarettes £5.99 compared to £6.39 in Waitrose.
So its Co Op for ciggys and Waitrose for wraps.

Dill

NewShadow wrote: »

Two apples at 785g aren't small apples - I think 150/160g is more common.

They don't look that big. I'm tempted to go and weigh them myself now, lol

theoretica

Dill wrote: »

They don't look that big. I'm tempted to go and weigh them myself now, lol

Sounds a good idea. Apples are about the same density as water, so to be 785g total they would need to be about the size of a mug each.

Dill

I'm glad I asked on here! I've just weighed the 2 apples and they're 311g
Co-Op must have mis-weighed them, grrr.


I'll be more careful in future when shopping!