price of fruit and veg

Jolaaled

Does any one know of a website that compares the cost-per-kilo of different fruit and vegetables, across the different supermarkets??

When i look at my monthly shopping budget, my biggest outlay is veggies (we're all vegetarian) and i'd like to cut down the cost, without sacrificing too much quality. Tesco's veg seems to reasonably priced, but the quality is dire sometimes, with stuff either over- or under-ripe.

thanks for any tips.

tryingtodobetter

I always buy my fruit and vegeatables from Morrisons much cheaper than Tesco and much better quality. Lidl do great deals on fruit and veg but unfortunately too far for me to go every week.

lil_me

www.mysupermarket.com is a comparison site, think you can on there. Lidl's has half price fruit and veg at the minute.

Peartree

If you're biggest outlay is veg you might find it better to explore your local market. As the previous poster said, Lidl is good as they often do half price on fruit and veg but they can sell out quickly.

ok_go

Hi This may not be available everywhere, but it may well be worth looking out for a local fruit and veg co-op.

They offer fruit and veg at pretty much wholesale prices., For example one that I have just linked up with through work offer a typical bag containing carrots, potatoes, 2 onions, cauliflower etc for £2. they do similar bags for fruit and veg.


I can't seem to find any central informaion as to where they are unfortunately so you may have to do some digining around locally.

By using them you will be supporting access for everyone to cheap F&V. And they always appreciate hands on help if anyone has any spare time

Regards

Go

Jolaaled

the idea of a local fruit and veg co-operative sounds a fab idea..specially if they can get wholesale prices. Maybe i'll put an ad in freecycle and see if anyone knows of one in my area.
Great ideas, thanks everyone.

sanya1995

which area do you live?

annie-c

The fruit and veg cooperative sounds like a great idea - but in any case it is worth asking for recomendations by word of mouth (or via freecycle) as to where the cheapest place is to buy food locally. Personally I find supermarkets more expensive than the grocers or market in my town (unless they are reduced in price near the 'best before date'. But grocers vary enormously. For example, on Weds I paid £1.50 for a small butternut squash in an average looking grocers in a relatively poor area close to work. On the way home, I needed to call in at my sister's house and she directed me to her local grocer that operates on a 'pile it high, sell it cheap' basis, where I bought 6 small butternut squashes for £1!

It's definitely worth asking for local recommendations....

PasturesNew

It's also worth taking a small notebook out with you and writing down the prices of fruit/veg everywhere you go.

I thought farm shops would be cheap (the rough/dusty ones, not those posh ones) and went into one on Thursday. After that I popped into Lidl and found
I could have got my parsnip a bit cheaper at Lidl.

For spuds, I bought 5Kg at Aldi the other week, then found 5Kg was cheaper in Morrisons by 10p.

Really read those labels carefully and only buy on the p/100g price. Baking potatoes can be 3x the price of other potatoes, so I buy the cheaper ones and have 2-3 smaller baked spuds rather than one larger proper 'baking potato'.

Jolaaled

yes..i'm going to start to write down price per kilo of all my usual fruit and veg purchases. I've made a start and made a list of tesco's prices (off the website).

I don't know of any 'pile it high' shops in my area, but will try Lidl again, as it's sometimes on my way back from work.
There is a farmers market that comes here each month...i would love to get locally produced stuff, but i expect the prices are higher than tesco. I'm trying to only eat what's in season too, to keep costs low as possible.


From your posts, it looks like Morrisons can be quite cheap..will try it next week and take my notebook.

jannyannie

Hi
I tend to get all my veg at my local farm shop. Don't know if you live near one or not. Otherwise I would use my local market. Veg in supermarkets tastes like it's been sitting around for months. It's rank. Have just started growing my own. Have always grown tomatoes but am going to have a go at most things. You can grow salad leaves on your window sill.