Organic fruit and veg cheaper or in bulk :)

pickledkate

I grow a good bit of the veg I use on a yearly basis (still waiting on the fruit) but usually top up using local organic farm shops. Although this has been great for some time and I love supporting small, local businesses. I've noticed that the prices are continually getting higher and my purse strings getting tighter 

I've had a search online for deliveries. Does anyone use or have used an online organic grocer? Or exotic fruit grocer? If so which were best price wise, quality and also it would be amazing if they sold somewhat in bulk to save a little more.

It would be great to hear from anyone that has actually used them rather than a google search  thank you!

MrsStepford

I have been buying organic food since 2012. Abel and Cole and Riverford are the biggest veg box schemes and I use both, making up my own boxes (£15 min). Tried Pikt once and it was awful. None of them allow bulk orders for home deliveries. 

Waitrose, ASDA, Ocado, Tesco, Morrisons, Aldi, Lidl, Sainsbury's, Marks & Spencer all sell organic food. I would single out ASDA as being great quality for the price. None of them do bulk packs. 

Costco, Amazon and Sous Chef do bulk packs for organic tins and packets. 

ailsacraig

Another vote for Abel and Cole here. We signed up September 2019 and had constant, unchanging supplies all the way through Covid including during the panic buying at the start for which we were very grateful. We get a British organic veg box most week to try to keep food miles down. It's good, but at this time of year it's pretty unvarying (carrots, cabbage, parsnips, mushrooms) which is only to be expected if you're trying to eat seasonally. Occasionally in Jan/Feb my will fails me and I add in some more Mediterranean type veg. The quality is absolutely excellent and sometimes you get some real treats and discoveries that the supermarkets don't stock eg wild garlic, or bergamot lemons. I priced their stuff against Sainsburys and it's no more expensive (for organic).