The cheapest place you have found organic meat/vegetables?

pw23

I was wondering if anyone had any advice on the best supermarket/online retailer to use to buy my organic meat/vegetable

products 
My diet is very repetitive and basic, and only consists of:'

breakfast- porridge with almond milk 

lunch - chicken breast, sweet potato, vegetables , banana

dinner - chicken breast, rice, vegetables, pear

I can bulk buy the chicken but would need to top up the fruit and veg weekly 

MrsStepford

You won't get a full shop, but both Aldi and Lidl stock some organic veg and pasta. Abel & Cole and Riverford do veg boxes but these are expensive. Minimum order for both is £15. Riverford doesn't charge for delivery. Milk & More has no minimum order threshold, free delivery and good quality premium organic veg boxes for 16.50. 

Tesco and Sainsbury's have organic meat and poultry, but it's often tough. Can be poor value. Lidl has a grass-fed beef range now. Not organic but better than the basic Red Tractor stuff. 

ASDA does organic poultry but not all stores have it. ASDA also does organic fruit and veg and it's very good quality. A lot of the Gino D'Acampo range of pantry products (exclusive to ASDA) are organic. My local store has destocked  most of the pantry stuff though so check availability. 

Waitrose is excellent of course but you pay Waitrose prices.


 

Murphybear

By MrsStepford said:

You won't get a full shop, but both Aldi and Lidl stock some organic veg and pasta. Abel & Cole and Riverford do veg boxes but these are expensive. Minimum order for both is £15. Riverford doesn't charge for delivery. Milk & More has no minimum order threshold, free delivery and good quality premium organic veg boxes for 16.50. 

Tesco and Sainsbury's have organic meat and poultry, but it's often tough. Can be poor value. Lidl has a grass-fed beef range now. Not organic but better than the basic Red Tractor stuff. 

ASDA does organic poultry but not all stores have it. ASDA also does organic fruit and veg and it's very good quality. A lot of the Gino D'Acampo range of pantry products (exclusive to ASDA) are organic. My local store has destocked  most of the pantry stuff though so check availability. 

Waitrose is excellent of course but you pay Waitrose prices.


 

I often do my shopping in Waitrose because there are only 2 supermarkets where I live, the other one is Sainsbury’s.  They have lots of offers these days, particularly at the deli/meat/fish counter.  Last Friday loads of beef was virtually half price so I bought some sirloin steaks and fillet steaks for the freezer.  

YoungBlueEyes

Have you got a farm shop near you @pw23? Not really a supermarket as such but they'd possibly do online/delivery. Should be a good range of meat too, give you a break from chicken if you fancied something else.

CliveOfIndia

Do you have an outside space where you could grow your own fruit & veg?  Things like bananas are obviously a non-starter in the UK, but it's surprising just how many different kinds of fruit & veg you can grow.  And you don't necessarily need a "garden" as such - you can get some great results from pots, planters (home-made from old recycled wood, of course!) and grow-bags.  And there's nothing quite like nipping out to pick a few tomatoes and eating or cooking with them there and then.

Just a thought.  And if you grow your own, you can guarantee they're organic, and it works out cheap as chips overall.  A freezer is useful - obviously you get tons of crops during the growing season, and most veg will freeze really well.

I realise it's harder if you don't have a "garden" or outside space - though even then, things like herbs, chillies and peppers will grow really well in a pot on the window-sill.

GaleSF63

CliveOfIndia said:

I realise it's harder if you don't have a "garden" or outside space - though even then, things like herbs, chillies and peppers will grow really well in a pot on the window-sill.

And rocket (very easy) and some lettuce.

CcH76

Do you have a local grocers? Ours has a great organic selection 
Also see if there is a community garden locally (some times on an allotment) - these are run by a group of 5/6 people and you all chip in to the maintenance/growing of the crops and can then pick what you need. any surplus can be frozen for later in the year when that veg is out of season.
Ive also been using a website to find the best deal for other produce - supermarketwizard.com -  you add what you want to your 'basket' and it compares all the prices for you! saves me having to go online and check before i go to the shops. 

LunaCatty

Springfield Poultry online are a good option if bulk buying organic or free range chicken. Their free range chicken is raised to the organic standards, just the feed differs. At the moment they have a sale/10% off, plus if you sign up I think you get a discount voucher too. Another one to say growing your own veg can help keep costs down, even if just window salad and herbs, can help.

It is worth also looking for a local CSA - if not noted as organic, talk to them. Often you'll find their standards are the same or higher but the cost of registration as organic is prohibitive for them.
https://communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/