Berries - UK Prices!

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  • SaraBrown12
    SaraBrown12 Posts: 277 Member
    I HATE the taste and texture of both frozen and tinned fruit. keep checking out aldi, they have some fab promotions on fresh produce that change weekly. Also as other said, markets if you eat them same day. The current offer in asda is 2 x 400g punnets of scottish strawberrys for £3 i think thats pretty cheap and they are beautiful!!!
  • CubicCutie
    CubicCutie Posts: 53
    Frozen is cheaper and not bad.

    Fruit and veg shops usually stock things which are in season and so cost less whereas supermarkets sell all year round but the price reflects availability and cost of getting it to you.

    Also market stalls especially towards the end of the day when they are packing up.

    Sadly, I live on an island and cannot source such things other than 2 supermarkets. No farmers markets, pick your own or organic meats here:sad:
  • Matt_Wild
    Matt_Wild Posts: 2,673 Member
    Frozen from Asda are £2 for 500g. Easy and just as good :o))
  • susyw_2003
    susyw_2003 Posts: 70
    I was thinking that maybe the frozen berries would be very sweet and I tend to take them to work for snacking in between meals.. can imagine them being quite sour almost! But a good idea for mixing in with smoothies or yogurt though.

    I guess its just a case of trying to find the best offers as ASDA do a reguar offer of two punnets for £3 which is good but still the actual amount you get can be tiny.
  • 3laine75
    3laine75 Posts: 3,069 Member
    farm shop or market if you can, otherwise i look out for the offers in the supermarket - one or the other usually has a bogof or 2 for £2 etc.

    co-op are usually good :)
  • susyw_2003
    susyw_2003 Posts: 70
    I guess its just the downside of eating fresh foods. I went shopping on Monday and brought turkey, berries, soup, chicken, asparagus and nuts.. didnt get much change out of £30, you can see why people use the 'eating healthy is too expensive' excuse eh :'(
  • JesterMFP
    JesterMFP Posts: 3,596 Member
    At the risk of stating the obvious (but I didn't see anyone else suggest it) try a green grocer. My local one is a lot better value for most things than the supermarkets. Still quite expensive, but nowhere near as bad.

    Also, not a help for this year, but definitely consider growing your own if you have the space, as it's well worth it (usually much tastier too!)
  • luan999
    luan999 Posts: 87 Member
    i buy frozen summer fruits from tesco and lidl...cheaper than fresh!:smile:
  • bulbadoof
    bulbadoof Posts: 1,058 Member
    I buy what's on sale, be it frozen or fresh.

    Berries are also super easy to grow, they're very low-maintenance compared to a lot of other things you could be growing.
  • SRH7
    SRH7 Posts: 2,037 Member
    As others have said make sure you buy when in season and check out your local market. Best bet is to get there after 4pm when there are bargains to be had. Not sure where you live but, for example, Leeds outdoor market currently has two punnets of strawberries for £1. If you go late on on a Tuesday they sell everything off as the outside area is an Asian fabric market on Wednesdays. One of my colleagues got a carrier bag of mushrooms the other week for £1. Ask around friends and family to find the best times to go to your local market.

    Also get to know the times when your local supermarket has the yellow sticker goods that have the use-by dates due to run out. My local stores have good prices between 6pm-8pm. Surprisingly, while Waitrose is incredibly expensive for full-price food, they have the biggest mark-downs (I got six baby gem lettuces for 19p yesterday and really posh mozzarella down from £4 to 29p.

    With berries I just stretch them out with cheaper fruit such as apples, oranges and melon to stretch them out, but of course that means more carbs.
  • mazdauk
    mazdauk Posts: 1,380 Member
    As others have said, Aldi and Lidl are excelent for fruit and veg - my mum says its better quality than the stuff in M&S (and she is picky!)

    And do try growing some - raspberries are especially good to grow, as they are one of the most expensive in the shops. Stick the canes in the ground, cut them down, then you might get a couple of berries next year but generally they really take off the followng year (as they mostly fruit on the previous year's growth). If you don't have a garden, strawberries can be grown in tubs or even hanging baskets.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    It's expensive in the US too honestly!
  • suemcmurry
    suemcmurry Posts: 188 Member
    Buy frozen if you can!
  • laurapeepee
    laurapeepee Posts: 11
    Definitely look in your local greengrocer if you can.
    And maybe see if there are pick your own fields around you? around my parts you can go in and get a few containers worth for £ 7 - £8. And then freeze them to make them last longer
  • Camera_BagintheUK
    Camera_BagintheUK Posts: 707 Member
    Try popping to Tesco or Marks or somewhere really late - when they mark it all down to stupidly cheap prices :smile:
  • Graelwyn75
    Graelwyn75 Posts: 4,404 Member
    Try popping to Tesco or Marks or somewhere really late - when they mark it all down to stupidly cheap prices :smile:

    Yep, the key is to suss out when these shops mark down their perishables. Marks even reduces their sandwiches to 10-50p, and their bread loaves to 10-50p. Asda is another one that has markdowns. Usually it is around 7/7.30pm for marks, and 4-5pm at Asda, same for Tesco.
  • lcfairbairn74
    lcfairbairn74 Posts: 412 Member
    As others have mentioned, LidL and Aldi may be the shops to go for. If you buy fresh fruit or vegetables out of there, they don't tend to keep as long as the produce from the supermarkets. But to eat that day or the next, they are much cheaper! :wink:

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