Prices of vegetables.

[megankl]

I can't believe the prices of fruits and vegetables now that winter is here! I was at the grocery store the other day and cherries were $9.99 a LB! I can't believe it I almost fell over. I opted for a bag of grapes instead which also came to $11. It is pretty ridiculous how you can buy a bag of chips on sale for $.99 but you can't get fruits and vegetables for ever that cheap. And we wonder why over half the population is over weight.

 

[Ella]

Many supermarkets in the UK ,under government pressure do specials each week on fruit and vegetables. There is a slogan, "Part of your five a day," as in portions for a healthy and balanced diet. If you shop around then you can find reasonable prices, but they are in general high unless they are on offer or reduced.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

We often purchase veg and fruit through the offers, when the item is already reduced. It makes life so much cheaper, but it can be very hit and miss. For example, plums are £1.75 a punnet, special offer buy 2 punnets for £3... but if I wait until they are reduced, I can get them for say £1.25 and if I purchase 2 of them reduced to £1.25 the computer system will still knock off the 50p because I qualify for the special offer, thereby reducing the cost to £1 a punnet... I can cope with that and if I have nothing planned with plums that week, then the get cooked and put in the freezer where they will get used next week... but they usually get added to the yoghurt during the week, so are actually used and really liked here.

we also get our potatoes locally rather than from the supermarket. this means we have to purchase 5kg or 10kg bags of 'dirty' potatoes with soil on them (shock horror) but it is often much, much cheaper than buying the through the supermarket and given that we live in one of the main potato growing areas in the UK... so glad I love potatoes

 

[Food4thought]

Buying seasonal fruit and vegetables means that you can get them when they cost less. Don't rely on supermarkets. If you have a street market or local grocery store where they are sold loose, you may find they cost less there.

Unless they are on special offer, buying them ready packaged in bags costs more than buying loose by the pound.

 

[welsh dragon]

Fruit and vegetables here in the UK are probably at theyre cheapest in a long time. If fruit is that expensive where you are, then perhaps a lot of it is down to where you live. Sounds like you live somewhere like alaska...