Has anyone ever bought 3 cucumbers at once?

[wiggydiggy]

Lets get back to seasonal fruit and veg instead of having everything 365.

This was exactly one of the arguments being made on Jeremy Vine yesterday and I agree.

i love that 'Wonky' veg from Morrisons, the carrots are so cheap compared to the 'posh' ones with the green bits left on .... 39p/kg compared to say Waitrose rainbow carrots, £14/kg !!

On Clarksons Farm S2 when talking to another farmer, the other farmer pointed out to JC that for wonky veg it is expected that she should sell them for less but they cost her the same to grow....

 

[Dogtrousers]

Making strawberry ice cream with the kids, fresh strawberries from Spain, no problem.

Still not very seasonal of course, but the kids want what they know.

You have failed as a parent. Properly brought up British children would be clamouring for turnips and Marmite.

 

[Reynard]

It's waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too cold for ice cream...

 

[winjim]

It's waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too cold for ice cream...

You are clearly not a three year old child. It is never too cold for ice cream. I blame that bloody Disney film.

 

[Jameshow]

The culinary equivalent of N+1?

I love the stuff. No visit to Costco is complete unless there'a 600g tub of marmite in the trolley.

Horrid stuff I'll ban it when I become prime minister!!

 

[dan_bo]

Had a full tray of em instead CO-OP today lads. Bought 7 just in case.

 

[Reynard]

You are clearly not a three year old child. It is never too cold for ice cream. I blame that bloody Disney film.

Nope LOL...

It's hot chocolate with marshmallows and squirty cream kind of weather.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Pretty sure Debbie who lived in an American city might have done according to legend

Wasn’t that her sister Carrie?

 

[gbb]

https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk...must-be-prepared-to-pay-more-for-food-4041743
One aspect of the supply chain problems we are facing is supermarket driven the endless drive to cut out cost, increase profit, and the growers often face the brunt of it.
In my last employers, I visited a Cyprus citrus grower twice a year for a good few years and gained knowledge of how things actually work. The supermarkets hit the supplier (packer, middleman, my then employer), the supplier hits the grower for anything it can, late delivery, quality of product etc etc, the grower is on a hiding to nothing. When it all eventually went south with my employer, the farm out there just sold everything to Russia , easy quick business, paid promptly...everything our system seems to do the exact opposite of. The MD of that farm told me he was looking forward to doing business with the Russians, no one in the world is as (uneccessarily) demanding as the British supermarkets.
Increasingly now, the supermarkets have cut out the middlemen and negotiate with the growers directly, and we all know how aggressive the British supermarket business model is, so it doesn't bode well.

 

[The Crofted Crest]

The Tesco version gets very good AND very bad reviews. I'll try it and see for myself.

Bit Marmite, is it?

 

[DRM]

https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk...must-be-prepared-to-pay-more-for-food-4041743
One aspect of the supply chain problems we are facing is supermarket driven the endless drive to cut out cost, increase profit, and the growers often face the brunt of it.
In my last employers, I visited a Cyprus citrus grower twice a year for a good few years and gained knowledge of how things actually work. The supermarkets hit the supplier (packer, middleman, my then employer), the supplier hits the grower for anything it can, late delivery, quality of product etc etc, the grower is on a hiding to nothing. When it all eventually went south with my employer, the farm out there just sold everything to Russia , easy quick business, paid promptly...everything our system seems to do the exact opposite of. The MD of that farm told me he was looking forward to doing business with the Russians, no one in the world is as (uneccessarily) demanding as the British supermarkets.
Increasingly now, the supermarkets have cut out the middlemen and negotiate with the growers directly, and we all know how aggressive the British supermarket business model is, so it doesn't bode well.

You’ve hit the nail on the head, the UK supermarkets really are in a race to the bottom

 

[ColinJ]

I tried Lidl instead today... Same result. No cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers etc and I got the last bag of salad leaves. No eggs either.

 

[Reynard]

You’ve hit the nail on the head, the UK supermarkets really are in a race to the bottom

OTOH it might help with the equally thorny problem of domestic food waste. if stuff's more expensive, it might make people think twice before chucking something that's still edible.

 

[tom73]

It may sound odd to many but the fact is we've not been paying the true cost of food for years. As been said every cost saving go's right back to start of the supply chain. I know many horticultural suppliers and growers who I once used are no longer around due to having to provide stuff at a loss. I've seen some of pricers they get paid and it's crazy how little it is.
Growers of salad stuff simply have either closed or delayed sowing so early crop is simply not around. Main crop is looking less common too. Trade have seen this coming for months but no one bothered to listen. Our food markets are a total mess look at chickens we basically have 3 levels of it. cheep, free range and organic. Then we've farmers being paid less price per litre of milk than bottled water. It madness we either look after growers and farmers or lose them. Food secretary matters and most just don't care. That's before we even start to deal with food poverty.

I tried Lidl instead today... Same result. No cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers etc and I got the last bag of salad leaves. No eggs either.

Supermarkets that stepped in provided support and paid suppliers a fair price a few months ago on longer have an issue with egg supply.
Lidi was not one them.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

that for wonky veg it is expected that she should sell them for less but they cost her the same to grow.

That’s not true, for all the straight veg they have to employ workers with heated straighteners to keep the veg growing right till harvest.