just got back from asda, now i know they stock up over night but there was virtually no fruit and veg in the store. The shelves were 90% empty. There was only veg that people don't want to buy like mouldy cauliflours and those spring green things don't think i saw any fruit.
Tried asking the checkout guy where it was but he didn't seem to know.
Have a couple of theorys
1. healthy eating has really taken off (new year)?
2. there is some kind of delivery strike?
3. Asda are just not very good at stocking up?

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morrisons in hillsborough was the same.

so all the fruit and veg in sheffield has gone?:suspect:

mebbe the hols interrupted supply a bit?
demand gone up with new diets etc?

I noticed Somerfield hardly had any fruit and veg in either, whats happened? :suspect:

Try the markets - they fruit and veg may look odd sometimes but it's tastier and cheaper!

Joe

Yes. and the reason its cheap is because its been pressure grown with endless chemicals and so on. Im no organic snob (I cannot afford to be) but im very sceptical.

Also, when you see cheap poulty and the markets the reason why is again it has been pumped with steroids and growth enhancers which leaves massive amounts of nasty nitrate levels in your food.

greengrocers at bottom of moor is overflowing with fruit and veg

Originally posted by sufc_tom
Yes. and the reason its cheap is because its been pressure grown with endless chemicals and so on. Im no organic snob (I cannot afford to be) but im very sceptical.

Also, when you see cheap poulty and the markets the reason why is again it has been pumped with steroids and growth enhancers which leaves massive amounts of nasty nitrate levels in your food.

Yeah, but do you think the stuff you buy in the supermarket is any different?

Originally posted by sufc_tom
Yes. and the reason its cheap is because its been pressure grown with endless chemicals and so on. Im no organic snob (I cannot afford to be) but im very sceptical.


Phooey !! The fruit and veg available in the markets is likely to be from the same source as that in the supermarket; it's often stuff the supermarkets reject on the grounds of shape, size, weight or some other nit-picking criiteria that doesn't satisfy the supemarket's idea of what the customer wants.

Originally posted by sufc_tom
Also, when you see cheap poulty and the markets the reason why is again it has been pumped with steroids and growth enhancers which leaves massive amounts of nasty nitrate levels in your food.

On a TV program they said you can tell which chickens have had a horrible life from the burn marks on their legs where they have sat down in s**t and it's burned their skin off. Next time you're in the supermarket check-out the chickens knees, they are all burned.

Originally posted by Greybeard
Phooey !! The fruit and veg available in the markets is likely to be from the same source as that in the supermarket; it's often stuff the supermarkets reject on the grounds of shape, size, weight or some other nit-picking criiteria that doesn't satisfy the supemarket's idea of what the customer wants.


SO TRUE!!!!

Originally posted by nick2
On a TV program they said you can tell which chickens have had a horrible life from the burn marks on their legs where they have sat down in s**t and it's burned their skin off. Next time you're in the supermarket check-out the chickens knees, they are all burned.

I saw that too nick2!!!
I dont buy full chickens though i buy the fresh breast in the packs so i dont know what their knees would look like :gag:

Originally posted by Sal22
The shelves were 90% empty.

You say 90% empty. I say 10% full.

Originally posted by mr_chris
You say 90% empty. I say 10% full.


bursts into song* ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE LALALALA*

:hihi:

Originally posted by bladeslass
I saw that too nick2!!!
I dont buy full chickens though i buy the fresh breast in the packs so i dont know what their knees would look like :gag:

Well look for 'free range' chucks. I think they're supposed to let these poor b*ggers stand up until it's time to die :P

well i just pick the pack up most of the time :rolleyes:
maybe i should start looking :thumbsup:

Just been to Somerfield (after a trek down to Tescos on Eccy Road, which is shut for refurb, grrr) and their shelved looked like old mother hubards cupboard too. What am I going to put in my chicken pie!!! :(

Tesco's are terrible for fruit and veg they always sell out.

It's the Curse of the Were-Rabbit!

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It's T R U E !!!

The fruit and veg has re-appeared. New years resolutions didn't last long!:hihi:

Originally posted by Greybeard
supermarkets reject on the grounds of shape, size, weight or some other nit-picking criiteria that doesn't satisfy the supemarket's idea of what the customer wants. Yeah - i know what you mean. I saw a carrot on the market that was exactly the same size and shape as my own penis. I had to buy it because of this but £18 for one carrot - i nearly had a heart attack. Which, incidently, is the same reaction some of you ladees have when you see my fruit and veg!:cool:

Originally posted by tmullerd
Tesco's are terrible for fruit and veg they always sell out.

Plenty at the Infirmary Rd store:).

Or there was this afternoon.

it is probably because of the latest news report that eating fresh fruit and veg is the main risk of disease
Or I may be quite wrong