Just don't cry if you can't find any... :confused:
backinstock
16 Feb 1612#1
And you seem like someone that knows their onions. :smile:
Cheers
horsepills
16 Feb 1610#16
With the sudden popularity in wonky vegetables, and deals on them - they will soon become the "norm".
Straight, perfect vegetables will no longer be popular - shunned by society, the supermarkets will force farmers to destroy them. Then it will be up to us, the public, to ask "what's wrong with perfect veg?" - and campaign to save them from being wasted.
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backinstock
16 Feb 1612#1
And you seem like someone that knows their onions. :smile:
Cheers
sarkymark1
16 Feb 1621#2
Will keep my eyes peeled for this...
Blaggins to sarkymark1
16 Feb 1618#3
Just don't cry if you can't find any... :confused:
thewongwing101
16 Feb 16#4
My favourite :smile:
sradmad
16 Feb 16#5
good find op, heat added
eset12345
16 Feb 163#6
the wonky carrots are good value at 50p for 1.5kg or 33p/kg
dragonxpress
16 Feb 16#7
Saw a 5kg bag of onions for a quid at farm foods last week :smile: ....
rubberbullets
16 Feb 16#8
Normally buy a 4 or 5 kilo bag for 99p in local store.
schnide
16 Feb 164#9
Really happy to see something is being done about the whole waste issue.. and proud to be a member of the HUKD community that a) has no doubt helped in the cause and b) knows how to enjoy itself in the process!
DJEvans
16 Feb 16#10
Agree with above comment! Good on Morrisons for addressing the whole food waste issue. Got some 'wonky' potatoes last week. Excellent value.
Heat.
scubapaula
16 Feb 165#11
Totally agree with the wonky veg.. Should of done it years ago to help these farmers out. If its wonky or dirty who cares.. veg are veg.. wash it and scoff it. yumm.. Well done Morrisons, hope they all join in.
But how much are the supermarkets paying the farmer for these 'wonky' veg... I expect there's a greater profit margin on these compared with 'regular' veg.
horsepills
16 Feb 1610#16
With the sudden popularity in wonky vegetables, and deals on them - they will soon become the "norm".
Straight, perfect vegetables will no longer be popular - shunned by society, the supermarkets will force farmers to destroy them. Then it will be up to us, the public, to ask "what's wrong with perfect veg?" - and campaign to save them from being wasted.
weeme56 to horsepills
17 Feb 16#33
barclays
16 Feb 16#17
They get same money being sold in retail packs as they do when they go to processors who keel them for ready meals, schools, etc etc, only winners are the retailers who need extra profit as you the consumer do not buy the regular ones with the same profit margin.
noddle36
16 Feb 16#18
Don't the wonky fruit and vegetables get sold in the markets?
marlovian to noddle36
16 Feb 162#19
A lot are used for prepared veg packs. Easy money and it all looks the same in small pieces.
fishmaster
16 Feb 16#20
Now I know what's wrong with my bowling.
Keith26
17 Feb 16#21
You can buy veg like this for peanuts if you near farm shops, it is yet another way of supermarkets raking it all in, 25kg for £1 where as this is £9.66 for the same. (you can get smaller bags too before you all comment) This just illustrates how they play people like fiddles whilst making you feel good thinking you are helping the farmer and stopping landfill or ploughing back into the fields.
Searcher2 to Keith26
17 Feb 162#23
Most people don't live near places selling onions at £1 for 25KG. I live in a semi-rural area and I certainly can't buy them at this price. It seems this initiative could be as a result of a TV program which showed a farmer going under and having to get rid of imperfect crops. So isn't it better to sell the imperfects rather than plough them back in the field?
bmwjej to Keith26
17 Feb 16#31
Really? Most Farm Shops I have been to are considerably more expensive than Supermarkets. Agree veg is lovely and fresh but I can't afford £3 for a cauliflower or £1.50 a kilo for carrots, £1 for 1 large onion, to name a few prices. Please tell me the addresses of these Cheap Farm shops so I can stock up
bmwjej to Keith26
17 Feb 16#32
Really? Most Farm Shops I have been to are considerably more expensive than Supermarkets. Agree veg is lovely and fresh but I can't afford £3 for a cauliflower or £1.50 a kilo for carrots, £1 for 1 large onion, to name a few prices. Please tell me the addresses of these Cheap Farm shops so I can stock up
Chetan.Chudasama
17 Feb 16#22
Superb post Thanks OP :smiley: Now to get this labelled and for people to recognise that it is normal not wonky
ssc1
17 Feb 16#24
onion bhajis !
brenoc
17 Feb 16#25
Stop please with all these jokes now ,,in fact that's shallot
Downfall
17 Feb 16#26
And, more importantly, tastes the same! :smiley:
morrig
17 Feb 16#27
Bought a pack on Sunday thinking maybe there going to do this for other wonky veg,seems Jamie and Hughie double barreled going on about the waste might be getting through to the Supermarkets?
Pencilsmith
17 Feb 16#28
The farm shops near me don't give you 25 kilos of onions for a quid. Where do you do your shopping - 1962?
holly100
17 Feb 16#29
have to give it to William Chase - the vodka man - started business with wonky spuds - tyrells crisps
Wonky carrots, onions and potatoes bought tried and thumbs up. Absolutely fine. Well done Morrisons, keep it up, could do with more Wonky veg at these prices.
weeme56
17 Feb 16#34
Oh No!!! Next thing celebrity chefs will start using them, like the did with chicken wings & skirt of beef. Thr=ey will become 'Luxury foods@ like snails in garlic did!!! :P
daryl8177
17 Feb 16#35
Got the wonky potato and all looked regular to me
fireman1
23 Feb 16#36
'wonky' 'perfect' We should be boycotting the stereotyping of veg! It Is neither wonky or perfect shaped. it is just veg!! costs the same to produce, should cost the same to buy. It grows naturally in all different shapes, colours and sizes and gets chopped up, put in a pan and eaten.
noddle36
23 Feb 16#37
Was it the EU laws where we was not allowed to sell wonky fruit and vegetables?
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All look perfectly fine to me!
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Straight, perfect vegetables will no longer be popular - shunned by society, the supermarkets will force farmers to destroy them. Then it will be up to us, the public, to ask "what's wrong with perfect veg?" - and campaign to save them from being wasted.
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Supermarket Morrisons’ efforts to encourage customers to buy wonkier-shaped vegetables have been branded “pathetic” by the chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.
Straight, perfect vegetables will no longer be popular - shunned by society, the supermarkets will force farmers to destroy them. Then it will be up to us, the public, to ask "what's wrong with perfect veg?" - and campaign to save them from being wasted.
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2011/jul/21/william-chase-tyrrells-crisps-founder-friday-interview