On a serious note, we all need to get behind initiatives like this to show supermarkets we don't care what our veg looks like but would rather stop the mountains of food thrown away because it doesn't look right.

Wonky carrots are a traversty, they make your vision go funny when it gets dark.

While I do agree, large amounts of these misshapen vegetables weren't thrown away anyway. Many of them were used in commercial kitchens (catering, ready meals etc.) or chopped up and sold as prepared vegetables.

Consumers throw away far more food than the supermarkets reject for being misshapen. This new fad is in danger of losing focus on individual waste, and ironically contributes towards it as they're often bundled in large packages or in mixed selections.

Don't get me wrong - I still support it, I just don't think it's quite as revolutionary as many people seem to think it is!

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Thanks.

I'll get some wonky carrots for my wonky donkey.

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Probably became a Big Mac. who knows..

Or a Findus Lasagne

He went on a tour of the country explaining what rhyming means.

On a serious note, we all need to get behind initiatives like this to show supermarkets we don't care what our veg looks like but would rather stop the mountains of food thrown away because it doesn't look right.

Am I missing something or have supermarkets not been selling cheap class 2 veg for years?

So basically - carrots?

While I do agree, large amounts of these misshapen vegetables weren't thrown away anyway. Many of them were used in commercial kitchens (catering, ready meals etc.) or chopped up and sold as prepared vegetables.

Consumers throw away far more food than the supermarkets reject for being misshapen. This new fad is in danger of losing focus on individual waste, and ironically contributes towards it as they're often bundled in large packages or in mixed selections.

Don't get me wrong - I still support it, I just don't think it's quite as revolutionary as many people seem to think it is!

I agree with your sentiment, however I think bringing attention to "wonky" or "misshapen" fruit & veg could just enhance the issue - it means people will continue to differentiate between "normal" and "wonky" veg. I think we should really aim for all shapes and sizes of fruit and veg to be the norm, and wonky veg to just be considered as veg. Maybe I'm just being idealistic though!

Wonky carrots are a traversty, they make your vision go funny when it gets dark.

I say the same thing, but I have to admit if I'm picking carrots etc. and it's the same price for a wonky looking one as it is for a "perfect" looking one I'll always pick out the "perfect" ones!

What really annoyed me is that firstly Morrisons did the trial of Wonky vs Class I vegetables at the same price. Who is ever going to think that was the objective? Surely, the idea was to see if people would actually buy 'wonky' veg. Then, after they brought these carrots in for 50p for 1.5kg, they reduce their 1kg non-wonky carrots to 32p. Are they actually trying to sabotage it or not? It really seems to me that they are.

Me too, not being shallow but wonky ones are harder to peel!

I have allotment, and my veg is mostly far more wonky than the supermarkets rebranded class 2 veg. Bet mine tastes better and has less pesticide in it. Parsnip price looks good though as its out of season and I fancy a parsnip, ginger and chilli soup.

i got this one from asda, nightmare to peel!

Damn it! What's with all these great deals coming after Mother's Day?