If you go to an Aldi when they open first thing and the fruit and veg sections are full. Go at 9pm and it usually looks pretty desolate by comparison. I feel this approach limits wastage because if you put dates on, people just reach under and find stuff with that extra day on and then it ends up on the reduced shelf. The stuff on there always looks grim when I walk past it and it's not even out of date. Market stall produce have no dates on and no one accuses them of deliberate dubious practice. There's no date on loose bananas in any supermarket, you pick the sizes you want and "best" looking ones. I also do this with stuff in packets, date or no date. If I see something bad, even if in date, I don't think all their produce is bad, I just pick another that's fine. Given the sheer logistics of transporting fruit and veg a few hundred, sometimes thousands, of miles to stores meaning we can buy stuff every day of the year, these things can happen.
A carrot is a carrot, it's shape or size doesn't really matter so I'm not sure what would define a low quality carrot. Why do you need a date on a potato? What did people do before dates? If something is edible it's edible, it doesn't explode with mould at the stroke of midnight after the BB date. I can go into any supermarket and find some poor quality veg.
steveblackman
21 Aug 168#1
I find tescos cheaper steaks fatty and grissaly. Try aldis steaks, fantastic cuts of meat.
dragonxpress
21 Aug 167#12
I suppose paying more makes them better quality? I buy my fruit, veg and meat from Aldi and is much better than the top 4 supermarkets especially on price. Have been in the food business for over 30 years so know what I'm talking about.
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steveblackman
21 Aug 168#1
I find tescos cheaper steaks fatty and grissaly. Try aldis steaks, fantastic cuts of meat.
monkey1999 to steveblackman
21 Aug 163#6
Lmao Aldi meats better sorry Aldi fruit and meat is very poor
belfastgeoff to steveblackman
21 Aug 162#10
go to local bucher
muffboy to steveblackman
21 Aug 16#39
"grissaly" blimey that sounds posh!
zx636r
21 Aug 16#2
This is the standard price...
ssaass
21 Aug 161#3
May I suggest trying " Iceland's ", Porterhouse steak. 179 gramms and costs £3.00. One of the best pieces of steak I have eaten in a long time. N.B. it comes in a sealed pack and looks quite small, it is much larger when removed from the packaging.
steveblackman to ssaass
21 Aug 161#4
I'll give that a go next time.
umirza85 to ssaass
21 Aug 16#25
179 grams for a "porterhouse"....
liamwill83 to ssaass
21 Aug 16#31
Never realised Iceland did this, must give it a try. Thanks
tobyheyhosmith to ssaass
21 Aug 16#32
Six ounce Porterhouse,you can't be serious
scorryuk
21 Aug 161#5
Tried few of these on BBQ recently. Tasted amazing. Some of the more expensive cuts not so much.
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A carrot is a carrot, it's shape or size doesn't really matter so I'm not sure what would define a low quality carrot. Why do you need a date on a potato? What did people do before dates? If something is edible it's edible, it doesn't explode with mould at the stroke of midnight after the BB date. I can go into any supermarket and find some poor quality veg.
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