50p for air? ​That's inflation for you!

The way it should be, hopefully shameful scenes like this caused by supermarkets will soon be a thing of the past.

1996 You say? Hugh must have aged well in the last 20 years then.



:laughing: I suspect, Sir, you don't know what you're on about. :smile:

The Asda worker must have been confused and or lost it`s Tesco :stuck_out_tongue::laughing:

Not in ilkeston store they're not, I ask yesterday and was told he had never heard anything about it.
But this is ilkeston tesco I'm talking about and we never get offers like other stores do.

I have visited several Tescos since this was first posted, no one but no one has even heard of this in the Midlands does anybody in Coventry area know different

Not bad!, thanx for this. :-)

Good point ...

About time Tesco rolled out cheap bendy veg out to all stores, not many people go to a supermarket without buying others items they had not planned on. Cheap bendy veg is an obvious winner.

Tesco donates 3.6p of the 5p bag charge to local causes / community projects: http://www.tesco.com/carrier-bags/

If you're interested in how much of the charge other supermarkets donate to good causes, http://www.itv.com/news/2016-10-05/plastic-bag-5p-charge-where-does-the-money-go/

I love buying baby potatoes, leave the skin on them coat them in olive oil and salt and roast in the oven . Yum lol

​They're trialling it out in certain stores first to see how it goes. if successful then will go out to more or all stores. Hope this helps.

Saw the 8 out of 10 cats does Countdown episode when it went out! Bloody brilliant! :smile:

Is this just a deal from Halloween? I want more now... nom nom nom

No sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee?.

But nope for me!.

Lol.

Having blow in your bag is bound to make you feel a little awkward.

Nice deal

Lol

TRUE!, though I would feel a wee bit 'awkward' having some of the blow in my bag (no 'pun' intended!, hehehe):


Hahahahahahaha. :-)

These are nomal veg...

They taste the same, when peeled and cut they look the same...

its a very british way of looking at perfectly good food as somehow broken...

Such a hot and popular deal yet tesco only have very little stock of the wonky veg, was told by staff at the brighouse superstore they only got 2 creates in over weekend , was abit of a time waste

Can't you just stick normal veg in one of these bags and save money?!

Fill yer boots..

Good idea this to save this veg going to waste, well done tesco.

oppps, forgot....HEAT OP :smiley:

None in any the T ive visted recently, shame is its soup season, cook and freeze, cook and freeze!

Should have told him Wonky Veg get jobs in Tesco :smile:

Great my rabbits love veg wonky ir not.

Went to 2 stores in Liverpool-Mather Ave + Allerton Rd Woolton,neither had any wonky veg or the fruit/veg staff,had never even heard of "WONKY VEG"-What is going on Tesco's-Are you only doing it in certain areas,if so WHY!!!!!! with all the food waste that are growers have to put with.Wake up and smell the smell the Coffee Tesco's

Well, maybe because there is no ban on selling wonky veg? There are some definitions of what first grade fruit and veg look like for the wholesale market, but you can always sell second grade, and in any case these definitions do not apply to retail. It is up to the supermarkets what they sell, and it is because of consumer pressure that they do it.

blackpool store is 30p for 5 items, not a full bag.

Only logged in to like this post!!!!

had this in our local, Brook Green/Hammersmith. but they had a puny amount of veg on offer. Filled a tiny container with a few potatoes, carrots and (I think) swede, but hadn't noticed the label saying 5 for 30p. Amended it to a couple of bags, still a much better deal than usual price.

I am wondering when someone will use this deal multiple times enough to put up a picture spelling 'HUKD' like people used to do when there were misprices on cheese back in the day.. :smiley:

Tesco bulwell and top valley dont even sell wonky veg :disappointed:

2209 degrees for a mislabeled deal? Not to say 5 for 30p is bad, but a whole bag for 30p is clearly not nationwide.

Didn't have this in my local store, bought a bag of wonky maris piper potatoes thou for 90p which I thought was good deal

I for one am not "responsible for the perfectionism we now have in supermarkets" I wanted to vote for a party that promised to get the ban on wonky veg lifted and was amazed when I discovered that I found no mention of the issue in any manifesto. I am sure that like me, many other people here considered this issue to be more important that any other issue that might have made them vote at the last election. They probably also had it at the top of their list to discuss with the various party representatives that canvassed them for their vote. I am amazed how little mention there has been of the issue at Prime Minister's question time in parliament. Why do the politicians waste time discussing employment, nuclear arms, Brexit, benefits, the NHS, the economy and other such trivial issues when the wonky veg problem is still such a major issue?

What the farmer makes and a supermarket deems good enough to go on a shelf are 2 seperate matters. If it's clear for some reason a field of crops has been badly affected due to weather or some other circumstance then they are unlikely to fork out money to harvest the crops if they know the supermarket would reject them. Of course they also have to find the workers to harvest the crops too.Work force and quality of produce is not a certainty. Lower grade products yield a much lower price. They would also have to be able to sell them.

There is an argument that if all farmers produced x amount and only sold Y amount then you get over supply. That of course assumes all the product as above are sellable. However the farmers take the risk if they produce too much. Of course with a worldwide market if you choose to downsize your fields producing a certain product and you fail to meet the quantity/quality a supermarket requires they will simply go to a bigger farm who can supply them or try to force you down on price.

So it's not really a simply case of grow less due to all the waste. Sometimes more harvest may give you the chance for a higher price on the better quality products.

I just hope Tesco did not pressure this farmer on price to get a dirt cheap price here on the deemed lower quality produce. Or maybe the farmer just wanted to clear stock he could not sell. Something is better than nothing. You would hope some of the food like carrots could be used for stables or farm food.

To be honest parsnips would go for animal feed so not wasted on compost. I was more describing the likes of spring onions, cabbage, cauliflower etc. Which are grown on contract for the retailer so they get paid anyway for growing them whether the retailer needs them or not. My neighbouring farmer contracts out to a retailer and grows spring onions and half the time a couple of fields will be mown down and ploughed in. It almost makes your eyes water for a few days afterwards. I am not saying all veg growers have this setup just the one next door to me but I'm sure there will be lots more. I am sure a lot of misinformed city dwellers who think whittingstall is a folk hero will enjoy the feelgood factor of saving the poor poor wonky veg. No offence to people who live in a City you have your life and I have mine in the country. I think he is a whinging plonker

"had to get conformation as on shelf says 30p an item but was confirmed by veg person it is 30p a bag" Had to get confirmation??!! - OH YES be careful not to get overcharged for vegetables! Dear Me yeah. But then think nothing of slamming 6,000p worth of fuel in your vehicle at the Tesco Pumps during the same trip! Sorry. Heat added tho.

Hi Hille which Tesco did you buy your bag of wonky veg for 30p

​Thanks, shame there's no 100+ liked comment badge (hint hint mods)

​I assure you as an individual working in retail, 1.2 tonnes of perfectly great quality food are dumped by 1 sainsburys store per week. Due to ripped packaging etc. It wasn't any different at my previous waitrose store.

This is actually the number of parsnips the average family will throw out in a lifetime.

I went to 4 different Tescos in the Coventry area today they all treated me as if I was a bit of an idiot NO ONE had heard or wanted to know anything about it one lad didnt even know what a wonky veg was ANYone give advice please

Does that include the 20p for the bag? :smile:

Not in the great yarmouth store...I leo asked the gut on veg..he had never heard of it. BUT ...there was a box with some fruit with a sign saying ..FREE to take for children to eat while shopping. Thought that was a lovely idea! Nice one Tesco!!

Great deal -This will help feed the dogs (I use veg instead of mixer)

That is the funniest comment I have ever seen on here!! All of the people who comment on the toilet seat threads please put this much thought into your "bum deal" jokes!!

No doubt protected from veg from when you were a child then.

Seriously we are all responsible for the perfectionism we now have in supermarkets.

Even if it was a government induced policy. We are the electorate, the government do what the majority want. We just have to make them do what WE want.​

Well I hope it shrivels before you sell it. lol.​

Like the 5p bag charge. Where does the charitable part of this money go to?​

bought the lot at my local , put the lot on eBay

Someone else who saw that reddit/imgur car parking fine post?

I didn't demand perfect looking veg. I think all veg looks weird anyway.

Can I be exempt from the head bowing?

Wonky veg perfect for Halloween , witches gonna love it ...

Hopefully doth butter no parsnips....!

LOL

​No you're talking bullocks.

If a farmer grows say 100 tons of parsnips, and has to reject 40 tons because they don't meet the strict supermarket guidelines, those 40 tons have still had lots of energy and money invested in them (from sunlight, fertiliser, fuel, staff costs etc.)

Thus now the total expenditure all of a sudden is only for 60 tons instead of ~100 (there will always be some rotten or whatever genuine waste)

Far better instead of wasting it as compost to sell it as a commodity so Wonky Veg, food banks etc.

Lol

I used to have a machine outside my garage that took 10p for air. A customer once told me it was ridiculous as air is free and its all around us to which i replied "help yourself then love" and walked off. She wasnt amused lol

Not really as the consumer wasn't given a choice until these "wonky veg" alternatives were offered by the retailers to circumvent EU specifications.

You had a fairly valid argument until you blamed Euro bureaucrats, then I lol'ed.

If Tesco's can't sell wonky veg it's your fault (as a consumer), not the big bad Euro-monster.

What ridiculous comment. Veg Growers grow on contract to supermarkets. If the Veg isn't required it is ploughed back in as green fertilizer. The waste that is being talked about here is the veg that has been harvested but is unacceptable visually so ends up being not sold and goes into commercial waste i.e landfill. It is blown out of proportion by the media by a biased pomped up greeny. I grow a lot of veg in my garden and if I grow a wonky carrot or potato it goes into the composter and is recycled back into the soil. It is the way of life. Nothing is being gained environmentally by the supermarkets selling this veg, It is a good deal, don't get me wrong and if I didn't grow all my own I would probably be buying this. Don't put the veg growers down though. If anyone is to blame it is the Euro bureaucrats demanding precise specifications for veg and fruit.

Great diced for soups and stews. If you dice them in the supermarket, you'll fit loads in your bag. :wink:

Not in Tesco Havant (that I could see).

not available in Colney Hatch.

Also avoid the area if possible as the traffic lights are currently broken

In my local store it says take 5 pieces and all money goes to Charity- you guys are real smart taking loads - it's the charity losing out not Tesco...

It's called Hugh's War on waste ..definitely this year .

​dont be a fool. it was on tv this year! a programme about food waste , can't remember the name but I did watch it and never thought they wasted so many !

U think these bits of veg can be served to guests at a formal dinner party?

I think that'd save a lot of money. Have some warmth..

Me too, always make my mash with the peel still on now. Laziness, and better for you!
same with carrots. can't remember the last time I peeled a carrot.

This deal in any tescos round Liverpool area?

Great to see that Hugh's war on waste is having an effect .Was terrible the amount of waste that was broadcast .

... but what would all those pigs eat so we can have our bacon sarnies?

Only when mashed :stuck_out_tongue:

​why is there no law that this food straighy into food banks or soup kitchen. let them something in to community if not tax!

​Nope, I'm pretty sure he didn't say 1996.

Has anyone bought this in Swansea? Just wondering as i can't be bothered for a trip to tesco with 4 kids, otherwise.
Thanks.

​Completely agree beauty is in the eye of the veg holder :man:

Unless you're using veg for whatever display purpose you may have, does it really matter if it's wonky or not? Why are we forcing vegetables to be a shape we deem acceptable. All veg shapes are right, there is no wonky veg, just veg!
Down with unrealistic veg images!

The plot thickens..

Must be a repeat.

I've long believed the supermarkets operate a similar system to airlines, in as much as they deliberately "overbook" flights in the knowledge that not everyone will check in, similarly not all farmers will be able to supply the volume of produce they promise.

Come harvest time, and some crops will be in short supply, and supermarkets will gladly sell whatever they can get their hands on. Other crops will be in glut, and at that point the buyers will get surprisingly fussy, and the "wrong colour of parsnip" comes into play, ie they will use the most arbitrary and trivial reasons for rejecting a harvest.

It was precisely to stop this sort of thing that we had orgaisations such as the "Potato Marketing board" and "Milk Marketing board" from the late 1930s right up to the late 1990s, when, the big supermarkets managed to get these abolished claiming they would be "better for consumers"

Very nice thanks OP :smiley:

Wish our tesco did this

Try growing your own , then taste them . Doesn't taste like the mass produced supermarket stuff and who cares if it isn't quite perfect. . Grew my own tomatoes on the allotment plot I just acquired and everyone says how much better they taste - perfect or not. Good find op

Iceberg be chance?
Assuming Lettuce is a v*g

cold ! I get the wife's wonky scary vag for free every night :man:

Try Spout hill first.. hated before they were even grown, & cast asunder good or bad (conjecture?)

.. me love em

I put a wonky carrot into a scary bag. Her dad was even scarier... and I guess that's why we're still married.

(Shh..Personally - never really liked parsnips.. in fact; any ugly veg that did not conform to lines & colours of beauty)

Ugly but still..tasty.

Sees visions of old G/F's :confused:

Not the turnip? Can't remember what it was in Blackadder

Pre-bagged 'perfectly imperfect veg' in my local tesco.

The potatoes look like Desiree but didn't mash quite like Desiree.

Yummy.

They were reduced too as the date was close, but I think it's usually a bag for 99p.

Don't ask for more details though as I wasn't doing the shopping, just nosing through the bags whilst looking for blueberries :laughing:

I live near the rhubarb triangle, I will have to visit this parsnip mountain.

I know poor parsnips, mass genocide, and to have them piled up on one another like that is tragic but I'm sure they didn't feel any pain.

The way it should be, and should have always been. Bendy Beans, Crooked carrots, Brain like Broccoli (er no change), cloud shaped Cauliflower (er same again) er etc.

The parsnip mountain (among numerous other food mountains) just makes me so sad.

Wow!! That's a bargain

Good deal if true. My Tesco is by far the most wasteful, very occasionally discounting expensive meat items and throwing away loads of fruit and veg as well as bread as they can't be bothered. My Sainsburys does a great job getting rid with clearance pricing, I see very little waste, and Morrisons not bad either.

​to throw at them?

going to stock up for trick or treaters

Nothing to do with Tescos. It all of us to blame.

I am a kid of the 60's where wonky veg wasn't a fad but a reality as that what was sold then.

Now because of the supermarkets and US demanding perfection, that is what we now get. The wonky stuff usually either gets thrown or sold to people to make soup.

We ALL should hold bow our heads in shame.​

​Not in Hogwarts

Don't knock it until you have tried it Bud.

Loool is one of his favourite words, and I agree with you completely :smiley:

This looks great

Why ironic?

Aren't all photos things of the past?

Confess OP it was all a clever ruse to fool the newbies :laughing:

will this make wonky soup?

I don't care about how my veg looks, wonky tastes the same as pretty veg. voted hot.

Spotted this today in the local Tesco Metro, but it was 5 wonky veg for 30p, not fill up the whole bag for 30p.

Yeah right lazy ****!
Keep telling yourself that

​it's my post and it's def true...I bought the veg today..got my brown bag ...filled it up as much as I could... cost 30p....worth checking in your store as different regions have different offers

Can anyone please tell me if this is true?? If I ask about this at the Warwick store they will just tell me to go away or similar

LoooooL (now wheres the ironic smiley gone) :laughing:

What is it with you and question marks! Not to mention your punctuation in general. Makes my teeth grind reading your posts.

However, parsnips ARE the vegetable of the devil.

Depend's on interpretation?.

As ripping people off (retrospectively speaking?), who can ill afford such obliged upon 'losses', does NOT a happy bunny make ..... :-(

It's NOT like these conglomerates can't afford is it?.

After all, isn't it such 'little people' (so to speak?), were the one's that initially helped put them such all into their relative respective places in the first place?, or ..... (it's the standard story of 'life' really?)

apply water to burned area :P
op, great deal! heat added :smiley:

YEP!. :-)

And ONLY to be then readily replaced for subsequent, further never ending 'examples' of such unnecessary stupid things like this, for the hear on in ..... :-(

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm, sad, but true.

there was a documentary on it last year and is still happening

there was a documentary on it last year and is still happening

The large strawberries tend to come from countries like spain, our weather is actually ideal for strawberries, spains isn't its not wet enough and they grow too big with the son.

If you try to grow stuff too fast you get big watery tasteless things.

:neutral_face:

​No they don't. Different sized veg definitely taste different. My experience of fruit and veg tells me smaller examples of the same strain are sweeter and tastier. No one wants the massive strawberry. They think they do, then regrets.

Some people will never be happy! So Tesco are damned if they do and damned if they don't.

Thanks for putting a huge smile on my face :smiley:

have you tried peeling chantenay carrots!
Skin on chips are the best btw ^_^

+ I think he had long hair about 20 years ago

So basically they are selling the wonky veg that they first refused to buy from the farmers the first time around.

Then they offer the farmers a "we will take it of your hands" price then Tesco's makes money on that as well.

Philanthropy it ain't.

A carrot :stuck_out_tongue:

Its a spot the carrot competition! I win! What do I win?

Got to admit, I've started leaving the skins on my potatoes when cooking mash potatoes and roast potatoes and the taste is far superior with the skins on.

And it saves any peeling!

I thought I was going wrong somewhere but I couldn't pinpoint where exactly. Thanks! :smiley:

In my local wwx Broadstairs it was 5 items for 30p. All they had were parsnips and carrots.

Good deal, amazing they can charge 30p for this, but charge 50p to put air in your tyres!

The thinking these days is veg should not be peeled but presented au naturel :smiley:
The peel gives extra fibre so is better for you, unfortunately rational arguments rarely work with children(ask my parents)

healthy if nothing else!

1996 You say? Hugh must have aged well in the last 20 years then.



:laughing: I suspect, Sir, you don't know what you're on about. :smile:

I don't know the locations might just be worth checking in your local- I'm popping back tomorrow so will ask!

nowt wrong with wonky weg!

Scary veg. Like I need another reason for my son to refuse vegetables! Hot deal though I think they should be in with the 'normal' veg. I'm neither fussy nor shallow...

Can I take my own bag to fill and just pay 25p then? Clearly gonna take one of those one tonne sacks Jewson deliver their gravel in :smiley:

It's obviously only 25p as you pay 5p for the bag :-/

Indeed, what are the locations? Is it specific to region or type of store?

this was tesco grimsby btw....

Anyone else found this? Hoping it is national.

Voted hot just because it's such an amazingly good idea. :smile:

What a time to be alive! :smile: have some heat

sure the tesco worker didnt get it wrong?
how did they put it through the till? 'properly' or an override?
30p per bag seems ridiculous as does the 'per item' but per kg seems fair?

Go Hugh!

wonder what they look like :confused:

pfft changed already :wink:
(just been looking at asda site :stuck_out_tongue: )

Well ex in laws lol

It is from last year it's from my in laws farm

its from 2015...

Is this in all Tescos? I haven't seen it at my local (was there yesterday), great idea and a bargain!

The way it should be, hopefully shameful scenes like this caused by supermarkets will soon be a thing of the past.

ohh no I didn't. ..back tomorrow anyway so will look lol!

lovely, did you get the 60p Woodside bacon for soup <3