Morrisons will start selling deformed avocados at a third of the average cost of normally-shaped ones as growing demand and reduced harvests from major producers has pushed up prices in recent weeks.
The supermarket said on Friday that it would start selling the misshapen and superficially blemished fruits for 39p each or £2.40 a kilogramme in the majority of its stores across the UK starting from 15 May until the end of the summer.
Morrisons claims that its offer is the cheapest on the UK market and compares to an average retail price of £1.05 apiece, which is up from 98p last year
Morrisons is sourcing its wonky avocados - Hass, Pinkerton and Fuerte varieties - from South Africa, where growers would benefit from reduced waste, increased crop yields and higher farm incomes.
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InTheKnow444
12 May 1717#14
Mis-shaped fruit and veg tastes exactly the same, it's a crime when farmers are forced to dump tonnes of the stuff
geebeegooner
12 May 1714#1
Deadly these in the wrong hands :laughing:
fiqqer
12 May 178#13
An avocado is an avocado irrespective of its shape, colour or belief. Bargain price. Heat added.
Hotmeal
12 May 176#5
RELEASE THE VEGANS
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geebeegooner
12 May 1714#1
Deadly these in the wrong hands :laughing:
jimmybo to geebeegooner
12 May 173#12
How true!
Quote: "This week, plastic surgeon Simon Eccles suggested that avocados should carry warning labels following a rise in the number of knife injuries from cutting into the fruit.
Mr Eccles, honorary secretary of the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, said he treated about four patients a week at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital for wounds caused by an avocado accident, with staff dubbing the injury avocado hand"
Tweenie2017 to geebeegooner
20 May 17#64
Haven't you seen all the new gadgets on the market now? Some really good ones. Apparently A&E see lots of people come in with Avocado related injuries same as when Corned Beef was popular in those oblong shaped cans with the rubbish key!!
chortle to geebeegooner
21 May 17#65
You've never faced a quince fiend.
snowflake75
12 May 17#2
I love avocados
fireman1
12 May 173#3
Avocados, the fad of 2015.
Wonky veg, the fad of 2016.
afroylnt to fireman1
12 May 172#8
Wonky labour policy, the fad of 2017?
snowflake75 to fireman1
12 May 171#21
don't you just love a good fad?
dark_shadow
12 May 174#4
Why put yourself through that when Aldi sells perfectly normal ones for 45p? Or if you buy the 4-pack ripe at home, it works out to even less!
dudea729 to dark_shadow
12 May 17#17
How much is the 4 pack at Aldi?
retrend to dark_shadow
13 May 17#34
They're not perfectly normal, they're all stringy and gross inside.
Hotmeal
12 May 176#5
RELEASE THE VEGANS
funkeymunkey to Hotmeal
12 May 172#6
johnthehuman
12 May 171#7
What shape are avocados supposed to be? Aren't they normally wonky?
tryptase
12 May 171#9
Aren't they a fruit?
reakt to tryptase
12 May 17#32
Yes, a single-seeded berry to be precise.
mhwu
12 May 171#10
Next thing you know well be eating staight bananas!
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The supermarket said on Friday that it would start selling the misshapen and superficially blemished fruits for 39p each or £2.40 a kilogramme in the majority of its stores across the UK starting from 15 May until the end of the summer.
Morrisons claims that its offer is the cheapest on the UK market and compares to an average retail price of £1.05 apiece, which is up from 98p last year
Morrisons is sourcing its wonky avocados - Hass, Pinkerton and Fuerte varieties - from South Africa, where growers would benefit from reduced waste, increased crop yields and higher farm incomes.
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Quote:
"This week, plastic surgeon Simon Eccles suggested that avocados should carry warning labels following a rise in the number of knife injuries from cutting into the fruit.
Mr Eccles, honorary secretary of the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, said he treated about four patients a week at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital for wounds caused by an avocado accident, with staff dubbing the injury avocado hand"
Wonky veg, the fad of 2016.
what is this world coming to? is it the start of the Brexit effect? :stuck_out_tongue: