CONNECTING OUR COMMUNITY SINCE 2016
FOOD FOR THOUGHT .... IS IT WORTH IT?
Local resident Mary Shaw has been looking at the benefit of taking a little time to prepare your vegetables rather than buying pre-prepared.
"When you are rushing to do your supermarket shop you may think it's quicker to buy pre-prepared vegetables, after all your time is precious. But hiding in the back of a kitchen drawer you will probably have a vegetable peeler or a suitable knife you can use for preparing your vegetables.
Compare these prices and the next time you shop, think about the true cost and value of what you put in your trolley!"
Carrots
Loose - 60p per kilo gram (kg)
Sliced - £1.50 per kg
Batons - £1.67 per kg
Grated - £2.20 per kg
Potatoes
Loose - 75.6p per kg
Peeled - £1.33 per kg
Mash - £2.50 per kg
Sliced - £3.67 per kg
Onions
Loose - 75p per kg
Chopped - £1.10 per kg
Broccoli
Whole - £1.39 per kg
Florets - £3.25 per kg
Celery
Whole - 55p
Sticks - 85p per pack
Prices are taken from a 'big four' supermarket website (August 2017)
Mushrooms
Whole - £2.75 per kg
Sliced - £2.80 per kg
Leeks
Loose - £1.75 per kg
Trimmed - £1.82 kg
Sliced - £4.86 per kg
Cauliflower
Whole - £1.00
Florets - £3.25 per kg
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