to want to take a sharp knife into Sainsbury's and...

[MardyBra]

... trim down the extremely long stalks on their broccoli before buying it. They're bloody heavy those stalks. Probably double the cost of the broccoli.

And while I'm at it, I'll take the vines off those vine grown tomatoes rather than pay for them.

You know you can eat the stalks, they are part of the broccoli?

Could you also please pierce the additional packaging surrounding their cucumbers? Cucumber is wrapped in clingfilm. Clingfilmed cucumber is then place in enormous plastic sealed bag. Why? WHY?

I like the stalks raw, but there's only so much stalk one can snack on.

I was in Tesco he other week and the guy next to me twisted the broccoli in his hands, snapped the stalk off and tossed it back into the tray

I was

My Gpigs would be rather miffed if they didn't get their stalk!

I'm sure the stalks are getting longer and longer. There is probably a directive to the supermarket suppliers to cut the stalks good and long otherwise they'll screw them up the arse even more.

Are those guinea pigs or grandpigs?

YANBU

It won't be long before the veg comes complete with a plot of soil and a farmer.

So tempting Annoying

I would pre-peel bananas in the aisle, but they might go a bit brown and squishy in the trolley.

Our supermarket supplies a little hacksaw so you can chop off the stalk.

Their broccoli is double the price, mind you .

But our cucumbers are naked.

A hacksaw

I wonder how many health & safety risk assessments they had to complete before that was allowed.

I know.

Every time I see it I'm amazed. It's attached with string to the plastic box of veg.

at the hacksaw. It would only take one nutter to saw through the string...

I always snap broccoli stalks - Jamie O suggested it in one of his programmes during the time he worked for Sainsburys. If it's good enough for Jamie...

LIke the user name Maryz.

Probably put some poor brocolli-stalk-chopping sod out of work.

Where will it end? Sewing machines in the aisles to run up your own clothes, ovens to bake your own pies.....

I'm running a one-woman campaign Mardy and failing badly

I was polite, though, and used "just" instead of the alternatives.

Can you eat the thick stalk- i never knew that? i take the grapes off the thick heavy branches, i am not paying for the branch bits!

I didn't know you can eat the stalk! I just break them off.

I chop the stalks up and cook them with the broccoli, tastes good to me.

I'll join you Maryzz - can you think of something not too long to type (I like to log out to avoid teenage stalking!)

I log in using my email address when I have a long name. Else I get confused.

I dunno - MardyBramindsYouItsNotDecemberYet is a bit long

I would snap the broccoli stalks but the stuff in ours is always all soft and bendy. I'd tie it in a knot more easily.