To be horrified at the price of food

[Thorts]

Single pepper, now 60p - everywhere.
Apple juice - 99p everywhere for the cheap stuff

How are people supposed to eat fresh fruit and veg daily (and the right amount) with these prices?

If you were to look at processed food however; pack of ham 20p, custard creams 20p, garlic bread 35p.

You could get two of all the processed items mentioned for less price than one pepper and one carton of 1L value Apple juice.

Surely something needs to be done?

On top of that drought elsewhere, Spain for example, has caused crop failure.

Meadowfinch please can you tell me details of the 25 portions of fruit and veg you have for £ 50 a week ? i know some of it is frozen .. ( peas , spinach sweetcorn) id like to do the same amd that is a very good price for a shop of thar variety . Thanks .

What ham are you buying??

@Nameisnewforthis 'please can you tell me details of the 25 portions of fruit and veg you have for £ 50 a week ?'

This week's Tesco shop was:
little gem
cucumber
cherry tomatoes
celery
beetroot
spring onion
Bananas
satsumas
pears
a pineapple
Potatoes
broccoli
carrots
swede
onions
garlic
fennel
50p packets of mixed nuts (almond, hazel, cashew)
green lentils

I had frozen sweetcorn, peas & spinach and chopped cooking apple in the freezer. I already had tinned kidney beans, rice, porridge oats and bottled black olives in the cupboard. Rhubarb from the garden

I have porridge with fruit for breakfast, salads and veggie soups for lunches, most of the veg with suppers.

I spend £10-£12 a week on fruit & veg. I aim to eat 30 different fruit & veg a week, and normally manage 28-30. Vary it with the seasons.

Meadowfinch brilliant ! Thankyou

That would be great thread, especially prepping for not being able to get to the shops through illness or snow or whatever.

NHS '5 a day' portions are as little 3 heaped tablespoons of frozen or tinned sweetcorn, peas and carrots.

SWEETCORN:

1 kg (35 oz) of Asda frozen sweetcorn is £1.75. That's 12 portions? So about 15p each.

326g tin is 72-80p so a little more expensive - about 11.5 oz so 4 portions at 18-21p each.

No cooking actually needed.

Wild foods can help people on low incomes. Depends on existing skills and knowledge, time and other circumstances, of course there is privilege there, but a low income does not exclude it as an option. I'm on a low income myself.

I picked over half a kilo of wild garlic in about 10 minutes the other day, I'm putting it in everything at the moment and will preserve it, too. Other family are on the breadline, and we share ideas.

Absolutely - which is why I said both things are true! Depends on many factors.

I still wouldn't presume to tell anyone wild foods are an option to the rise in the CoL though.