Does £18 sound a lot to you for this...

[tigerbear]

1 tin Heinz baked beans
2 leeks
2 courgettes
5 tomatoes
Box of bran flakes
Packet of beetroot
Packet of falafels
1 bag of spinach leaves
1 aubergine
1 packet of Ginger crunch creams

I know the cost of food has gone up, but FFS!
Considering that I've really only got enough there to make a few salads, and still have to buy meat or fish to go with the veg, I think £18 is really steep. The two leeks alone were £5!!!

you were ripped off!

Depends, if its from a supermarket yes. From a corner shop no.

Why did you buy 2 leeks for 5 pounds?

£5 for two leeks? Does the receipt record how much they weighed? I'm sure there must have been a mistake with the scales.

How big were the leeks?

Sainsbury's leeks (loose) are £2.60 per kilo at the moment.

I would expect to pay around £9.50 for that without the falafels - not the foggiest idea what they'd cost so can't factor them in.

Where do you shop?

The leek season runs from Nov-April. You need to buy produce in season...

i would expect to pay £10 tops.

Yes, it sounds like a hell of a lot.

unless you had really fat or really big leeks then that alone was an overprice!

I don't even know what falafel is

Even at Waitrose 400g leeks are only £2.48. That is 3 leeks.

10 items = £10.

Yo'd be surprised how often this works actually!

2 leeks How much! Madness!

Oh bugger. Dunno how much the leeks weighed, but they were BIG leeks! Oh dear. We're based in very central London, so don't have any Asda, Tesco, etc. The choice is Sainsburys, Waitrose, and the shop I went to today, which is supposed to be CHEAPER than anywhere else because its a co-operative (not the Co-Op, iyswim). We volunteer for a few hours a month and get 10% off our food bill (so the £18 was INCLUDING the discount).

Fuck me, was it a BP type leak?

I'd find a better shop if I were you! I'm sure Sainsburys etc will deliver to you!

you could have got 18 bowls of fruit and veg in season for that on the market!!!! It sounds v pricey to me, but I am used to Lidl prices...

OK, have just had to go and weigh the bloody leeks -they weigh 700g - does that make it ok? :)

See if ASDA deliver in your area. They are much cheaper for fruit and veg than the other options

No . Even organic leeks are only £2.49 for 400g.

Sainsbury's would have cost you £1.82

tigerbear - are you sure they are leeks and not bamboo trees or something

Yesway - is the quality ok?