Costs of food

This blog is about buying fresh food that fits all pockets. I was listening to the radio about the idea to fund vouchers for fresh fruit and veg for some sections of British Society. The lady being interviewed said that as strawberries and blueberries were so expensive they would not be bought very often. I do wish that someone would champion English Apples. They are wonderful and taste even better. Please will someone start an Apple Marketing Board to do that? The variety of flavours is awesome as is the textures and sweetness. A huge variety available for a lot of the year, much better than the standardised imported ones. Although there are very good imported ones too.

I live in a county that is meat producing and does not grow much in the way of fresh fruit and veg. However for the people who say food is expensive here is what I spent at my local ALDI supermarket on 15/2/11 and what I got for my money.

large can red kidney beans 19p
2 pots of cottage cheese plain £1.38
1 large can chopped tomoto's with herbs 41p
specialist porridge with dried fruit £1.29 ( I don't normally pay that much)
250g fresh green beans .55p
1 head brocolli 39p
1 yoghourt 180g 29p
6 pink lady apples 1.99
carrots 500g 39p
pack stock cubes 65p

total £7.53

Well Done Aldi, excellent quality of fruit and veg and very fresh.