Fruit and veg shops

Mickey_2003

Mickey_2003

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Are there any fruit and veg shops kicking about in Boro these days? Not the fruit and veg sections in supermarkets, they are crap.

I have a hankering for some sweet peas in pods.

Found some in Asda a few weeks ago, so I got a bag. Delicious. Have since bought another 3 bags, but they’ve all been disappointing and tasteless.

Any hidden gems out there?
 
I know of one on Granville Rd just off Linny Road.

I bought peas in pods from the market a couple of weeks back, delicious. It's at North Ormesby today, Stockton tomorrow.
 
Mickey_2003 said:
Might have to visit the market tomorrow.
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There's a few fruit and veg stalls so don't be put off if the first one doesn't have them. There's also a fruit and veg shop in Wellington Square, near to Meynells where you can pick up a decent pie and a sarnie to take to The Sun for the cricket and Wobbly Wednesday 😍

Not that I'm in there often or anything 😂
 
Tried explaining to my lad the other day how as kids we’d go pea podding.

His face as I was trying to explain we’d go on to farmers fields and help ourselves to the peas till the farmer would come and chase us, was a picture.

In his words

“you risked being arrested, shot or clouted just so you could eat some veg, that’s just weird”
 
Fruit and veg in my local supermarket has taken a nosedive recently. They started doing away with best before dates on certain items. Now I'm seeing shallots with mould on them, carrots with all sorts sprouting from them, broccoli that's turned grey, manky lettuce.
 
Independent shops are usually cheaper too. Supermarkets draw you in with loss leaders and clean up on other items, including F&V.

Also a good F&V shop is one of the most underrated smells IMHO. Maybe this should be it's own thread though...
 
Mickey_2003 said:
Are there any fruit and veg shops kicking about in Boro these days? Not the fruit and veg sections in supermarkets, they are crap.

I have a hankering for some sweet peas in pods.

Found some in Asda a few weeks ago, so I got a bag. Delicious. Have since bought another 3 bags, but they’ve all been disappointing and tasteless.

Any hidden gems out there?
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My back garden, ours are right now at picking time.

As my friend says, for you sir, give special price..........
 
We have binned supermarket fruit n veg as well. We have a few independent greengrocers in Beverley, but we prefer the Farm shop at Hutton Cranswick. So fresh and tasty, and not too expensive. Worth the drive, especially with their deli. Some nice things to choose from there!
 
Love the generalisations on here
Let’s start with supermarkets - Waitrose, M+S, C0-op all committed to British where possible and work with brilliant suppliers. Morrisons have their own farms too.

Farm shops and freshness…. Errr mostly not as fresh as supermakets unless grown on site. You can get good British produce but there are loads of cowboys and giirls out there stocking all sorts of stuff and claiming ’British.

Price - if you are getting it cheaper from a farm shop than a supermarket you ought to be on watch.

Similar theme -‘local butchers’
Few years ago my business supported a local community who loved their local butcher. They were keen to keep locally sourced meat and urged us to take the business on as a going concern and put it in a small supermarket we had.
We were up for it and did it - we like doing that kind of thing.

Once we got into the detail we realised he was a con man. All sorts of stuff coming in from Eastern Europe which he was passing off as local.

He, of course, was a pillar of the community and we were in too deep. So, we went ahead and over a period of 12 months made it as local as could be.

In summary - quality fruit, veg and local meat will cost you.

There are as many problems with the independents as there are with supermarkets.
 
The problem with many supermarkets where fruit and veg is concerned is a lack of choice. Fresh peas for instance, as described in the OP.

Fennel is another veg I use regularly that I can't find in the local supermarkets.

Most of the veg we eat comes from Lidl, it has the best produce locally for us. I guess it depends where you are.
 
I share your love of Fennel - JS, Co-op larger stores, Waitrose and Morrisons.
Mind you - demographics play a part in ranging so it will depend on where you live.
Fresh peas - JS and prob Morrisons.
Controversial, I know but ….. you won’t get fresher than frozen peas 🫛
You don’t get the fun of podding them tho
 
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