Supermarket Sleuths: The secret section at your local supermarket you may have missed
There's a lot of advice when it comes to saving money on fruit and vegetables at the supermarket, everything from buying in season to making a meal plan to washing and prepping it all.
But there's a secret section at your local supermarket you may have missed, selling fruit and vegetables that is guaranteed to cost less than all the rest.
Coles calls theirs "I'm Perfect" and it's a great place to begin your weekly shop before heading to other fruit and vegetable stores. Woolies calls theirs "Odd Bunch".
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There's a lot of advice when it comes to saving money on fruit and vegetables. ALDI
At Aldi, bananas aside, most of their fruit and vegetables fall into this category which is why their prices are low, or they only stock what is in season.
There's a secret section at your local supermarket you may have missed. Coles
Coles and Woolis both offer this range. Woolworths
Although yesterday I dropped into my local Aldi and saw they had blackberries, which I used to eat straight from the garden as a child. I have never had any that taste anywhere near as good as those.
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I bought a pack expecting them to be sour but they were sweet and delicious, every single one and cost only $3.99
At Aldi, bananas aside, most of their fruit and vegetables fall into this category. 9Honey
The blackberries on sale at Aldi this week are delicious. ALDI
Then there's your local fruit shop, where you can usually save money on fruit and vegetables, because all their best produce is set up at the front which makes it much easier to see what's in season and save.
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But even my local fruit shop has a couple of trolleys near the register where they sell fruit and vegetables they need to move quickly, where you can score further savings.
If you want to be more organised about this you can even subscribe to Good & Fugly where they specialise is rescuing fruit and vegetables that are about to be thrown out.
They package it up and sell it for great prices and you can subscribe, ensuring you save on fruit and vegetables on a regular basis.
Most fruit and vegetable retailers offer discount produce that has a short shelf life. 9Honey
That's also what OzHarvest does, although they have since expanded into other areas as well. Check out their website to save money on fruit and vegetables.
And there is a lot of chatter lately about supermarkets ripping off farmers. If this concerns you then you can subscribe to a fruit and vegetable service that brings it to you straight from the farm, such as Farmer's Pick and Delish Deliveries.
Or, you can always try growing some. I have basil, spring onions and tomatoes on my balcony at the moment. The basil is thriving, the spring onions need some work, and so far we've had one tomato, but that was exciting none the less.
And I am saving so much money on basil.
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