The great broccoli Rort

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6 years ago

Shooting the breeze.

Sandfoot

VIC

573 posts

Sandfoot

VIC, 573 posts

31 Oct 2019 9:48am

Hows the supermarkets form, leaving massive stalks on the veggies so you pay for inedible stalk at the check out.

So I just snap the long bit off.

And put it through as a cheap banana. Two can play the game

Sandfoot

VIC

573 posts

Sandfoot

VIC, 573 posts

31 Oct 2019 9:50am

F&@k em

FormulaNova

15100 posts

FormulaNova

WA, 15100 posts

31 Oct 2019 6:56am

Sandfoot said..
Hows the supermarkets form, leaving massive stalks on the veggies so you pay for inedible stalk at the check out.

So I just snap the long bit off.

And put it through as a cheap banana. Two can play the game

How's the supermarkets for ripping you off! Bananas? I don't eat the skins, so I am going to peel them instore and just take the good stuff with me in a plastic bag (as long as they are free!).

You should see me with the kiwi fruit. I don't eat the skins of those either, so I peel them in store and then charge them as broccoli!

Rango

853 posts

Rango

WA, 853 posts

31 Oct 2019 7:09am

You can eat that bit you know .

Sandfoot

VIC

573 posts

Sandfoot

VIC, 573 posts

31 Oct 2019 10:43am

Maybe I have the part you eat mixed up.

hilly

8120 posts

hilly

WA, 8120 posts

31 Oct 2019 9:32am

Foghorn said..
You can eat that bit you know .

Great for soup

Harrow

NSW

4521 posts

Harrow

NSW, 4521 posts

31 Oct 2019 12:52pm

Okay, supermarket cuts all the stalks off, but still needs to earn the same money, so has to increase the cost per kilo to make the profit.

Paddles B'mere

QLD

3586 posts

Paddles B'mere

QLD, 3586 posts

31 Oct 2019 11:57am

Beachmere IGA has dirt on the potatoes .......................... paying $3.99/kilo for dirt is an outrage ...................... I'm going to start taking a bucket of water and a scrubbing brush in with me if I get any more outraged

the truth

QLD

189 posts

the truth

QLD, 189 posts

31 Oct 2019 12:39pm

I slice and eat em as well, taste good too. eat all ya greens tightarse

Gorgo

VIC

5124 posts

Gorgo

VIC, 5124 posts

31 Oct 2019 3:38pm

Julienne the stalks and stir fry them. Don't over cook. Lovely bit of crunch.

Kamikuza

QLD

6493 posts

Kamikuza

QLD, 6493 posts

31 Oct 2019 3:08pm

...inedible?

bjw

QLD

3689 posts

bjw

QLD, 3689 posts

31 Oct 2019 3:43pm

Tight arse!!

Chris6791

3271 posts

Chris6791

WA, 3271 posts

31 Oct 2019 6:08pm

Not sure how I'm going to peel those tiger prawns before the kid behind the deli counter weighs and wraps them? Any ideas?

cauncy

8407 posts

cauncy

WA, 8407 posts

31 Oct 2019 6:08pm

It helps keep the shelf life too

beefarmer

328 posts

beefarmer

WA, 328 posts

31 Oct 2019 8:36pm

funny i used to work in fuit an veg and a few customers used to whinge about paying for the brocolli stalks. so youre not the first sandfoot. Caught a few snapping them off and then I'd make them pay for the whole lot. tightarses, good for a laugh

Razzonater

2224 posts

Razzonater

2224 posts

31 Oct 2019 9:13pm

Sometimes when I get a bag there is stem and seed in it.
That **** is heeeeeavy

Bristol

ACT

347 posts

Bristol

ACT, 347 posts

1 Nov 2019 6:55am

Paddles B'mere said..
... dirt on the potatoes .... I'm going to start taking a bucket of water and a scrubbing brush in with me ...

No need to take your own. Buckets and brushes in the laundry aisle; bottles of water in the drinks aisle.

Sandfoot

VIC

573 posts

Sandfoot

VIC, 573 posts

1 Nov 2019 8:44am

beefarmer said..
funny i used to work in fuit an veg and a few customers used to whinge about paying for the brocolli stalks. so youre not the first sandfoot. Caught a few snapping them off and then I'd make them pay for the whole lot. tightarses, good for a laugh

Yeah thats the spirit, dont say anything, dont think with your own mind and stand up for your rights, let the big corporations feed you the left overs.....

Paddles B'mere

QLD

3586 posts

Paddles B'mere

QLD, 3586 posts

1 Nov 2019 8:40am

Beachmere IGA employees are pretty "woke" these days Bristol. They are currently "on point" in their efforts to catch the "Polident Bandit" so I'd get busted in a jiffy for any attempt at washing spuds with bottled water and not paying for it

FormulaNova

15100 posts

FormulaNova

WA, 15100 posts

1 Nov 2019 7:03am

Paddles B'mere said..
Beachmere IGA employees are pretty "woke" these days Bristol. They are currently "on point" in their efforts to catch the "Polident Bandit" so I'd get busted in a jiffy for any attempt at washing spuds with bottled water and not paying for it

You are not taking the water with you though, so it should be okay. Make sure you go to a place with towels though, as you don't want to weigh those potatoes with a bit of water and pay extra.

I remember seeing someone in a supermarket remove the green vine bits from a bunch of tomatoes. I thought at the time they were going to try and pass them off as the cheaper tomatoes instead of the hydroponic ones, but maybe they were just 'saving weight'?

Paddles B'mere

QLD

3586 posts

Paddles B'mere

QLD, 3586 posts

1 Nov 2019 9:23am

The lengths people go to for a 5c saving on tomatoes astounds me. Polident, well that's a little more expensive than tomatoes so fair cop.

Marsbars

546 posts

Marsbars

546 posts

1 Nov 2019 7:56am

This needs to be looked into, poor consumer getting shafted again. Why aren't the major news outlets onto this the thread title would make a great headline and get Australia discussing this big ripoff.

Paddles B'mere

QLD

3586 posts

Paddles B'mere

QLD, 3586 posts

1 Nov 2019 10:23am

I see what you've done there Marsbars ................. Consumers "Shafted" ...................... that's pretty good, are you sure you're not working for Mr Murdoch?

Imax1

QLD

4937 posts

Imax1

QLD, 4937 posts

1 Nov 2019 10:36am

First world issues .

FormulaNova

15100 posts

FormulaNova

WA, 15100 posts

1 Nov 2019 8:46am

Dont get me started on tinned asparagus! I pay top dollar for a tin that weighs what it says on the label, open it up, and every single time, its got water in it! I am paying for water.

What has this world come to??

Sandfoot

VIC

573 posts

Sandfoot

VIC, 573 posts

1 Nov 2019 11:50am

Imax1 said..
First world issues .

Bend over with the rest of the sheep buddy

Harrow

NSW

4521 posts

Harrow

NSW, 4521 posts

1 Nov 2019 11:55am

FormulaNova said..
Dont get me started on tinned asparagus! I pay top dollar for a tin that weighs what it says on the label, open it up, and every single time, its got water in it! I am paying for water.

What has this world come to??

That's nothing, I saw a bottle of water in a store the other day, and all it had in it was water!

Worse than that even, there was air at the top of the bottle, am I paying for that as well?

Sandfoot

VIC

573 posts

Sandfoot

VIC, 573 posts

1 Nov 2019 12:07pm

Harrow said..

That's nothing, I saw a bottle of water in a store the other day, and all it had in it was water!

Worse than that even, there was air at the top of the bottle, am I paying for that as well?

Nah Air is free, for now.

holy guacamole

1393 posts

holy guacamole

1393 posts

1 Nov 2019 9:46am

Spare a thought for ribs.

Bloody little rippers are almost all bone.

How dare the evil supermarkets leave the inedible bones in.

Bloody rort that is.

FormulaNova

15100 posts

FormulaNova

WA, 15100 posts

1 Nov 2019 9:53am

Harrow said..

That's nothing, I saw a bottle of water in a store the other day, and all it had in it was water!

Worse than that even, there was air at the top of the bottle, am I paying for that as well?

Well at least it had what it said on the label. Did your 'water' have any asparagus in it?

Harrow

NSW

4521 posts

Harrow

NSW, 4521 posts

1 Nov 2019 1:14pm

FormulaNova said..

Well at least it had what it said on the label. Did your 'water' have any asparagus in it?

No, but right next to the bottles of mineral water were filters I could buy that would remove the minerals from the water, so I bought one of each just to be safe.

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