FabSwingers.com forum: Asda today

By *oo hot OP Couple
over a year ago

North West

Went to get my weekly shop and the fruit and veg aisles looked they were having a closing down sale.

Never, ever seen anything like it for as long as I can remember. What wasn’t out of stock was old and manky looking and there were literally rows and rows of upturned, empty green boxes.

For the first time ever, I had to go to Asda and to Tesco to get my full weekly shop of veg - but even Tesco were limited in stocks of things like broccoli and cauliflower.

I thought all this would have been sorted by now, but it seems to be getting worse.

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By *ostafunMan
over a year ago

near ipswich

fruit and veg shops round here all full of produce did asda say why?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"fruit and veg shops round here all full of produce did asda say why?"

Maybe you can put some in the post for our northern friends eh?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"fruit and veg shops round here all full of produce did asda say why?"

How many ‘fruit and veg’ shops have you been Into?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"fruit and veg shops round here all full of produce did asda say why?

How many ‘fruit and veg’ shops have you been Into? "

Don’t cuss him! He’s a fruit and veg inspector it’s his job!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"fruit and veg shops round here all full of produce did asda say why?

How many ‘fruit and veg’ shops have you been Into?

Don’t cuss him! He’s a fruit and veg inspector it’s his job!"

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By *isandhers691127Couple
over a year ago

Bournemouth

More concerned about the lack of whisky in tesco's today. Looked like soviet era Russia.

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By *oo hot OP Couple
over a year ago

North West

Is anyone, anyone at all seeing full choices and shelves stuffed full as they were just a few years ago, and as they are when you go on holiday?

Something feels wrong to me.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Is anyone, anyone at all seeing full choices and shelves stuffed full as they were just a few years ago, and as they are when you go on holiday?

Something feels wrong to me."

Yes come up to Scotland we were fortunate with all the business that is going on at minute

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By *orthmanMan
over a year ago

Kendal

Who's going to be brave enough to mention the elephant in the room?

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By *itzi999Woman
over a year ago

Slough

Nope, it’s all fine in Slough and London

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Nope, it’s all fine in Slough and London "

You have checked every shop in slough and London?

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By *ellhungvweMan
over a year ago

Cheltenham

"Who's going to be brave enough to mention the elephant in the room? "

The elephants are eating all the veg????

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Who's going to be brave enough to mention the elephant in the room?

The elephants are eating all the veg????"

No wonder I couldn’t get any bananas today

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By *orthmanMan
over a year ago

Kendal

"Who's going to be brave enough to mention the elephant in the room?

The elephants are eating all the veg????"

No. The Asda I was in today had little fruit and veg but there was a socking great pachyderm in the meat aisle.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Who's going to be brave enough to mention the elephant in the room?

The elephants are eating all the veg????

No. The Asda I was in today had little fruit and veg but there was a socking great pachyderm in the meat aisle."

I keep telling them to not let Jeremy loose!!

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By *ohnnyTwoNotesMan
over a year ago

golden fields

"Nope, it’s all fine in Slough and London "

Nothing to see here. Move along.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Nope, it’s all fine in Slough and London

You have checked every shop in slough and London? "

Well she is the fruit and veg inspector general for slough and London apparently.

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By *ostafunMan
over a year ago

near ipswich

"fruit and veg shops round here all full of produce did asda say why?

How many ‘fruit and veg’ shops have you been Into? "
I walk past 2 in the town everyday why?

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By *olly_chromaticTV/TS
over a year ago

Stockport

"Who's going to be brave enough to mention the elephant in the room?

The elephants are eating all the veg????

No wonder I couldn’t get any bananas today "

That's the orang-utans, not the elephants...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Who's going to be brave enough to mention the elephant in the room?

The elephants are eating all the veg????

No wonder I couldn’t get any bananas today

That's the orang-utans, not the elephants..."

Bastards

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By *oxychick35Couple
over a year ago

thornaby

This is old news found out to be bullshit last time it was posted

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By *rFunBoyMan
over a year ago

Longridge

"Who's going to be brave enough to mention the elephant in the room? "

Brexit, or the War in Ukraine where farm workers from Ukraine that would be here giving low cost labour are stuck home fighting to save their country?

Dollar is shite, Euro is shite with our trashed economy, fuel is through the roof and labour is scarce.

Didn't we once have the strongest economy in the world? $2 to the £1, kiss them days goodbye.

Then - there is the hold up at ports through Customs.

Enjoy ya tomatoes.

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By *oo hot OP Couple
over a year ago

North West

"This is old news found out to be bullshit last time it was posted "

Send me your mobile and I’ll send you the pics I sent to my wife because I couldn’t get her broccoli and cauliflower,

What’s the point of lying, it’s common news that all supermarkets have restricted supplies and choice. Obviously in Asda on Monday they were particularly struggling.

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By *allySlinkyWoman
over a year ago

Leeds

The cauliflower season in UK is September to November and broccoli a bit later so you were looking to buy imported veg. Maybe Brexit is having an effect, or the train strike ?

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By *oxychick35Couple
over a year ago

thornaby

"This is old news found out to be bullshit last time it was posted

Send me your mobile and I’ll send you the pics I sent to my wife because I couldn’t get her broccoli and cauliflower,

What’s the point of lying, it’s common news that all supermarkets have restricted supplies and choice. Obviously in Asda on Monday they were my heart goes out to you particularly struggling."
my heart goes out to you mate struggling to get broccoli and cauliflower what on earth did yous eat then ?lol and really you got your mobile out took pics so you could start a thread pmsllll

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By *allySlinkyWoman
over a year ago

Leeds

I had a nightmare at Aldi yesterday. There was no curly Kale so I had to get shredded Kale instead.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I had a nightmare at Aldi yesterday. There was no curly Kale so I had to get shredded Kale instead."

Plenty of Kale at my Asda, but no Spinach. Maybe we could post to each other.

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By *ostafunMan
over a year ago

near ipswich

"I had a nightmare at Aldi yesterday. There was no curly Kale so I had to get shredded Kale instead."

wow poor you how will we ever survive?

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By *oo hot OP Couple
over a year ago

North West

"This is old news found out to be bullshit last time it was posted

Send me your mobile and I’ll send you the pics I sent to my wife because I couldn’t get her broccoli and cauliflower,

What’s the point of lying, it’s common news that all supermarkets have restricted supplies and choice. Obviously in Asda on Monday they were my heart goes out to you particularly struggling. my heart goes out to you mate struggling to get broccoli and cauliflower what on earth did yous eat then ?lol and really you got your mobile out took pics so you could start a thread pmsllll "

Do you actually read posts before replying or do you just have embedded pre-conceived responses to what you think will be in a post?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We've noticed our local supermarket regularly seems to be restocking fruit. Certainly less than there used to be in our immediate area. Can't speak for other places mind you.

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By *rFunBoyMan
over a year ago

Longridge

Might be no bad thing looking at the bigger picture. Maybe, they are just putting less on the shelves as it guarantees no wastage if 'Sold Out'.

Not like the dried up Garden Plants they try to pass off as alive!!

Every week, deliveries arrive and 10% sold on the first day Beyond the first day they are shrivelled up and wilted, a quick water revives them long enough to sell another 10%. Day three, all dead and fit ony for composting.

Completed waste of money in purchasing and transportation only to sell 20% once arrived.

They must be wasting £1,000's on shipping dead plants.

Our local ALDI, has full array of Solar Panels on the roof. I wrote to commend them with a reply from their CEO, claiming they always seek to put them on. Then, 18 months ago, building was completely demolished and rebuilt without putting back on.

Now they have removed this source of income/savings, the energy costs of running the shop is now increased drastically and with one option, to pass it on to the customer.

More efficiency, less wasted would go a long way to reducing food costs to us.

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