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
Select to expand quoteSandfoot 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!
You can eat that bit you know .Select to expand quoteSandfoot 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
Select to expand quoteFoghorn said..
You can eat that bit you know .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
Great for soup 
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.
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 
Not sure how I'm going to peel those tiger prawns before the kid behind the deli counter weighs and wraps them? Any ideas?
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
Select to expand quotePaddles 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.
Select to expand quotebeefarmer 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.....
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 
Select to expand quotePaddles 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'?
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.
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.
I see what you've done there Marsbars ................. Consumers "Shafted" ...................... that's pretty good, are you sure you're not working for Mr Murdoch?
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??
Select to expand quoteImax1 said..
First world issues .
Bend over with the rest of the sheep buddy
Select to expand quoteFormulaNova 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?
Select to expand quoteHarrow said..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?
Nah Air is free, for now.
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.
Select to expand quoteHarrow said..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?
Well at least it had what it said on the label. Did your 'water' have any asparagus in it?
Select to expand quoteFormulaNova 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.
