Cheap Vegetables deals

Often includes potatoes, carrots, apples & more

If you go in-store or online at Waitrose, you can get selected vegetables and fruit branded 'wonky', which may be slightly irregular in shape or appearance, but totally fine to eat.

What's available will depend on the season and stock in your local store. Here's what we found at one Waitrose store:

Although Waitrose is rarely the most MoneySaving supermarket, if you're shopping there anyway, its wonky fruit and vegetables are a great option for healthy eating.

In larger stores only

If you're visiting a larger Sainsbury's store (find your nearest), you may be able to pick up a 'Taste Me, Don’t Waste Me’ box of surplus fruit and veg for £2, while stock lasts. The boxes contain fresh fruit and vegetables that would have otherwise gone to waste.

Sainsbury's says the boxes are a permanent feature, though they will be subject to availability. Look out for them in larger stores, rather than Locals (and you can't get them online). 

If boxes are available, they'll be in the fresh produce aisle. What you'll get is completely random, though Sainsbury's says typical contents could include: apples, bananas, broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, courgettes, oranges, peppers, plums, red cabbage, and swede. 

To give you a rough idea of how much of a saving you could make, we've made some calculations based on the products mentioned above:

• One pack apples (six in pack) – normally 99p (17p each)

• One pack Fairtrade bananas (five in a pack) – normally 78p (16p each)

• One loose broccoli – around 72p (depending on weight)

• One loose cauliflower – normally £1.19

• One pack courgettes (500g) – normally £1.45

• Loose orange – normally 30p

• Loose red pepper – normally 69p

• One punnet of plums (400g) – normally £1.29

• Loose red cabbage – normally 75p

• Loose swede – normally 62p

Based on the price of each individual item in the box, we've calculated it would cost about £9 to buy it all separately – so we reckon buying a box for £2 is a good deal.

Don't live near a Sainsbury's? Try Lidl's similar fruit & veg box.

Slightly past its best, but still edible. In stores nationwide, excluding Northern Ireland

If you head into a Lidl store (find your nearest), you can pick up a 5kg 'Waste Not' box of fruit and vegetables for £2, while stock lasts. The boxes contain 'edible but not perfect' fruit and veg, which are slightly past its best, but still safe to eat. This is currently an ongoing offer with no end date, but we'll update here if that changes.

These are available in stores in England, Scotland, and Wales, and found near the checkout area. They're subject to availability, so if you want one you'll need to be quick as there are only a limited number of boxes available each day. Lidl says any unsold boxes will be donated to local good causes.

What you'll actually get is completely random, as the boxes are made up on the day with whatever fruit and veg is looking past its best in each store. Some could be damaged or discoloured, but you'll be able to see what you're getting before you buy.

^{A box we spotted in Aug 2023 in a London branch of Lidl}

To give you a rough idea of how much of a saving you could make, when we picked up a box to check this deal out, we got:

• One 250g punnet of raspberries – normally £2.99

• Two bananas – normally 37p for two (£0.78/kg)

• Five apples – normally 89p for a five-pack (17p each)

• 13 satsumas – normally 95p for a 500g bag (£1.90/kg)

• Two pears – normally 95p for a 550g bag (£1.72/kg)

• One 500g pack of leeks – normally 69p for a 500g pack (£1.38/kg)

• Two aubergines – normally 69p each

• Three lettuce – normally 69p for a two-pack (34p for one)

• 13 potatoes – normally 91p for a 2.5kg bag (36p/kg)

• One punnet of black grapes – normally £1.09

Based on the price of each individual item in the box, we've calculated that it would cost over £10 to buy it all separately – so buying a box for £2 really does save a bunch.

Don't have a Lidl near you? Try Sainsbury's similar fruit & veg box.

Often includes potatoes, carrots, peas & more

If you go in-store or online at Morrisons, you can get selected vegetables and fruit branded 'wonky', which may be slightly irregular in shape or appearance, but totally fine to eat.

In most cases, it's the cheapest way to eat fresh at Morrisons, and means it's often priced competitively against other major supermarkets. What's available will depend on the season and stock in your local store.

Be aware that wonky doesn't always mean cheaper. When we checked, you could get a bag of 15 apples for £2.50, but only four 'wonky' apples for £1.19.