Article: Picky buyers hurting farmers

[lee_bee]

I used to work for one of the "big two" supermarkets, and honestly, the amount of time as a shopper, I found mouldy produce made me feel too sick to shop at my own store! Whenever possible I will try to purchase from markets or our fantastic local continental shop.

There is so much pressure on the limited staff at these big grocery stores to get their produce out that they just don't look at what is already out (ie mouldy or rotting produce)

[slyder]

I also used to work for one of the big two back in the day, and I avoid buying their meat at all costs because it is rank, and whenever possible we get our fruit and vegies from the greengrocer.

[AnyDream]

I don't mind blemishes - in fact my main criteria are freshness - you know really fresh fruit and veggie has that bursting-at-the-seams with goodness feel to it (something to do with water content I think) and SMELL. Yep I'm the lady who sniffs all the produce when selecting it LOL. That's why I'm happy to buy from markets etc. And yep I buy the bargain stuff at the greengrocers too and use it quickly. Often it's very fresh anyway.