Went grocery shopping yesterday and observed tomatoes hit $8 a kilo in Woolies in Western Sydney.
Tomato is a staple diet in our cuisine and use it a lot.
Is there any cheaper place to get them? Please suggest…
$8 a Kilo Tomatoes
usbc activist on 13/03/2017 - 15:49
Last edited 13/03/2017 - 17:11 by 1 other user
Last edited 13/03/2017 - 17:11 by 1 other user
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Haha. Like I said tomatoes is a staple diet in our cuisine…..We cannot do without it….
Substitute it for packets of tomato sauce you steal from McDonald's
Have you tried other stores besides Woolies? Fruit and veg stores? I assume you have and these are just as expensive, and that is why you are asking on Ozbargain?
Yes. I visited few and felt they are almost as expensive as woolies…..
Is this too big a box?
https://www.harrisfarm.com.au/products/tomatoes-medium-large…
Edit - sounds like Flemington markets is a much better price!
Flemington, bought a box of 10 kg for $25 on saturday
Thanks for the suggestion. I will try flemington paddy's markets
i've got cherry tomatoes growing in my yard. they are almost weed-like, just growing by themselves. the tomatoes are small but there's plenty of them! i haven't bought tomatoes for yonks
Try Aldi or local fruit shops, ColesWorth are not known for their cheap pricing for things that are not on special.
Don't like the prices then grow your own. Perhaps you'll 'grow' an appreciation that stuff just doesn't magically appear at the shop that's most convenient to you. If the demand is high and the quantity is low then the prices will go up.
Thanks for the suggestion. Is there anyway we can grow tomatoes in an apartment?
Yes
There are plenty of ways to grow them indoors, i've done it in the past. Look up air planting or small hydro setups. Fulfilling to know you've grown your own too.
ALDI diced Italian tomatoes 60c per tin.
apparently the mafia is involved in italian tomato production and uses slave labour. i'm sure aldi vet their suppliers though
Capiche.
$8 a kilo, why?
Rain and more rain has affected availability
Not as bad as the potatoes before Xmas. My usual $3.99 5kg bag went to $17!
Frozen chips and wedges were unaffected, so we ate those for a month or two, or went without.
Tinned tomatoes where possible. Woolies has those 'imperfect' fruit and vegetables. A kilo of toms last week was $4.90 in that range.
I didn't have any success growing tomatoes this year (as opposed to last where a couple of plants went nuts).
So when they are dear I get my tomato fix from pasta etc. and wait for low prices for my salad.Yeah. Tinned tomatoes taste better in pasta anyway. Not as acidic
I work for a company that supplies Woolies their tomatoes. Little tip: the "odd-bunch" tomatoes are generally the exact same tomatoes as loose.
i agree, although I notice the staff handle them less carefully, or perhaps because they don't have a mini plastic crate inside the bag they are more susceptible to bruising.
Thanks for the tip :)
Been a bad year for homegrown tomatoes apparently, according to both my Maltese next door neighbour and my father, both of whom have converted their suburban backyards to veggie gardens. However, zucchinis have been good.
roma tomatoes $2.99/kg at fruit shop this afternoon
dont eat Tomatoes?