Best value veg box schemes revealed

Are you still getting a veg box delivered? When I started on this blog, I, along with most of my neighbours seemed to be having weekly shipments of organic goodness from Farmaround or Abel & Cole, but nowadays the green van seems to be visiting with much less frequency; presumably replaced by the discount shopping bag and can of baked beans.

But are we being fooled by supermarkets and their increasingly elaborate 'special discounts' into feeling like we're saving when we could be doing just as well on more wholesome food?

I know I'm as guilty as the next would-be sustainable shopper of abandoning some fresh and organic produce in favour of a weekly, planned supermarket shop with a detour around the 'special deals' section, but I don't seem to have a lot more money in my pocket, and I'm wondering if I'm not being royally ripped off.

The guys over at Walletpop asked themselves a similar question this week, and have been checking out the best prices on fruit and veg boxes. Some, it seems, are actually pretty good value. So take a look at what they found and compare that with your weekly shop. Still so excited by those two-for-ones?

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