Supermarket Fresh fruit and vegetables going off quicker?

Galaxy

Grapes are awful at the moment. Brown whilst on the supermarket shelves.

Totally agree. I've been having home deliveries, and for the last few weeks, although the grapes have arrived looking OK, they have been turning brown within a day!

I stopped buying fruit and veg from Morrisons because it was so poor. Also the sell by dates were terrible on a lot of their fresh produce, with only a day or two left on them.

Yes I have noticed this too.

Also noticed that the plants and flowers in my local Morrisons are in much worse condition on the shelves.

Honeysickleberries, I've had meat go off too and mince brown whilst well within date.

We are also vegetarian and agree fruit and veg from supermarkets don’t seem to last long, especially notice soggy ends on carrots and potatoes sprouting for a pastime. Have started buying from our small local shop where they buy the veg from local farmers and although it might cost a few pence more, it doesn’t end up in the compost bin. It is also not packed in plastic.

Grapes are awful at the moment. Brown whilst on the supermarket shelves.

Not seen this problem, I’m buying local strawberries, don’t last long as I eat them, buy 3kg potatoes from the same farm shop, they last a couple of weeks. Tesco veg, mushrooms, carrots, broccoli and cauli lasting over a week, blueberries the same, by then eaten anyway

We've started going to a fruit and veg market in the street in our local town. The produce is very cheap (most things are £1. I was a bit dubious but it's great. 'Proper' potatoes, with dirt still on them, quite a big bag. Two large punnets of strawberries £1, same for raspberries. I was surprised that it all lasted nearly two weeks, the potatoes a bit longer.

Yes I agree with you JaneJudge
I have noticed this with vegetables particularly ( I’m vegetarian)
Carrots I bought from Aldi were mouldy and beginning to rot at the ends in a week. I had taken them out of the plastic wrapping hoping to prolong their life, but I’m afraid I had to put the lot in the compost bin!
Broccoli which I bought from Sainsbury’s went brown in 3 days and don’t get me started on potatoes! Terribly wasteful.

I’m now asking my friends with allotments if they would be willing to barter as I’m becoming desperate!

I’ve thought this for months! Mushrooms have been soggy and horrible for ages. Got some from Ocado on Tuesday, binned the lot the next day. Meat is going off and stinking way before expiry date. I’ve thrown so much away. I’m going to live on frozen and tinned food I think. Has COVID affected every living thing? I’m getting concerned and paranoid.

Yes! I bought strawberries and raspberries the other week - my grandson loves them - and yet although they were still well in day, they had white mould on them within a day or two.