Has anyone else noticed the deterioration in the quality of white potatoes in the supermarkets of late ? We generally go for Maris Pipers as they tend to produce the best mash. However in the past few months when bought from several different supermarkets they've been covered in black spots and often have black patches through them.
I've emailed a couple of supermarkets, not with the intention of asking for a refund or voucher etc but just to suggest that they have a serious look at the quality of the product that their offering. I got the usual condescending 'we value our customers', 'quality is our watchword' etc replies.
When I was a teenager I worked during the summers in a local canning factory and the best potatoes we ever processed were for M&S and Sainsbury's and they came all the way from Egypt. I've never seen such good quality spuds.
The UK produced ones only seem to be good for composting, not eating, just lately.
