WHEN you choose your fruit and veg, do you opt for bagged or loose?
Following a viral video, many supermarket shoppers have vowed to “never buy prepacked onions again”.
It comes after a gardener and content creator shared a video across their profiles, where the price of bagged onions were compared to loose.
The video, which has been viewed by nearly 160,000 people on TikTok, before being shared on Facebook, shows the influencer pricing up loose vs bagged onions.
The shopper explained how during a recent visit to Asda, they "saw three onions wrapped up in netting" for 90p.
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“So I wanted to find out how much three loose onions might cost by comparison," they added.
The loose onions were taken over to the fruit and veg weighing scales and the price was checked out.
“The difference was honestly, a lot bigger than I expected,” the TikTokker explained.
Instead of 90p for three pre-packed onions, it was 35p for three loose onions.
The weighing scales gave her a sticker that showed the weight of the three onions and the price.
Alongside saving 55p a time, buying loose means there is no plastic packaging.
There was a mixed response from TikTokkers - with many saying they never knew this hack, and some suggesting it also works for other fruits and vegetables.
One person joked: “Omg I just bought the three packaged ones, I've been scammed.”
Another wrote: “That's insane thank you for showing us."
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And a third commented: “It took me a long time to realise this but I have been doing it for a while now.”
One person remarked: “How are you just realising this?? This surely had been common knowledge for a long time?”
Whilst someone else said: “I did this a few months back and I never buy them packaged again.”
As for what else works out cheaper loose, one lady revealed: “Always buy loose veg…I get 3/4 carrots for 18p.”
Another comment read: “I’ve been doing this for ages .. do it with bananas too."
And someone replied: “Exact same thing for bananas. It was a BIG difference.”
As for why loose items might be cheaper, someone suggested: “Packaged ones are supposed to be perfect. That's what you're paying for.
“I don't care what my fruit/veg looks like so I buy loose.”
If you bought bananas and broccoli loose, on a weekly basis for a year, you could save more than £110.
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With prices of fruit and veg having increased, and if a family buys all fruit and veg loose, the savings could be more than £110 a year.
It comes as supermarkets across the UK are set to remove all packaging for fruit and vegetables.
Recent reports suggest compulsory laws are set to come into force to help Brits reduce food waste.
It is believed all the major supermarkets, including Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda, Aldi, and Lidl will be impacted.
And customers will then have to pick loose produce to buy.
The anti-waste charity Wrap, who is behind the crackdown said some delicate foods could still be sold in plastic - including soft fruit.
Wrap Director Catherine David said: “We waste 12 per cent of the food that we buy, with an average household of four throwing away £1,000 of good food each year.
“This is happening because our food system is making it hard for people to buy only what they need and to use more of what they buy.”
Official figures revealed only 19 per cent of fruit and vegetables are currently being sold loose.
