Price Of Swiss Chard In Shops

[carlseawolf]

Just wondering how much swiss chard is in the shops as they don't sell it in my town as been my first year i'm going to keep records to see if the produce coming out of the lottie is covering the amount spent.
i don't mind if price per kg or lbs or classed as no organic i just need a rough guide to do the calculations.

[Alice]

Checked Asda online Carleswolf but they didn't have any either. If you googled for one of the other supermarkets you might find it, and you can check the price of all the other vegetables.

[Paulottie]

Has it anything to do with the price of fish in china? ... sorry, could you use something comprable eg. Spinach? are you including labour in this study? if so at what price do you charge your time (less the time you would spend shopping )

[dexterdoglancashire]

Am growing it myself for the first time this year. Looking forward to the results. Believe its similar to leaf beet/spinach.

[carlseawolf]

Iv,e just cut my first leaves of the white variety and the leaves taste like spinach and the stacks like celery ,
no i,m not doing labour time as i would not be paid to shop , or anything to complicated just a weight times price calculations as we spend about £1000 a year on fruit and veg and would like to see what contribution it makes to this bill as we will never be totally self sufficant as the plot is not big enough.

[Alice]

It's got absolutely nothing to do with the price of fish in China But, you knew that

[madderbat]

Once we started cropping last year, I didn't have to go to market for ages. When I did I was absolutely horrified at the price of things. T

hat's why we are planting as much as possible this year, and have a 3/4 share in a chest freezer which is in our shed.
Butternut Squash - 1.99 each in Sainsburys!!! Seeds less than £2 a packet (I think)

[Alison]

Don't think I've every seen chard (Swiss or otherwise!) in the supermarket and not that often at the market.

[serenity]

Supermarkets don't seem to stock it, I believe because it doesn't have a long enough "shelf life" and will look limp and uninviting too quickly.

The only place I can get it is at the organic farmers market and they charge a pound a bag, bag probably half size of a carrier bag.

[Earthbabe]

The only places i've seen it down here are the little deli/organic shop in Dorking where it was £2.99 a bunch last year and between leaves and stems that gave us two meals worth (for 2 adults and one child). And the farmers markets where it is deffo more expensive than serenity's. It is everywhere in France etc. they love it.

[tinyvine]

I've never ever seen it anywhere, so glad to be growing it instead! I think that alone is priceless!

[muckdiva]

Don't think I've every seen chard (Swiss or otherwise!) in the supermarket and not that often at the market.

Me neither... you are growing an elite crop

[zebedee]

A chap on the plot next to ours grows Swiss Chard a lot and says it is quite easy maintenance. Going to try it myself, soon. It do taste lovely!

[Headfry]

You might find it at a framers market! I will keep an eye out for you.

[SarzWix]

The only time I've seen it, and other more 'unusual' veg, was when we tried the organic veg box scheme last year. Bit difficult to work out what the price for each veg would be, as it's a standard price for the box with different stuff in each week. It worked out flummin expensive, I know that, which is why we don't do it anymore!

http://www.farmaroundnorth.co.uk/

This is where we got our deliveries from, might be some help with costing/calculations?