We know there is one cost of living crisis, but the price of this vegetable is way too high, even according to the latest inflation figures…
A customer was shocked to be charged £700 for a single red cabbage at Asda.
Michael Wright was visiting the supermarket in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, when he got the chance to own the world’s most expensive cabbage.
When he went to scan the item at the self-checkout, he said the barcode was too crumpled to register on the register.
So he asked an Asda employee to scan it for him – and when she manually typed in the barcode number, the price came out at £700.92.
Michael said: ‘The Asda employee had to type in the numbers below the barcode which gave the price on the screen as £700.92.’
Of course, deciding he didn’t want to pay that amount for a cabbage, he set out to find another vegetable that looked exactly the same for only a fraction of the price.
“After much back and forth giggles and giggles from fellow buyers I had to buy another one that would scan at the much more reasonable 74p,” he added.
“It created conversation in the store.”
While hopefully you’re not paying £700 for your cabbage, people are very concerned about how expensive their food is getting.
But recently it was revealed the cheapest place to buy groceries is Aldi.
Consumer group Which? put together an average household basket full of groceries and other essentials and Aldi’s came to £75.79.
Lidl was not far behind, with £77.68, while Asda’s basket rocketed to £84.98.
Similarly, Tesco cost £86.21, Sainsbury’s £86.36, Morrisons £92.72 and Ocado £93.99.
Waitrose turned out to be the most expensive supermarket – with a basket of 48 general items coming to £101.17.
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