Any newcomer joining the curry making revolution will obviously notice the volume of onions we're getting through. It's easy to get mislead into paying over the top prices.  The 3 large onions in the onion bag are about a quid now in supermarkets yet loads cheaper in asian stores.

Today an indian grocer / delivery driver came into the business and mentioned he sold onoins to the takeaways and restaurants. Apparently a 10kg bag is sold for ?1.50 !!! (English and Dutch for anyone interested)

Wow, i thought i'd done well with 3kg for ?1.67 at asda

Lidl - currently 36p for a kilo of onions.

Yep, definitely worth finding an Asian grocer for onions (amongst other things) - the price difference is quite significant. One thing I will say, however, is that I find that I need to throw away quite a few of the onions I buy from my Asian grocer due to them going bad. Not sure if it's the same for everyone else.

I also bought 5 bulbs garlic for ?1.50 in an asian store recently as well. Truth be known they were a little bit old, but for that price....

Quote from: Ramirez on January 21, 2012, 04:30 PM

Quote from: Whandsy on January 21, 2012, 04:26 PM
I also bought 5 bulbs garlic for ?1.50 in an asian store recently as well. Truth be known they were a little bit old, but for that price....

Aren't they about 30p a bulb in the supermarkets, albeit smaller than what you typically get from a grocer?

Must be going to the wrong supermarket, as i've been paying going on a quid for two, albeit prepackaged not loose. DOH!!