Wexford strawberrys?

whisky_galore · 07-07-2019 08:58PM #1

What's the deal with all this selling at the side of the road out of vans?
Is it some kind of racket? Why don't they sell them to the supermarkets?

Say my name · 07-07-2019 08:59PM

To cut out the supermarkets.

07-07-2019 09:00PM

So they can charge inflated prices for higher return. And pay the teenage vendor with acne a pittance.

enricoh · 07-07-2019 09:02PM

I know a big strawberry producer - the ones the supermarket wont accept get sold along the road.

hawkelady · 07-07-2019 09:02PM

Sure only two things ever come out of Wexford ...... strawberries & knackers !!!

And you don’t look much like a strawberry to me !
Boom ðŸ’¥

corner of hells · 07-07-2019 09:02PM

whisky_galore wrote: »

What's the deal with all this selling at the side of the road out of vans?
Is it some kind of racket? Why don't they sell them to the supermarkets?

The strawberries are laced with LSD .
Try them, your journey will be much interesting.

Jamie2k9 · 07-07-2019 09:02PM

Its like spuds sold on side of the road.

Much fresher than supermarkets and a good way to avoid the taxman!!

kingbhome · 07-07-2019 09:03PM

Do people actually buy of them. In all my years seeing them, I think I've only seen one car pulled over to them.

leonffrench · 07-07-2019 09:03PM

Deleted User wrote:

So they can charge inflated prices for higher return. And pay the teenage vendor with acne a pittance.

Really? They are far cheaper from the side of the road than they are in the supermarket. And you're supporting a local business. And selling or picking strawberries is a right of passage here in Wexford that pays ok for young teenagers to have pocket money. It's a big tradition down here and I love seeing them every year and support as best I can by buying strawberries and new potatoes.

Markcheese · 07-07-2019 09:04PM

Plus some varieties suit direct sales better...
For a big Grower to pick, then pack, ship it to a distributor, who ships to a central distribution unit who ships it to a supermarket... Those have got to be tough strawberries,
Where as the man with the van can load his van in the field or at his farm, with strawberries picked ripe and ready to eat..

tayto lover · 07-07-2019 09:05PM

They’re not cheap.
Some sell them for more than the shops charge.

kneemos · 07-07-2019 09:05PM

kingbhome wrote: »

Do people actually buy of them. In all my years seeing them, I think I've only seen one car pulled over to them.

The one I pass every day always has someone stopped.

Frankie Cortese · 07-07-2019 09:08PM

whisky_galore wrote: »

What's the deal with all this selling at the side of the road out of vans?
Is it some kind of racket? Why don't they sell them to the supermarkets?

I’ve many a time seen a Pallas Foods van pull up next to a stall on the road coming into Adare in Limerick & hand over 4/5 cases of Strawberries to man with a sign ‘Wexford Strawberries’ for sake infront of his stall. They ain’t Wexford Strawberries coming out of the back of a Pallas foods can that I can assure you.

BorneTobyWilde · 07-07-2019 09:08PM

Seems to me they are 5 times the price on the road.

branie2 · 07-07-2019 09:09PM

Selling strawberries to people who like strawberries

whisky_galore · 07-07-2019 09:11PM

I'm curious as to how does it pay to transport a van of product all the way from Wexford (allegedly) and then sit all day at the side of the road and repeat it all the next day.

fryup · 07-07-2019 09:12PM

sunny south east, conditions are perfect for strawberries down there

kneemos · 07-07-2019 09:14PM

Wouldn't be hard to make fifty quid an hour. Adds up.

Franz Von Peppercorn II · 07-07-2019 09:14PM

branie2 wrote: »

Selling strawberries to people who like strawberries

You sum things up so well sometimes.

biko · 07-07-2019 09:15PM

They have been selling strawberries by the side of the road for yonks.
It's Irish culture dude.

tayto lover · 07-07-2019 09:16PM

branie2 wrote: »

Selling strawberries to people who like strawberries

They never seem to have any cream though.

Franz Von Peppercorn II · 07-07-2019 09:16PM

I mean seriously. I know it’s an angry time on the internet. What’s the deal with people selling strawberries on the road? Nothing.

I don’t think anybody is forcing you to stop and they wouldn’t be doing it if it didn’t make economic sense.

Cork Lass · 07-07-2019 09:17PM

Wouldn’t touch them. There’s a guy sells them near us. Spends the whole day there so I’d wonder where he goes to “use the facilities” and where does he wash his hands :eek:

Tammy! · 07-07-2019 09:18PM

A while ago I was with my dad and we stopped off to get some strawberries. The strawberries were 5 euro and potatoes, 9 euro.

He said "give me 2 of the strawberry punnets and ill get some potatoes but give them to me for 7 euro" rather than the 9 euro.

The guy selling them said "no Im not doing that' so then my dad said "ok, give me 2 of the strawberries for 4 euro each and I'll take the spuds for 9 then" and the fella selling them said 'alright fair enough'

Anyway I always buy them at the side of the road. They always taste must better.

Franz Von Peppercorn II · 07-07-2019 09:18PM

Cork Lass wrote: »

Wouldn’t touch them. There’s a guy sells them near us. Spends the whole day there so I’d wonder where he goes to “use the facilities” and where does he wash his hands :eek:

I don’t think he then fondles all the strawberries though. They are in punnets.

Collie D · 07-07-2019 09:19PM

Cork Lass wrote: »

Wouldn’t touch them. There’s a guy sells them near us. Spends the whole day there so I’d wonder where he goes to “use the facilities” and where does he wash his hands :eek:

Probably goes to the same place as the lad who picks the supermarket ones.

whisky_galore · 07-07-2019 09:20PM

Franz Von Peppercorn II wrote: »

I mean seriously. I know it’s an angry time on the internet. What’s the deal with people selling strawberries on the road? Nothing.

I don’t think anybody is forcing you to stop and they wouldn’t be doing it if it didn’t make economic sense.

Not angry, cool your own jets.

Other countries have roadside stalls with heaps of veg, here it's just strawberries and maybe spuds and that's it. Driving all the way from Wexford as far as tipp or cork with wexford strawberries seems odd to me.

Phileas Frog · 07-07-2019 09:23PM

Frankie Cortese wrote: »

I’ve many a time seen a Pallas Foods van pull up next to a stall on the road coming into Adare in Limerick & hand over 4/5 cases of Strawberries to man with a sign ‘Wexford Strawberries’ for sake infront of his stall. They ain’t Wexford Strawberries coming out of the back of a Pallas foods can that I can assure you.

And why wouldn't they be?

Cork Lass · 07-07-2019 09:26PM

Franz Von Peppercorn II wrote: »

I don’t thunk he then fondles all the strawberries though. They are in punnets.

But he definitely makes contact with them, even just putting them on the table etc and he handles your money too. I’m far from a clean freak but I can’t get my head around this.

blinding · 07-07-2019 09:27PM

Cork Lass wrote: »

Wouldn’t touch them. There’s a guy sells them near us. Spends the whole day there so I’d wonder where he goes to “use the facilities” and where does he wash his hands :eek:

So long as there is no salty cream on them sure they’ll be fine !;)

freshpopcorn · 07-07-2019 09:27PM

Don't they normally sell new potatoes?
They probably have a good enough profit on them going on the price of them.

Wexford strawberrys?

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