Why ugly fruit can help save the planet (and your pennies)

Published: July 31, 2023, 3 p.m.

b'As food prices skyrocket, many shoppers assume that Coles and Woolworths are the cheapest option for consumers \\u2013 but are they? To find out, a team of Guardian reporters went on a mission to find the cheapest fruit and vegetables in Australia, and what they found exposes some myths about our biggest supermarket chains.Guardian Australia\\u2019s data and interactives editor, Nick Evershed, and reporter Mostafa Rachwani, explore the data that industry experts say is a \\u2018damning indictment\\u2019 of the major supermarket chains. Plus: food waste researcher Lukas Parker on how \\u2018ugly food\\u2019 is part of the solution'