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Scottish Sun
24-04-2025
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Greengrocer flogging UK's most expensive apples for eye-watering sum as rival scoffs ‘are you serious?'
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A GREENGROCER is flogging Britain's most expensive apples — for £15 each. The fruit, flown in by Notting Hill Fish + Meat Shop from Japan, costs the equivalent of nearly £42 a kilo — 14 times the price at a market stall within half a mile. 4 Notting Hill Fish + Meat Shop is selling £15 apples flown in from Japan Credit: Ray Collins 4 Sun man Tom Seaward forked out for the fruit, loved by celebs like David Beckham Credit: Ray Collins 4 The apples weigh about 12oz, roughly twice the size of a braeburn Credit: Ray Collins A melon — also imported from the Far East — will set shoppers back almost £100, while a punnet of extra-large grapes is £80. Despite the eye-watering cost, the West London shop is a favourite with celebrity locals, including David Beckham, 49, and Margot Robbie, 34, while singer Dua Lipa, 29, is also said to be a fan. But Meraj Eshagh, 59, who runs a stall at nearby Portobello Road Market, scoffed at the sky-high prices, saying: 'You must be joking "Are you serious? I have no clue why they'd be selling them for that. "We sell apples for £3 a kilo.' Grown in the Aomori prefecture, 400 miles north of Tokyo, the apples weigh about 12oz, roughly twice the size of a braeburn. They are thought to be Fujis, which usually cost a few pounds online. Yet the fruit is proving a hit — Becks is said to be a regular at the shop, loading his basket with the pricey produce, including the £15 apples and £50 punnets of strawberries. A source said: 'He spends an absolute fortune on the Japanese apples and other fruit — I suppose he can afford it.' One shopper, 56, who comes in three to four times a week to buy groceries and salmon for her dog, said: 'It's delicious. "I would rather spend the money and have a memorable experience." Consultant Kirill Voronin, 30, who travelled from Richmond to pick up his £300 haul, said: 'We've got a lot of stuff. "It's convenient and it's good.' Additional reporting: Harriette Boucher The real reason why supermarkets always put the fresh fruit and veg right by the door
The Sun
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Greengrocer flogging UK's most expensive apples for eye-watering sum as rival scoffs ‘are you serious?'
A GREENGROCER is flogging Britain's most expensive apples — for £15 each. The fruit, flown in by Notting Hill Fish + Meat Shop from Japan, costs the equivalent of nearly £42 a kilo — 14 times the price at a market stall within half a mile. 4 4 4 A melon — also imported from the Far East — will set shoppers back almost £100, while a punnet of extra-large grapes is £80. Despite the eye-watering cost, the West London shop is a favourite with celebrity locals, including David Beckham, 49, and Margot Robbie, 34, while singer Dua Lipa, 29, is also said to be a fan. But Meraj Eshagh, 59, who runs a stall at nearby Portobello Road Market, scoffed at the sky-high prices, saying: 'You must be joking "Are you serious? I have no clue why they'd be selling them for that. "We sell apples for £3 a kilo.' Grown in the Aomori prefecture, 400 miles north of Tokyo, the apples weigh about 12oz, roughly twice the size of a braeburn. They are thought to be Fujis, which usually cost a few pounds online. Yet the fruit is proving a hit — Becks is said to be a regular at the shop, loading his basket with the pricey produce, including the £15 apples and £50 punnets of strawberries. A source said: 'He spends an absolute fortune on the Japanese apples and other fruit — I suppose he can afford it.' One shopper, 56, who comes in three to four times a week to buy groceries and salmon for her dog, said: 'It's delicious. "I would rather spend the money and have a memorable experience." Consultant Kirill Voronin, 30, who travelled from Richmond to pick up his £300 haul, said: 'We've got a lot of stuff. "It's convenient and it's good.' The real reason why supermarkets always put the fresh fruit and veg right by the door 4
