Morrisons launches fruit and veg box for next day delivery

The new box is available from today on the Morrisons website for £22, which includes next day delivery to the customer's doorstep.

Weighing over 11kg, the box contains 135 portions of fruit and vegetables including family favourites such as Royal Gala apples, satsumas, baking potatoes, wonky carrots and The Best baby sweet peppers. Four types of salad, six varieties of vegetables and six types of fruit are included.

The Bradford-based firm said the new box will mean a family can easily eat their five-a-day during the course of a week.

It also said the new service will mean that people who are vulnerable, elderly or self-isolating will not need to leave their home.

A typical box’s salad items will include peppers, tomatoes, lettuce and cucumber. Vegetables will range from carrots, baking potatoes, onions, spinach, green beans and mushrooms. The fruit element could include apples, bananas, grapes, satsumas, lemons and a pineapple.

Liz Taylor, Morrisons' fruit & veg director, said: "Our fruit and veg box contains a wide variety of affordable and good quality fruit and veg.

"A family can simply order one box and get all of the vegetables they need for healthy meals for the week. They can be ordered alongside other food boxes such as our Meat Box and Fish Box - that we’ve recently launched to play our full part in feeding the nation."

A typical Morrisons Fruit and Veg Box will contain: Baking potatoes (2.5kg), trimmed green beans (80g), onions (1kg), wonky carrots (1kg), chestnut mushrooms (250g),

baby spinach (160g), baby plum tomatoes (250g), The Best baby sweet peppers (250g), Royal Gala apples (6 pack), ripen at home bananas (5 pack), unwaxed lemons (5 pack), a whole pineapple, satsumas (600g), red grapes (500g), a whole cucumber and a round lettuce.

The Morrisons Fruit and Veg Box will be available to buy on the Morrisons Food Box website. Delivery is the next day for orders placed before 3pm.

Morrisons now produces 30,000 food boxes a week. Customers can choose from 10 varieties including: Vegetarian Food Box, Gluten Free Food Box, BBQ Food Box, Assorted Fish Box and British Farmers Food Box.