FAMILIES in Bournemouth and Poole can now get a week’s supply of vegetables for just £3.50.

The only drawback is that they're wonky.

Asda has decided to stock the wonky vegetable boxes at 128 of its stores across the country – including the superstores in Poole and Castlepoint.

The Wonky Fruit and Vegetable range was introduced to a handful of stores in January 2015 after Jamie Oliver challenged the supermarket chain to encourage its customers to buy produce with "knobbles and blemishes".

In the latest series of Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast, aired on Channel 4, Jamie and his co-presenter Jimmy Doherty revisited Asda's wonky veg and called for the company to extend the range.

The aim is to produce far less food waste while helping supermarkets keep the price of food down.

Asda claim that over 340 tonnes of carrots and 300 tonnes of sweet potatoes are now on their shelves which are in perfect condition to eat but would previously have been binned.

Ian Harrison, Asda’s technical produce director, said: “We’re excited to launch a unique and exclusive Wonky Vegetable box that is jam-packed with ugly winter veg that not only saves shoppers money but helps farmers get more of their crop onto our shelves.

“However, this range only solves one part of the food waste puzzle. The work we continue to do with our growers to ensure as much of their crop is sold as possible, by flexing specifications, is the golden ticket for farmers.

“The initial reception to Wonky Fruit and Veg has been fantastic and we’ve been eager to take this one step further for a while, so the challenge to make wonky veg more widely available for customers was something we happily accepted from Jamie and Jimmy.”