Leaves and tomatoes, crisp on arrival
Spitalfields Fruit & Veg supplies lettuces, mixed leaves, rocket, watercress, tomatoes, cucumbers and salad veg to restaurants, cafés, hotels and caterers across London and the M25. Salad is bought on the market floor at New Spitalfields in Leyton, E10, and delivered on the days agreed for your account.
What's usually on the market
A guide, not a fixed list: the market changes every day. Press Add to put a line on your order list, or ask Ben for anything you don't see.
Lettuces and leaves
- Cos lettuce
- Little gem
- Iceberg
- Butterhead
- Red and green oak leaf
- Mixed salad leaves
- Rocket
- Baby spinach
- Watercress
- Lamb's lettuce
- Radicchio and chicory
- Treviso radicchio
- Castelfranco radicchio
- Pea shootsask Ben
Tomatoes
- Vine tomatoes
- Cherry tomatoes
- Plum tomatoes
- Beef tomatoes
- Heritage tomatoes
Salad veg
- Cucumbers
- Radishes
- Spring onions
- Celery
- Avocados
How Ben buys it
Bought for the day
Leaves don't keep. Tell Ben how much you get through between drops and the order is sized so nothing wilts in the walk-in.
Tomatoes by use
Vine for the pass, plum for the sauce, heritage for the plate. Say what each line is for.
British in summer
British lettuce, rocket and tomatoes come into season from spring into autumn. Out of season they are imported or grown under glass.
Questions
How do I keep salad from going to waste?
Order smaller and more often. Tell Ben how much you use between deliveries and he will help you size the order for your delivery days.
Do you supply avocados ready to use?
Tell Ben the day you need them ripe and they are chosen to suit, firm for later in the week or ready for today.
Talk to Ben
Tell us what you use, how often and where you are. You will hear back from Ben himself.