Tesco aaaaaargh!

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libitina wrote:

If I won the lottery, I'd shop at M & S and Sainsburys though

Why do you have to win the lottery to shop in Sainsburys?

We normally shop in Sainsburys but shopped in Asda today for a change and i'm certain there was hardly any difference in price. If there was it's negligible.

So it's back to Sainsburys next week...far better quality overall.

CopperPlate_2

I'd have to agree to an extent. Prefer to shop at Sainsbury's of all the supermarkets, but I have an Asda on my doorstep literally. Better range, nicer environment and overall a better shopping experience. Just wish there was a Waitrose nearby too

ti1980

Cheapest is often not best though.
I'm not surprised that Asda came out the cheapest, Walmart who own them probably squeeze their suppliers more than the other supermarkets. People need to remember that its ok to want cheap prices, we all want that but someone somewhere down the line is paying for those cheap prices, i.e the people that work for the suppliers for minimum wage or the Asda workers that probably get not much more than minimum wage while Walmart announce record profits for the 10th year running.

I have to say that I mainly shop at Sainsburys and M&S, with a small sprinkling of Tesco and even smaller sprinkling of Asda (been once this year).
I wish there was a Waitrose nearby as from what I have heard I would probably do an occasional shop there.

I got my food spending to really low about this time last year but I was so miserable having to stick to such a tight budget. At Sainsburys and M&S, I take advantage of BOGOF's and money off deals, and as I get discount in M&S, it mainly works out cheaper to shop at M&S than the other supermarkets.
I mainly only shop for me though, so don't have to consider loads of different people/tastes when I'm shopping which is a bit of a money saver in itself I think.

Backbiter

Tesco's policy on petrol pricing is a bit ominous, I think. They put the price as high as they can get away with, with their promise to be the cheapest within a three mile radius. There are two Tesco's about 3.5 miles away from each other around here - one is competitively priced, the other doesn't even try to compete with the, er, Tesco price 3.5 miles away. I noticed tonight that the uncompetitive one was 4p a litre more than a sainsbury's I filled up at on my way home.

It is undeniable that Tesco's are trying to grow so big and powerful that competitors can't survive, and this means muscling in on all aspects of the retail trade - electricals, clothing, toys, CDs, newspapers, photo developing, bikes, greetings cards, medicines and toiletrries, car spares etc. as well as groceries. The example of their petrol pricing shows that, once the local competition has been killed off they will have zero incentive to keep prices low and won't even try.

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Backbiter wrote:

Tesco's policy on petrol pricing is a bit ominous, I think. They put the price as high as they can get away with, with their promise to be the cheapest within a three mile radius. There are two Tesco's about 3.5 miles away from each other around here - one is competitively priced, the other doesn't even try to compete with the, er, Tesco price 3.5 miles away. I noticed tonight that the uncompetitive one was 4p a litre more than a sainsbury's I filled up at on my way home.

It is undeniable that Tesco's are trying to grow so big and powerful that competitors can't survive, and this means muscling in on all aspects of the retail trade - electricals, clothing, toys, CDs, newspapers, photo developing, bikes, greetings cards, medicines and toiletrries, car spares etc. as well as groceries. The example of their petrol pricing shows that, once the local competition has been killed off they will have zero incentive to keep prices low and won't even try.

Well we have a tesco and morrisons filling station more or less next to each other,ans tesco are nearly always 1 or 2p a litre more expensive,if on occasions they are the same price,you can guarantee tesco are the 1st to up the price,so much to the tesco price guarantee:mad:

nearlyrich

Supermarket sells branded 9 pack of toilet roll for almost £4, local market has same brand same size pack for £1.99.

Pound shop has lots of cleaning product for you guessed it £1, avarage supemarket price £1.50 to £2.00. Aldi fruit juice is 79p, same stuff in Tesco is £1.39.

I wish I had time to go round all the shops every week picking up the bargains unfortunately I have limited time for shopping and tend to stick to one supermarket, usually Tesco because they have better stores than Asda etc and the market for fresh veg, meat and fish.