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Food price differences

My local Tesco 'Supermarket' sells Tesco Mincemeat (for mince pies) for £1.20 for a 411g jar. My local Tesco Express (1.1 miles from the larger store) sells it for £0.30p!!!!

Anyone else noticed price differences like this in shops from the same chain but in different locations?

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  • DCFC79
    DCFC79 Posts: 40,644 Forumite
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    Usually its the other way round eg a loaf of bread at an express is say £2 and in the tesco extra store in same town the same loaf of bread is say £1.50.
  • bramble1
    bramble1 Posts: 3,096 Forumite
    Tesco Expresses are always pricier IMO - we've got one opening in our area soon, but once people realise the prices are on par with waitrose and the waitrose quality is superior i don't think it will do so well. I will still have to travel out of town to do my shopping!
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  • DCFC79
    DCFC79 Posts: 40,644 Forumite
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    bramble1 wrote: »
    Tesco Expresses are always pricier IMO - we've got one opening in our area soon, but once people realise the prices are on par with waitrose and the waitrose quality is superior i don't think it will do so well. I will still have to travel out of town to do my shopping!

    which is what i said but the OP's case was the other way round.
  • ariba10
    ariba10 Posts: 5,432 Forumite
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    Any supermarket will set its prices according to the local competition.

    Our local Tesco lowered its prices when a rival opened nearby.
    I used to be indecisive but now I am not sure.
  • dalc87
    dalc87 Posts: 37 Forumite
    ariba10 wrote: »
    Any supermarket will set its prices according to the local competition.

    Our local Tesco lowered its prices when a rival opened nearby.
    The interesting thing is that my local express has no competition within a 10 minute walk as all of the little shops closed down before Tesco opened or lost all of their business when it did open.

    I've found my express store to be more expensive on many every day items but cheaper on a lot of other things.
  • ada1988
    ada1988 Posts: 360 Forumite
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    different place with different delivery fee.But the gap is really little big.
    is that the goods price has been improve?
  • Middy
    Middy Posts: 5,394 Forumite
    There is a Co-op in the petrol station where I live. First of all the fuel is 3p a litre more than the next petrol station 1 mile from there. Sometimes I have popped in there and got deals which are cheaper than the offers at work - even after staff discount.
  • daveyjp
    daveyjp Posts: 14,109 Forumite
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    ariba10 wrote: »
    Any supermarket will set its prices according to the local competition.

    Not so. Morrisons are the only one of the big four to have a national pricing policy.
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