How many people shop at more them one supermarket?

geordie_joe

jenniewb wrote: »

Maybe if you live in a really really small village with only one store then I'd believe otherwise, otherwise I can't see how anyone could stick to one brand let alone just one store.

Most people only shop at one supermarket. I know people in here are saying most/nearly all/99.7% of people, but this is just not true. The people saying that are only looking at their own small circle of money saving people.

Most people are not money savers like the people who use this forum. In all the time I have been a member of this forum I have never met another (real life) person who has heard of this site, or Martin Lewis or even watched any of the money saving programmes on TV.

And I chat to people for a living, about anything they want! Often people will ask for something my store doesn't sell, and Morrisons does, so I tell them to go there. Very often they will say things like "I don't shop in Morrisons, I just shop in Tesco" or "I have never been in Morrisons, I just use Tesco".

I know people who only shop in Tesco, only shop in Morrisons, only shop in Sainsbury's and people who would not be seen dead in anything less than Waitrose. I even know people who do their main shop in Morrisons or Tesco but buy the odd item in the Co-op because they live close to it and regard it as their local "corner shop.

But at the age of 55 I have never met anyone who shops at two supermarkets to get the cheapest prices. When I mention to people that I shop in both supermarkets (Morrisons and Tesco) to get the cheapest prices they look at me as if I am stupid. They say things like "Why bother, it all works out the same in the end" and "Why? Your shopping will cost the same in Tesco as it does in Morrisons".

I think most people are too busy (or lazy) to shop at more than one supermarket. Or they just don't want to think about it.

I know some aldi lovers will say most people are moving to aldi and lidl, but the fact is they are not. When you look at the figures it's only 4 or 5% of customers those shops have gained. But that actually means 95% of supermarket customers have not moved.

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geordie_joe wrote: »

Most people only shop at one supermarket. I know people in here are saying most/nearly all/99.7% of people, but this is just not true...

I think most people are too busy (or lazy) to shop at more than one supermarket...

For those of us who live in the countryside we tend to shop in just one shop as that is all there is. It is not due to being too busy, or lazy it is just logistics.

A few people mention that they call into shops on their way home from work. I travel 17 miles to work and 17 miles back. I do not pass, or even drive near a supermarket during this journey.

My nearest town, and supermarket, is 7.5 miles away. If I wanted to shop in a second supermarket I would need to drive to another town about 6 miles away from the first one and then 8 miles back home. I am not going to do an almost 22 mile round trip for a weekly shop.

Visiting other, cheaper supermarkets, than the ones in my two nearest towns, would involve a 45 miles round trip and take me over an hour and a half just to get there and back. It would costs more in petrol than I would be able to save.

I am not complaining about the lack of services and I would never live anywhere else, but I think most people forget that a lot of us do not live in towns and cities.

KimberliCraine

I shop at an average of 3 supermarkets regularly. When there are products on sale, or many discounted rates available from other shops, I also check them out and get some stuff. These are the stores that I don't usually go into if there is no discount offers because of the expensive rates.

sillygoose

I agree with geordie joe, most people we know only shop at one store and do it by the same old online order list every week.

We shop
85% Lidl - weekly staples / fortnightly bigger shop.
10% Aldi - 10 day'ish some stuff not in Lidl.
5% Others as needed, Tesco when they try to entice us back with a wedge of vouchers in the post targeted at stuff we do buy there but thats all - sorry Tesco lol!
And local shop for odd loaf or fruit midweek top up.

System

Aldi and Asda for the F&V - somethings I refuse to buy in Aldi like satsumas. Plus Asda for things like loose onions.
Everywhere else for other things - when they are on offer, YS etc.

Murphybear

Meat from butchers, lots of decent ones around. Last year one was offering a whole beef fillet half price so bought one and cut it into individual steaks for the freezer.

Fish van in market twice a week, fish caught that morning in Brixham
Pannier market for fruit and veg
Bread from decent local baker

Otherwise shop is split between Mr T and Mr M or if we are out and about Lidl and Aldi

For special occasions waitrose, also buy some cheese there that we can't get in the others.

peterpan01

I buy from farmfoods (i think its the cheapest), we also get a £5 off £50 voucher in the newspaper.

I buy from Aldi, its local and has many thing farmfoods doesn't stock plus the specials are very good and the flowers are cheap.

I (occasionally) buy from Tesco mainly, non food products likes school equipment and clothing.

Our meat is from a local shop.

Edwardia

I low carb, OH has NCGS(non-coeliac gluten syndrome) and we eat organic whenever poss so shopping at more than one place is a necessity.

In order of frequency..

1. Ocado - main shop.
2. Sainsbury's organic veg and salad stuff unless on offer at Ocado. Own-brand organic teabags. Wild Alaskan salmon. DVDs. Clothes. Books. Kitchenware. Magazines.
3. Abel & Cole - milk and eggs weekly plus things like organic chicken carcass for stock, game in season, unusual veg.
4. Lidl - New Zealand lamb (not organic but additive free non-GM-fed, grass-pastured), additive-free Parma ham, organic carrots and onions, organic eggs if I run out. bags for recycling, organic yogurt on offer, organic Farmhouse Cheddar when they have it, houseplants (very good). nouvelle loo rolls on special offer. Flowers.
5. ASDA - own brand eco-friendly washing up liquid etc. Organic veg when they have it is very good value for money, leeks usually really good. Own-brand organic cannellini beans, chick peas, passata, chopped tomatoes. Nestle gluten free cornflakes. Own-brand gluten-free muesli. Books. Clothes. Kitchenware. Cards. Magazines. Flowers.
6. Home Bargains - kiln-dried birch logs, over the counter medicines/plasters.
7. 99p Stores - kitchen rolls
8. Holland & Barrett - organic nuts & seeds, organic zero noodles. Vegetarian pates. When special offers on, tend to order online with free p&p rather than carry it all.
9. Morrisons - Bleikers organic smoked salmon and if I'm in there cheap organic veg/fruit. NB this is most expensive store for organic bananas !
10. Tesco - Books, clothes, magazines, DVDs. Both 24/7 Extras I use are absymal for organic produce.

nwc389

Mainly Lidl
A small Asda store for odds and ends we can't get at Lidl
Occasional bits from Aldi , B&M bargains, local butchers and greengrocers.

murph330

Right now I shop anywhere where I am at the present time.

My aim however is to get my meat from a butchers (more expensive per item but local place does great deals), then everyday stuff from Lidl, household from wherever is cheapest.

The remainder? Well I am a big fan of Asian food and I am fortunate enough to have a Pakistani-owned supermarket down the road.....the rest will come from there. Slightly more expensive than supermarket fruit/veg but for me better quality!