Ranked in order of cheapest full basket Asda Cramlington, Tyne & Wear £39.09 Date of shopping trip: 11.07.03 Time of trip: 09.47 Time in store: 48 mins Time at checkout: 2 mins 45 seconds promotions: Müller yogurts 3 for 99p Comments: "Cheapest full basket, helpful staff, but chiller cabinets low on stock and aisles clogged up with stacking trolleys" Asda Swanley, Kent £39.19 Date of shopping trip: 11.07.03 Time of trip: 10.00 Time in store: 73 mins Time at checkout: 8 mins 30 secs promotions: Müller yogurts 3 for 99p, 4-tin pack of Heinz beans £1.32 Comments: "Full basket, but crowded aisles due to stacking trolleys and a surly checkout operator" Sainsbury Cheadle, Cheshire £40.03 Date of shopping trip: 11.07.03 Time of trip: 14.22 Time in store: 50 mins Time at checkout: 7 mins promotions: Bananas 2p/kg off, Walkers 3 for £2.50, Hovis 2 for £1.09, Müller yogurts 5 for £1.50, Tropicana 3 for 2, bacon 2 packs for £2.50, free glass with 2 bottles of Diet Coke ,and 3 packs of Budweiser for £10 Comments: "Full basket, plenty of offers, clean and tidy, polite staff, shopping packed ­ Storewatch winner" Morrisons Barry, Glamorgan £40.11 Date of shopping trip: 11.07.03 Time of trip: 10.33 Time in store: 56 mins Time at checkout: 16 mins promotions: Walkers 3 for £2.50, Goodfella's 50p off and 3 bottles of Diet Coke for £3, Müller yogurts 3 for 99p Comments: "Full basket. But hard to get round this busy store with packers congesting the aisles, plus errors at the till" Waitrose Portishead, Bristol £43.15 Date of shopping trip: 11.07.03 Time of trip: 12.15 Time in store: 45 mins Time at checkout: 8 mins promotions: Dolmio, Kit Kat and Diet Coke all on 3 for the price of 2 offers. Hovis half price and Goodfella's 25% off Comments: "Full basket at this well laid out store with wide aisles. One staff member was surly but the rest were helpful and polite" Somerfield Gorgie Road, Edinburgh £44.25 Date of shopping trip: 11.07.03 Time of trip: 16.28 Time in store: 29 mins Time at checkout: 7 mins promotions: Apples half price and Müller yogurts 3 for 99p Comments: "Quick shop, helpful staff but store untidy and sausages out of stock" Safeway Kennedy Centre, Belfast £43.17 Date of shopping trip: 11.07.03 Time of trip: 12.35 Time in store: 50 mins Time at checkout: 15 mins promotions: Penne 2 packs for £3 Comments: "Clean and tidy and well merchandised but only eight out of 18 checkouts open led to long queues" Tesco Stowmarket, Suffolk £35.56 Date of shopping trip: 11.07.03 Time of trip: 17.00 Time in store: 67 mins Time at checkout: 8 mins 10 seconds promotions: Müller yogurts 3 for 99p and 2 packs of sausages for £2.00 Comments: "Untidy aisles full of stacking trolleys but assistants very helpful at checking in the storeroom for for out of stocks" {{INSIGHT }}

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