StorelocationRanked from cheapest full basket downwardsSainsburyBury St Edmunds, Suffolk£39.53
Date of shopping trip: 12.09.03Time of trip: 17.05Time in store: 50 mins Time at checkout: 7mins 10 seconds
promotions: Walkers buy three for £2.50, Müller 10 for £2.99,Tropicana 12p off and 2 for £3, Fairy liquid 3 for £2,
Persil 30% extra free, Andrex 2 for £2.80, Diet Coke three for £3, Budweiser three for £10
Comments: “Cheapest full basket but just pipped for customer service by Safeway in Redruth”
SainsburyForestside, Belfast £41.12
Date of shopping trip: 12.09.03Time of trip: 19.52Time in store: 44 mins Time at checkout: 8 mins
promotions: Walkers buy three for £2.50, Lurpak extra 40 Nectar points, Müller 10 for £2.99, Tropicana 30p off,
Goodfella’s twin-pack £3.18 plus 200 Nectar points, McCain Home Fries 25% extra free, Budweiser 3 for £10
Comments: “Full basket, clean and tidy store but aisles clogged with stacking trolleys”
SafewayRedruth, Cornwall£45.00
Date of shopping trip: 12.09.03Time of trip: 15.32Time in store: 35 mins Time at checkout: 2 mins
promotions: Müller 5 for £1.50, Persil 33% extra free, Diet Coke special offer at 69p
McCain Home Fries 25% extra free, Diet Coke 2 for £2.09
Comments: “Full basket, bright, clean and well merchandised store. Helpful staff and shopping packed without a prompt”
Tesco ExtraPurley Way, Surrey£37.42
Date of shopping trip: 12.09.03Time of trip: 12.29Time in store: 43 mins Time at checkout: 3 mins 30 seconds
promotions: Müller 5 for £1.50, Tropicana 30p off
Comments: “Clean store but aisles full of staff stacking shelves. Cheese fixture poorly merchandised and no McCain”
AsdaCumbernauld, Strathclyde£37.94
Date of shopping trip: 12.09.03Time of trip: 15.28Time in store: 50 mins Time at checkout:6 mins 25 seconds
promotions: Walkers buy three for £2.50, Müller 3 for 99p, Tropicana 30p off, bacon 2 for £2.46, Budweiser 3 for £10
Comments: “Clean but cluttered store. Very helpful staff but no offer to pack from the checkout operator”
SomerfieldCaldicot, Gwent£41.47
Date of shopping trip: 12.09.03Time of trip: 10.59Time in store: 30mins Time at checkout: 2 mins
promotions: Walkers 17p off, Tetley teabags with 50% extra free, Müller 3 for 99p, McCain Home Fries 25% extra free,
Diet Coke 2 for £2.09
Comments: “Untidy store with aisles full of staff re-arranging shelves to make room for some Christmas lines”
SafewayHale, Altrincham£43.35
Date of shopping trip: 12.09.03Time of trip: 10.20Time in store: 48mins Time at checkout: 9 mins 30 seconds
promotions: Onions and potatoes down 30p/kg, Heinz beans 2 for 45p, Dolmio 2 for £2.70, Müller 5 for £1.50
Comments: “Clean store and well merchandised but aisles clogged with stacking trolleys”
The Co-opThrockley, Tyne & Wear£40.59
Date of shopping trip: 12.09.03Time of trip: 08.45Time in store: 50 mins Time at checkout: 5 mins 30 secs
promotions: Müller 3 for 99p, Tropicana half price, Jacob’s Creek £1 off
Comments: “Untidy store due to shelf stackers filling depleted shelves. Checkout operator failed to greet or offer to pack”
Date of shopping trip: 12.09.03Time of trip: 17.05Time in store: 50 mins Time at checkout: 7mins 10 seconds
promotions: Walkers buy three for £2.50, Müller 10 for £2.99,Tropicana 12p off and 2 for £3, Fairy liquid 3 for £2,
Persil 30% extra free, Andrex 2 for £2.80, Diet Coke three for £3, Budweiser three for £10
Comments: “Cheapest full basket but just pipped for customer service by Safeway in Redruth”
SainsburyForestside, Belfast £41.12
Date of shopping trip: 12.09.03Time of trip: 19.52Time in store: 44 mins Time at checkout: 8 mins
promotions: Walkers buy three for £2.50, Lurpak extra 40 Nectar points, Müller 10 for £2.99, Tropicana 30p off,
Goodfella’s twin-pack £3.18 plus 200 Nectar points, McCain Home Fries 25% extra free, Budweiser 3 for £10
Comments: “Full basket, clean and tidy store but aisles clogged with stacking trolleys”
SafewayRedruth, Cornwall£45.00
Date of shopping trip: 12.09.03Time of trip: 15.32Time in store: 35 mins Time at checkout: 2 mins
promotions: Müller 5 for £1.50, Persil 33% extra free, Diet Coke special offer at 69p
McCain Home Fries 25% extra free, Diet Coke 2 for £2.09
Comments: “Full basket, bright, clean and well merchandised store. Helpful staff and shopping packed without a prompt”
Tesco ExtraPurley Way, Surrey£37.42
Date of shopping trip: 12.09.03Time of trip: 12.29Time in store: 43 mins Time at checkout: 3 mins 30 seconds
promotions: Müller 5 for £1.50, Tropicana 30p off
Comments: “Clean store but aisles full of staff stacking shelves. Cheese fixture poorly merchandised and no McCain”
AsdaCumbernauld, Strathclyde£37.94
Date of shopping trip: 12.09.03Time of trip: 15.28Time in store: 50 mins Time at checkout:6 mins 25 seconds
promotions: Walkers buy three for £2.50, Müller 3 for 99p, Tropicana 30p off, bacon 2 for £2.46, Budweiser 3 for £10
Comments: “Clean but cluttered store. Very helpful staff but no offer to pack from the checkout operator”
SomerfieldCaldicot, Gwent£41.47
Date of shopping trip: 12.09.03Time of trip: 10.59Time in store: 30mins Time at checkout: 2 mins
promotions: Walkers 17p off, Tetley teabags with 50% extra free, Müller 3 for 99p, McCain Home Fries 25% extra free,
Diet Coke 2 for £2.09
Comments: “Untidy store with aisles full of staff re-arranging shelves to make room for some Christmas lines”
SafewayHale, Altrincham£43.35
Date of shopping trip: 12.09.03Time of trip: 10.20Time in store: 48mins Time at checkout: 9 mins 30 seconds
promotions: Onions and potatoes down 30p/kg, Heinz beans 2 for 45p, Dolmio 2 for £2.70, Müller 5 for £1.50
Comments: “Clean store and well merchandised but aisles clogged with stacking trolleys”
The Co-opThrockley, Tyne & Wear£40.59
Date of shopping trip: 12.09.03Time of trip: 08.45Time in store: 50 mins Time at checkout: 5 mins 30 secs
promotions: Müller 3 for 99p, Tropicana half price, Jacob’s Creek £1 off
Comments: “Untidy store due to shelf stackers filling depleted shelves. Checkout operator failed to greet or offer to pack”
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