StorelocationRanked from cheapest full basket downwardsAsdaRobroyston, Glasgow£38.77
Date of shopping trip: 19.09.03Time of trip: 15.31Time in store: 41 mins Time at checkout: 5 mins
promotions: Potatoes reduced by 10p/kg, Walkers buy 3 for £2.50, Müller 3 for 99p,Tropicana 30p off, bacon 2 for £2.46,
Budweiser 3 for £10
Comments: “Cheapest full basket but aisles congested with stacking trolleys”
SainsburyHarrogate, N Yorkshire £39.44
Date of shopping trip: 19.09.03Time of trip: 18.14Time in store: 46 mins Time at checkout: 9 mins
promotions: Heinz beans 4 for £1.48, Müller 10 for £2.99, McCain Home Fries 25% extra free, Persil 32 tablets for price of 24
Comments: “Full basket, clean and tidy store but no offer to pack plus a pricing error”
WaitroseNewark, Nottinghamshire£42.59
Date of shopping trip: 19.09.03Time of trip: 09.40Time in store: 39 mins Time at checkout: 3 mins 21 seconds
promotions: Dolmio 29p off, Walkers buy 3 for £2.50, Tetley teabags with 50% extra free, penne 2 for £2.50, Müller 3 for 99p,
McCain Home Fries 25% extra free, Andrex 12 for price of 9, Diet Coke 3 for £3
Comments: “Full basket and the Storewatch title for this bright, well merchandised store with its helpful and friendly staff”
MorrisonsHeywood, Lancashire£37.62
Date of shopping trip: 19.09.03Time of trip: 12.18Time in store: 38 mins Time at checkout: 6 mins 30 seconds
promotions: Tetley teabags with 50% extra free, Müller 5 for £1.50, Tropicana 30p off, McCain Home Fries 25% extra free
Comments: “Good basket but promotion on penne cleared stocks. Clean store but too few checkouts open”
MorrisonsRogerstone, Newport£38.02
Date of shopping trip: 192.09.03Time of trip: 12.36Time in store: 40 mins Time at checkout: 7 mins
promotions:Tetley teabags with 50% extra free, Müller 5 for £1.50, Tropicana 30p off, McCain Home Fries 25% extra free
Andrex 2 for £3, Budweiser 2 for £6
Comments: “Good basket but out of stock on our Goodfella’s pizza. Busy store made worse by packing trolleys in the aisles”
TescoTransit Way, Plymouth£31.69
Date of shopping trip: 19.09.03Time of trip: 17.48Time in store: 44mins Time at checkout: 5 mins
promotions: Potatoes half price, Dolmio on bogof, Müller 5 for £1.50
Comments: “Oh dear. Untidy store, aisles clogged by stacking trolleys and a mistake at the till”
SafewayFleet, Hampshire£38.42
Date of shopping trip: 19.09.03Time of trip: 13.27Time in store: 47mins Time at checkout: 3 mins
promotions: Heinz beans 2 for 80p, Hovis 2 for £1.10, Tetley teabags with 50% extra free, penne 2 for £3, Müller 5 for £1.50,
Tropicana 2 for £3, bacon 2 for £3.50, Andrex 2 for £3
Comments: “Clean store, well merchandised and very helpful staff, but four out of stocks”
The Co-opCarrickfergus, County Antrim£40.62
Date of shopping trip: 19.09.03Time of trip: 18.49Time in store: 32 mins Time at checkout: 4 mins
promotions: Kit Kat on offer at 69p, Müller 3 for 99p, Tropicana half price, McCain Home Fries 25% extra free
Comments: “Clean and tidy but staff presence in the aisles scarce. Checkout operator failed to greet but offered to pack”
Date of shopping trip: 19.09.03Time of trip: 15.31Time in store: 41 mins Time at checkout: 5 mins
promotions: Potatoes reduced by 10p/kg, Walkers buy 3 for £2.50, Müller 3 for 99p,Tropicana 30p off, bacon 2 for £2.46,
Budweiser 3 for £10
Comments: “Cheapest full basket but aisles congested with stacking trolleys”
SainsburyHarrogate, N Yorkshire £39.44
Date of shopping trip: 19.09.03Time of trip: 18.14Time in store: 46 mins Time at checkout: 9 mins
promotions: Heinz beans 4 for £1.48, Müller 10 for £2.99, McCain Home Fries 25% extra free, Persil 32 tablets for price of 24
Comments: “Full basket, clean and tidy store but no offer to pack plus a pricing error”
WaitroseNewark, Nottinghamshire£42.59
Date of shopping trip: 19.09.03Time of trip: 09.40Time in store: 39 mins Time at checkout: 3 mins 21 seconds
promotions: Dolmio 29p off, Walkers buy 3 for £2.50, Tetley teabags with 50% extra free, penne 2 for £2.50, Müller 3 for 99p,
McCain Home Fries 25% extra free, Andrex 12 for price of 9, Diet Coke 3 for £3
Comments: “Full basket and the Storewatch title for this bright, well merchandised store with its helpful and friendly staff”
MorrisonsHeywood, Lancashire£37.62
Date of shopping trip: 19.09.03Time of trip: 12.18Time in store: 38 mins Time at checkout: 6 mins 30 seconds
promotions: Tetley teabags with 50% extra free, Müller 5 for £1.50, Tropicana 30p off, McCain Home Fries 25% extra free
Comments: “Good basket but promotion on penne cleared stocks. Clean store but too few checkouts open”
MorrisonsRogerstone, Newport£38.02
Date of shopping trip: 192.09.03Time of trip: 12.36Time in store: 40 mins Time at checkout: 7 mins
promotions:Tetley teabags with 50% extra free, Müller 5 for £1.50, Tropicana 30p off, McCain Home Fries 25% extra free
Andrex 2 for £3, Budweiser 2 for £6
Comments: “Good basket but out of stock on our Goodfella’s pizza. Busy store made worse by packing trolleys in the aisles”
TescoTransit Way, Plymouth£31.69
Date of shopping trip: 19.09.03Time of trip: 17.48Time in store: 44mins Time at checkout: 5 mins
promotions: Potatoes half price, Dolmio on bogof, Müller 5 for £1.50
Comments: “Oh dear. Untidy store, aisles clogged by stacking trolleys and a mistake at the till”
SafewayFleet, Hampshire£38.42
Date of shopping trip: 19.09.03Time of trip: 13.27Time in store: 47mins Time at checkout: 3 mins
promotions: Heinz beans 2 for 80p, Hovis 2 for £1.10, Tetley teabags with 50% extra free, penne 2 for £3, Müller 5 for £1.50,
Tropicana 2 for £3, bacon 2 for £3.50, Andrex 2 for £3
Comments: “Clean store, well merchandised and very helpful staff, but four out of stocks”
The Co-opCarrickfergus, County Antrim£40.62
Date of shopping trip: 19.09.03Time of trip: 18.49Time in store: 32 mins Time at checkout: 4 mins
promotions: Kit Kat on offer at 69p, Müller 3 for 99p, Tropicana half price, McCain Home Fries 25% extra free
Comments: “Clean and tidy but staff presence in the aisles scarce. Checkout operator failed to greet but offered to pack”
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