All Product prices articles – Page 138

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    Price Survey - 7th June 2008

    2008-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Asda emerged victorious after another tussle with Morrisons to produce the cheapest basket. Just 36p separated their totals, but Morrisons - which entered the price war this week by slashing 2,000 prices - was undercut by Asda on 14 items. Asda's...

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    Price Survey - 31st May 2008

    2008-06-02T00:00:00Z

    Asda has wrested the cheapest retailer title back from Morrisons as milk and bananas bore sweeping price changes this week. Asda sparked the banana price war last week by reducing them from 77p to 72p. The rest of the big four followed suit, but on...

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    Sainsbury's spurs rivals to bring the bogof back

    2008-05-19T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury's decision to buck the trend with bogofs appears to have led to a flurry of me-too activity among its rivals. The mechanic accounted for a whopping 65% of Sainsbury's ­featured space promotions last weekend.

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    Wall's proves a chilling opponent in ice creams

    2008-05-12T00:00:00Z

    Wall's ice creams and lollies accounted for more than half of the top five ice cream chart for promotional offers last weekend, taking 53% of activity - 31 points ahead of closest rival Nestlé.Unilever's extensive range under the Wall's...

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    Price Survey - 10th May 2008

    2008-05-12T00:00:00Z

    Asda undercut the competition on a host of items to retain the cheapest retailer title this week, but Tesco was only a whisper behind. Nine of the items on the list were cheapest at Asda, which provided a £49.16 basket - just 29p less than Tesco's....

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    Price Survey

    2008-05-10T00:00:00Z

    Morrisons has scuppered Asda's plans to record a fourth week as cheapest retailer, but only 49p separated the pair and the contest was settled on just one key item.Morrisons made no price hikes or cuts that affected this week's list, but...

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    Price Survey

    2008-05-10T00:00:00Z

    Another batch of unbeatable prices has widened the gap between Asda and its rivals as it marks its third consecutive week as cheapest retailer.Once again Tesco came closest to matching its total - but Asda's winning basket was a...

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    Price Survey

    2008-05-10T00:00:00Z

    Another batch of unbeatable prices has widened the gap between Asda and its rivals as it marks its third consecutive week as cheapest retailer.Once again Tesco came closest to matching its total - but Asda's winning basket was a...

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    Price Survey - 03 May 2008

    2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

    Asda snatched the cheapest retailer title back from Morrisons as the price gap between them and the other retailers widened this week. Asda climbed to top spot with a £46.73 basket, £3.78 cheaper than the third most expensive retailer, Tesco,...

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    Price Survey - 26th April 2008

    2008-04-28T00:00:00Z

    The title of cheapest retailer has been hard to hang on to over the past four weeks with each of the big four taking a turn. This week, it was Morrisons' moment in the sun. Its £43.41 basket was 56p cheaper than last week's winner Asda. But compared...

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    Price Survey - 19th April 2008

    2008-04-21T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury's tenure as cheapest retailer has been cut short by a resurgent Asda. After just a week at the top of The Grocer 33 price survey, Sainsbury's fell to fourth place, with a £52.64 basket, £1. 27 more expensive than Asda's winning basket....

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    Price Survey - 12th April 2008

    2008-04-14T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury's has stormed up the chart to become cheapest retailer for the first time in 11 months. The retailer's triumph comes after a turbulent six weeks in which Asda, Tesco and Morrisons have each scooped the title two times. But recent basket...

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    Price Survey - 5th April 2008

    2008-04-07T00:00:00Z

    It's tight at the top again but Asda has reclaimed the cheapest retailer title after a series of price hikes forced Tesco back to third place. Asda leapt from fourth place to first with a £48.88 basket, despite only cutting the price of one product...

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    Price Survey - 29/03/08

    2008-03-31T00:00:00Z

    Tesco has fought off Asda and Morrisons to become this week's cheapest retailer, with Sainsbury's coming a close second. Tesco undercut its nearest competitor on 13 items but such is the competitive nature of price cutting between the retailers that...

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    Price Survey - 22nd March 2008

    2008-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Despite hefty price cuts at Morrisons, Asda has returned after a three-week absence from the top spot to reclaim the title of cheapest retailer. Asda undercut Morrisons on 13 items, the most significant of which was Cathedral City Cheddar: £1...

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    Price Survey - 8th March 2008

    2008-03-10T00:00:00Z

    It has taken eight months but Tesco has regained its title as cheapest retailer in our The Grocer 33 price survey. Tesco has swapped places with Morrisons, which plummeted from first to fourth place this week. Tesco slashed the prices of four items...

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    Price Survey - 15th March 2008

    2008-03-10T00:00:00Z

    Asda has been consigned to the second-cheapest retailer position for a third week courtesy of Morrisons. Morrisons climbed from fourth place to the top spot with a £37.28 basket, but Asda's total was only 7p more and Tesco was close behind with a...

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    Price Survey - 1st March 2008

    2008-03-03T00:00:00Z

    Asda's attempt to record a fourth week as cheapest retailer has been foiled by Morrisons as the price gap between the big four becomes narrower than ever. Only 62p separated Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Tesco from each other after they matched...

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    Price Survey - 23rd February 2008

    2008-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Morrisons came close to hijacking Asda's plans of claiming a third week as cheapest retailer but it did not make quite enough price cuts. Morrisons' £44.14 basket was just 16p more expensive than Asda's, and low enough to knock Tesco back into third...

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    Price Survey - 16th February 2008

    2008-02-18T00:00:00Z

    Asda has kept a tight grip on the cheapest retailer title this week, but Tesco fought off stiff competition to clinch second place. The competition between Morrisons and Tesco remained fierce this week, with just 10p separating the totals compared...