All Product prices articles – Page 142

  • News

    Price Survey

    2007-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Asda has reclaimed the title of cheapest retailer after a three week absence from the top spot. It provduced the cheapest basket at £44.41 - £1.87 cheaper than Tesco, which took second place in The Grocer 33 survey this week.Asda...

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    Price Survey

    2007-02-10T00:00:00Z

    The price gap narrowed again this week as Sainsbury's stole the top spot from Tesco, having been the second-cheapest for four weeks on the trot. Heavy promotional activity - including half-price Pringles - helped it to achieve £44.15 basket...

  • News

    Price Survey

    2007-02-03T00:00:00Z

    It was all change this week in The Grocer 33, with Tesco being crowned the cheapest retailer and Asda dropping to fourth-cheapest. For the past four weeks running Tesco has been the fourth-cheapest retailer in The Grocer 33 survey as a...

  • News

    Price Survey

    2007-01-27T00:00:00Z

    Tesco is lagging further behind Asda than ever in The Grocer 33 shop having this week recorded the fourth-cheapest basket for the fourth week in a row. Once again Asda was the cheapest, with a basket cost of £39.78,...

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    Price Survey

    2007-01-20T00:00:00Z

    This week Morrisons and Sainsbury's followed in Asda's footsteps by raising the price of Jacob's Creek Chardonnay by 33%. Last week Asda hiked the wine's price by the same amount, signalling the end of Christmas alcohol promotions. This...

  • News

    Price Survey

    2007-01-06T00:00:00Z

    Welcome to what looks set to be another turbulent year for grocery prices at the top six supermarkets. A number of significant changes have already taken place since our last report on 16 December, with the price of loose apples tumbling...

  • News

    Price Survey

    2007-01-06T00:00:00Z

    Christmas alcohol promotions seem to be coming to an end, with Asda increasing the price of its 20-24 can box of Stella Artois by 20% this week, alongside a 33% hike in the price of Jacob's Creek Chardonnay. Elsewhere the price of Hardys Stamp...

  • News

    Price Survey

    2006-12-16T00:00:00Z

    To say 2006 has been a turbulent year for pricing at the top six supermarkets would be putting it mildly. Rising energy prices, feed costs, poor harvests, and lower yields of certain fresh fruit and vegetables have caused the rate of food price...

  • News

    Price Survey, Service & Availability

    2006-12-16T00:00:00Z

    It's been all change for The Grocer 33 over the past six months. We have increased the frequency of basket rotations from once a month to once a week, and boosted our pool of products from which our shopping list is constructed, giving us a much...

  • News

    Price Survey

    2006-12-09T00:00:00Z

    The price of oranges has risen this week by a whopping 61%. Hurricanes in the US and Caribbean have affected the volume of oranges produced there this year, while frost in South America and flooding in South Africa have also contributed to the...

  • News

    Price Survey

    2006-12-02T00:00:00Z

    Fresh fruit and vegetable prices continued to fluctuate in this first week of December. The cost of parsnips has risen by an average of 11% in the past seven days, and now rests at £1.82 for a kg. The largest increase took place at Asda,...

  • News

    Price Survey

    2006-11-18T00:00:00Z

    The retail cost of red seedless grapes has remained largely stable this week following the rise of 11.8% seen in last week's report. The only retailer to have increased the price of its 1kg punnet was Waitrose, which over the past seven...

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    Non food

    2006-11-18T00:00:00Z

    You can have your toast and eat it. If you shop at Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury's that is - where the price of a two slice electrical toaster has fallen below the £5 mark. Competition between the major multiples in the cheap electric...

  • News

    Price Survey

    2006-11-11T00:00:00Z

    A change in country of origin has sparked a dramatic increase in the price of red seedless grapes this week. The average price of a 1kg punnet has risen by an average of 11.8% with Tesco sporting the most significant increase of the six other...

  • News

    Price Survey

    2006-11-06T00:00:00Z

    Morrisons has claimed the cheapest 33-item shopping basket for the third time since The Grocer 33's End of Year Report in June.The retailer, which is currently sporting promotional offers on six of the 33 items on our shopping list, rang...

  • News

    Price Survey

    2006-10-28T00:00:00Z

    Tesco has scored a double whammy this week, adding the crown of cheapest supermarket to its Top Store customer service award. The victory is the second in a row for the retailer, which has fought back on prices after a long period of dominance...

  • News

    Price Survey

    2006-10-21T00:00:00Z

    Tesco scored its first victory in The Grocer 33 this month, with Sainsbury displaced from its lead last week and Asda pushed into second place two weeks on the trot. Asda had come in cheapest in seven of the previous nine surveys, but...

  • News

    Price Survey

    2006-10-14T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury's edged out Asda and Tesco in this week's The Grocer 33 price survey - but it was mighty close. The winning margin was a razor-thin 10p for our 33-item basket of goods. Sainsbury's led at £46.88, followed by Asda...

  • News

    Price Survey

    2006-10-07T00:00:00Z

    Asda has picked up where it left off, posting the lowest total in The Grocer 33 price survey again. It was the second victory in a row for Asda, which had a five-week winning streak broken up by Tesco a fortnight ago. Asda's bill for the...

  • News

    Price Survey

    2006-09-30T00:00:00Z

    Tesco has failed to hold on to the crown of cheapest supermarket, after it broke Asda's five-week-long spell at the top last week. Asda's total of £49.04 was the cheapest of the six supermarkets in our survey this week. Tesco was second at...