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Price Survey - 29/03/08
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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Price Survey - 9th February 2008
Morrisons' reign as Britain's cheapest retailer didn't last long. Asda reclaimed its crown this week with a £44.13 basket, while Sainsbury's leapfrogged Tesco and Morrisons to snatch second place. Despite doubling the price of minced beef, Asda...
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Price Survey - 2nd February 2008
Morrisons has toppled Asda from its perch to claim the title of UK's cheapest retailer for the first time since 29 September. The only serious challenger for the crown over recent months, Morrisons finally produced the cheapest basket at £43.82 -...
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Price Survey
Asda has passed the 100-day mark as the UK's cheapest retailer - while Tesco dropped from second place to fourth after its price hikes outweighed its cuts.Five of Asda's items were the cheapest in The Grocer 33 list this week - by...
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Price Survey - 19th January 2008
Price-slashing Tesco has thrown everything into the mix to match Asda's food prices this week, but it was not enough to prevent Asda recording its 14th week as cheapest retailer. Tesco cut the prices of six items on this week's list, five of which...
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ORGANIC: ATANY COST?
There's a storm brewing in the fresh food aisles of Britain's supermarkets. Prices of British organic food must rise significantly and quickly if the sector is to head off a looming domestic supply crisis in milk and meat. New Year's Day...
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Price Survey - 12th January 2008
Grocery prices were relatively static over the new year holiday but the retailers have made up for it this week with a flurry of pricing activity. The Christmas special offers on booze ended this week with Hardy's Stamp Shiraz Cabernet rocketing up...
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Price Survey - 5th January 2008
Asda has started the new year with its grip on the title of Britain's cheapest retailer showing no sign of weakening in what has been a quiet week for price changes. Although Morrisons and Tesco matched 26 and 27 of Asda's prices respectively, Asda...
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Six-month price, service & availability review
Asda's low prices have dominated The Grocer 33 for the past six months but it's Morrisons not Tesco that is challenging it, however, to be Britain's cheapest retailer. In the first half of 2007, Tesco came closest to stopping Asda's run...
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Price Survey - 15th December 2007
Asda remains the cheapest retailer in the run up to Christmas - but Tesco put up a strong fight, consigning Morrisons, the usual runner up, to third place. Asda's £41.79 basket, which was just 35p cheaper than Tesco's, boasted seven of the cheapest...
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The Grocer 100 Index
Soaring commodity prices have caused grocery prices to leap 2.2% during the past six months, although the big four have battled to keep prices low. Latest data reveals the average cost of our secret 100-item basket has risen £4.21.
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Price Survey - 8th December 2007
For the first time in more than two months, Somerfield has replaced Waitrose as the UK's most expensive retailer, while Asda reached a 10th week as the cheapest. Somerfield's £49.43 basket reflected a 49p increase in the price of Cadbury Dairy Milk...
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Price Survey - 1st December 2008
Asda has pulled off a tricky balancing act between price hikes and price cuts to claim its ninth consecutive award for cheapest retailer, with a £39.38 basket. One of the sharpest price rises was on red seedless grapes, which pushed up the basket...
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Price Survey - 17th November 2007
Sainsbury's was a challenger for the cheapest retailer title this week, but its price cuts were still not enough to stop Asda securing its seventh victory in a row with a £38.74 basket. Tesco and Morrisons have been tussling for the second-cheapest...