All Product prices articles – Page 144

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    Price Survey - 10th November 2007

    2007-11-10T00:00:00Z

    There's no change at the top with Asda achieving its sixth consecutive victory as cheapest retailer with a £47.38 basket, but Morrisons has let its grip on second position slip. It is testament to the consistency of Asda's low-pricing strategy that...

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    Price Survey - 27th October 2007

    2007-10-29T00:00:00Z

    This week Asda announced it would be making £150m of price cuts in the run-up to Christmas but its winning basket this week proves its prices are already the lowest. Asda was the cheapest retailer for the fourth consecutive week with a £45.94...

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    Price Survey - 20th October 2007

    2007-10-20T00:00:00Z

    Asda has extended its run as cheapest retailer for a third consecutive week with a markedly cheaper basket that its rivals. The retailer romped to victory with its £47.03 basket - a whopping £4.44 less than the second cheapest retailer Morrisons....

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    Price Survey - 13th October 2007

    2007-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Asda is the cheapest retailer for the second week running, after weeks of battling for the top spot with Morrisons. This week the retailer won The Grocer 33 price survey with a £38.39 basket, just creeping ahead of rival Morrisons' £38.85 total....

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    Price Survey - 6th October 2007

    2007-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Morrisons and Asda have been vying for the top spot over the past few weeks. This week Asda came out on top - but it was Tesco that ran it closer this time. Asda won by the narrowest margin with a £38.07 basket - just 2p cheaper than Tesco's total....

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    Price Survey - 29th September 2007

    2007-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Morrisons has once again disrupted Asda's plans of achieving a consistent run as cheapest retailer by providing this week's cheapest basket, but it was a close-fought contest with price-slashing Tesco. Morrisons' £40.29 basket contained the cheapest...

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    Price Survey - 22nd September 2007

    2007-09-24T00:00:00Z

    After a minor blip in last week's commodity based list, Asda is once again sitting pretty as the cheapest retailer in The Grocer 33 pricing survey. However, Somerfield is closer than ever to breaking into the top four. Usually the second most...

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    Price Survey

    2007-09-15T00:00:00Z

    After weeks of anticipation the rocketing price of commodities has finally hit the supermarket shelves, but the rising price of bread, milk and other staples is by no means across the board. Our analysis of The Grocer 33 this week shows,...

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    In the can

    2007-09-15T00:00:00Z

    Prices rise as fruits remain in short supply Pineapple supplies remain seriously short for importers who can see no end to the upward spiral of prices. Thailand is well behind on shipments and hopes that South Africa and Swaziland...

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    Price Survey - 8th September 2007

    2007-09-08T00:00:00Z

    It's a case of five weeks and not out for Asda, which has chalked up its fifth consecutive week as the cheapest retailer. Asda's £35.32 basket contained five of the cheapest items on the list, although it undercut Morrisons on the loose apples, Hula...

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    Online arms deliver bags of improvement

    2007-09-03T00:00:00Z

    With faster delivery times, fewer carrier bags and most delivering almost the full complement of 33 items, the standard of online grocery retailing has improved to such a degree it was difficult to identify an outright winner in the latest The...

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    Price Survey - 1st September 2007

    2007-09-03T00:00:00Z

    Despite a raft of price hikes, Asda has managed to extend its run of cheapest retailer to a fourth consecutive week. Asda's £59.10 basket total is a significant £1.56 less than the next-cheapest retailer Morrisons. Asda provided the lowest-priced...

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    Price Survey - 25th August 2007

    2007-08-25T00:00:00Z

    It's just like old times in The Grocer 33 at the moment with Asda extending its run as the cheapest retailer to a third week. Asda provided a £40.68 basket, which was £1.39 cheaper than runner-up Tesco, although the rival retailers had the same...

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    Non food

    2007-08-20T00:00:00Z

    Morrisons's summer of rock bottom prices has humbled Tesco's boastful swingometer adverts in our weekly The Grocer 33 pricing survey but there is no doubt which retailer is offering the cheapest non food items. By slashing prices for 18 items on our...

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    Price Survey - 18th August 2007

    2007-08-20T00:00:00Z

    Asda has kept Morrisons at bay for a second week after slashing the price of its fresh vegetables. Asda's £42.09 basket contained six of the cheapest products on the survey including Dolmio Bolognese sauce and the 6-pack of kiwi fruit. Asda...

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    Price Survey - 11th August 2007

    2007-08-13T00:00:00Z

    It has been a summer of discontent for Asda in The Grocer 33 with no wins on the customer service board and Morrisons controlling the pricing survey. But the long-running winner of our cheapest retailer award has returned, banishing Morrisons to...

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    Buyer Survey

    2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

    Rising interest rates and escalating commodity prices are expected to prompt major changes in supermarket ranges, according to grocery buyers, but in most cases, not just yet. This summer's deluge, which has devastated pea, broccoli, cabbage and...

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    Price Survey - 4th August 2007

    2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

    It has been over a year since Morrisons enjoyed such a strong period of dominance as The Grocer 33's cheapest retailer and this week's list marks its fourth consecutive week of providing the lowest prices. Morrisons £50.50 basket was only 6p cheaper...

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    Price Survey - 28th July 2007

    2007-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Morrisons is celebrating its third week in a row at the top of The Grocer 33 price survey as rivals shied away from the usual deep price cuts. Its £42.91 basket was 34p cheaper than Tesco's - the key point of difference being its half-price Old El...

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    in the eye ofthe storm

    2007-07-23T00:00:00Z

    Cereals aren't sexy. Sure, they get their moment in the marketing sun when they're dressed up as breakfast cereals or cereal bars. But generally, they're performing their stolid primary commodity turns as animal feed or in products such as beers...