Supermarket Price Comparisons

[Unionstreet]

I wonder how much checking goes on. I recently did a big shop in a Supermarket which claims to match prices with other supermarkets. I am sure i could have got the items a lot cheaper than the discount on my receipt indicted.

[wolf63]

Try this site - it will give you the current prices for most of the main supermarkets

https://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/

[Unionstreet]

Thanks.

Its not just the comparisons I am interested in but when a supermarket says they will match a competitors price, am not sure how they work it out. There seems leeway to avoid some comparisons as the cheapest price is that particular supermarkets own brand.

Squirty cream may be 84p in one suoermaket and £1.40 in another. Not sure the comparison is passed on through the 'match' system as may be differebpnt brands

[sherrardk]

I use Asda online and this week I got £13.97 back as part of their price guarantee. I don't know how it works and I don't really care.

[mikey4444]

Unless you were to visit all the supermarkets in your locality, at the same time, and buy the exact same goods, it is next to impossible to prove that one outlet is cheaper than others. My sister-in-law insists that the £ shops offer good value, even after I have pointed out that they sell smaller packets of the same product, thus making comparisons almost impossible.

The easiest way to save on your weekly shop is to buy supermarket-own brand products, instead of the highly priced items. Have a look under your sink and behind your toilet. For instance, toilet cleaner priced at 30p will clean the bog just as well as Toilet Duck, at 3-4 times the price. Ditto with toilet paper !

I have been using supermarket own brand liquid detergent in my washing machine for years and it does exactly the same job as Persil.

[Unionstreet]

True. Many own brands are just as effective

[mikey4444]

Unionstreet...for many, substitute all !