All Product prices articles – Page 150
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Price Survey - 18th August 2007
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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Price Survey - 21st July 2007
Tesco's new swingometer advertisements proudly declare it has the cheapest prices on the high street, but this week's The Grocer 33 finds the retailer to be only the third-cheapest retailer behind Morrisons and Asda. Morrisons won the battle of the...
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Price Survey - 14th July 2007
It has been over two months since Morrisons provided the cheapest shopping basket, but its price cuts, especially on wine, have made the retailer this week's champions with a £42.23 basket. Morrisons' wine promotion was in the papers this week with...
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Price Survey - 7th July 2007
After four weeks at the top, Asda has plummeted to third position in our weekly basket survey, losing out to Tesco and Morrisons. The multiple can blame its relegation partly on the end of its offer on red seedless grapes, which shot up in price...
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Price Survey - 23rd June 2007
The supermarket price war intensified this week as Asda, Tesco and Morrisons all entered the fray with price cuts. Asda has won the first battle since it became the cheapest supermarket for the 10th year in a row a fortnight ago, with a £48.28...
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Price Survey
The gap between the cheaper retailers and the Grocer 33's costliest couple has grown to a whopping £8.44 this week as the price cutting tactics of the top four really start to kick in. Asda, the first to slash its prices, is already...
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Price Survey - 16th June 2007
Bizarre weather patterns in the vineyards of Chile and Egypt has led to a shortage of red seedless grapes, prompting dramatic price rises from every retailer except Somerfield. Asda has kicked off the new Grocer 33 year in the manner it ended it -...
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Price Survey - 9th June 2007
Asda is this week's cheapest retailer as well as the winner of our Top Store award - a double whammy that has helped it scoop the coveted title of cheapest retailer for the tenth time in a row (see p26). But there will be no problem if Asda's top...
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Price Survey - 2nd June 2007
Tesco has only just stopped Sainsbury's from becoming our cheapest retailer for the second week in a row. Tesco's £38.74 basket was only 4p less than Sainsbury's but it did itself a huge favour with the beef steak mince that was £1.58 less than last...
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Price Survey - 26th May 2007
Sainsbury's has become our cheapest retailer after weeks of striving to match the prices of its nearest rivals. It's the luck of the draw as to whether we choose items the retailer has put on special offer - this was evidently Sainsbury's week. Its...
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Price Survey - 19th May 2007
Despite offering several of the lowest-priced products on the list, Asda is only the third cheapest retailer this week after Tesco and Morrisons lowered key prices to take first and second position respectively. The lettuce and syrup in Tesco's...
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Price Survey
While Asda and Tesco have been locked in a wrangle with one another to achieve the lowest prices, Morrisons has come from nowhere and undercut them both with a winning £55.89 basket. Although Morrisons' prices were generally similar to...
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Price Survey - 28th April 2007
After a solid 10 weeks as the cheapest grocery retailer, Asda has been trumped by Tesco. Tesco beat its rival with a basket that was 27p cheaper than Asda's, at £45.05. Almost all the differential was down to the price of cucumbers, Tesco's costing...
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Trend setting
Several trends have emerged across Europe over the last few years, including an increasing demand for premium own-label products. This is largely being driven by consumers who increasingly expect quality as well as lower prices....
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Price Survey - 21st April 2007
Asda's low-priced fresh fruit has helped the store become the cheapest retailer for the tenth consecutive week. The £52.95 basket contained pears that were 28p cheaper than its nearest rivals - Sainsbury's and Tesco - and bananas that were 15p less...