StorelocationRanked from cheapest full basket downwardsMorrisonsGrays, Essex£38.79
Date of shopping trip: 26.09.03Time of trip: 13.27Time in store: 47 mins Time at checkout: 3 mins
promotions: Dolmio on bogof, Kit Kat 2 for £1.20, Müller 5 for £1.50, Tropicana 30p off, McCain Home Fries 25% extra free,
Fairy 2 for £1.30, Goodfella’s 2 for £3, Persil 33% extra free
Comments: “Cheapest full basket but aisles congested with stacking trolleys and checkout operator failed to greet”
AsdaPlymouth, Devon £38.88
Date of shopping trip: 26.09.03Time of trip: 10.06Time in store: 65 mins Time at checkout: 7 mins 15 seconds
promotions: Onions down 10p/kg, Walkers 3 for £2.50, Müller 3 for 99p, Diet Coke 3 for £3, Budweiser 3 for £10
Comments: “Full basket, clean and tidy store ”
Tesco ExtraToton, Nottinghamshire£35.78
Date of shopping trip: 26.09.03Time of trip: 10.18Time in store: 46 mins Time at checkout: 5 mins 53 seconds
promotions: Dolmio on bogof, Kit Kat 2 for £1.20, Müller 5 for £1.50, Tropicana 30p off, Goodfella’s 2 for £3,
Persil 33% extra free, Diet Coke 4 for £4.19, Budweiser on ‘special offer’, 20% off Aussie/French wines - 25% off 6 bottles
Comments: “Good basket, well laid out store and helpful staff. But no McCain Home Fries”
AsdaBury, Lancashire£37.97
Date of shopping trip: 26.09.03Time of trip: 12.07Time in store: 53 mins Time at checkout: 2 mins 30 seconds
promotions: Müller 3 for 99p, Tropicana 30p off, Diet Coke 3 for £3, Budweiser 3 for £10
Comments: “Good basket but congested with packing trolleys in the fruit & veg area and no eight-packs of Kit Kat”
SainsburyCwmbran, Gwent£38.12
Date of shopping trip: 26.09.03Time of trip: 10.24Time in store: 53 mins Time at checkout: 22 mins
promotions: Walkers 3 for £2.50, Müller 10 for £2.99, Tropicana save 12p, Fairy 3 for £2, Persil 33% extra free,
Diet Coke 3 for £3, Budweiser 3 for £10
Comments: “Good shop but no McCain Home Fries and a long wait at the till to sort out a problem updating to Nectar card”
SafewayRipon, North Yorkshire£41.93
Date of shopping trip: 26.09.03Time of trip: 16.50Time in store: 50 mins Time at checkout: 11 mins
promotions: Kit Kat 56p off and Diet Coke down 76p - max 3 items per customer, Hovis 2 for £1.10,
Tetley teabags with 50% extra free, penne 2 for £3, Müller 5 for £1.50, Tropicana 2 for £3
Comments: “Clean and tidy store with very helpful staff, but no eight-packs of sausages”
SafewayColeraine, Co Londonderry£42.56
Date of shopping trip: 26.09.03Time of trip: 13.55Time in store: 65 mins Time at checkout: 14 mins
promotions: Heinz beans 2 for 80p, Müller 5 for £1.50, Tropicana 2 for £3
Comments: “A long wait at the till, some 14 minutes as very few checkouts open”
SomerfieldCrieff, Tayside£40.90
Date of shopping trip: 26.09.03Time of trip: 18.09Time in store: 56 mins Time at checkout: 9 mins
promotions: Tetley teabags 6p off, Müller 3 for 99p, Andrex 20p off
Comments: “Untidy store due to stacking trolleys and packaging. Checkout operator made little effort to greet”
Date of shopping trip: 26.09.03Time of trip: 13.27Time in store: 47 mins Time at checkout: 3 mins
promotions: Dolmio on bogof, Kit Kat 2 for £1.20, Müller 5 for £1.50, Tropicana 30p off, McCain Home Fries 25% extra free,
Fairy 2 for £1.30, Goodfella’s 2 for £3, Persil 33% extra free
Comments: “Cheapest full basket but aisles congested with stacking trolleys and checkout operator failed to greet”
AsdaPlymouth, Devon £38.88
Date of shopping trip: 26.09.03Time of trip: 10.06Time in store: 65 mins Time at checkout: 7 mins 15 seconds
promotions: Onions down 10p/kg, Walkers 3 for £2.50, Müller 3 for 99p, Diet Coke 3 for £3, Budweiser 3 for £10
Comments: “Full basket, clean and tidy store ”
Tesco ExtraToton, Nottinghamshire£35.78
Date of shopping trip: 26.09.03Time of trip: 10.18Time in store: 46 mins Time at checkout: 5 mins 53 seconds
promotions: Dolmio on bogof, Kit Kat 2 for £1.20, Müller 5 for £1.50, Tropicana 30p off, Goodfella’s 2 for £3,
Persil 33% extra free, Diet Coke 4 for £4.19, Budweiser on ‘special offer’, 20% off Aussie/French wines - 25% off 6 bottles
Comments: “Good basket, well laid out store and helpful staff. But no McCain Home Fries”
AsdaBury, Lancashire£37.97
Date of shopping trip: 26.09.03Time of trip: 12.07Time in store: 53 mins Time at checkout: 2 mins 30 seconds
promotions: Müller 3 for 99p, Tropicana 30p off, Diet Coke 3 for £3, Budweiser 3 for £10
Comments: “Good basket but congested with packing trolleys in the fruit & veg area and no eight-packs of Kit Kat”
SainsburyCwmbran, Gwent£38.12
Date of shopping trip: 26.09.03Time of trip: 10.24Time in store: 53 mins Time at checkout: 22 mins
promotions: Walkers 3 for £2.50, Müller 10 for £2.99, Tropicana save 12p, Fairy 3 for £2, Persil 33% extra free,
Diet Coke 3 for £3, Budweiser 3 for £10
Comments: “Good shop but no McCain Home Fries and a long wait at the till to sort out a problem updating to Nectar card”
SafewayRipon, North Yorkshire£41.93
Date of shopping trip: 26.09.03Time of trip: 16.50Time in store: 50 mins Time at checkout: 11 mins
promotions: Kit Kat 56p off and Diet Coke down 76p - max 3 items per customer, Hovis 2 for £1.10,
Tetley teabags with 50% extra free, penne 2 for £3, Müller 5 for £1.50, Tropicana 2 for £3
Comments: “Clean and tidy store with very helpful staff, but no eight-packs of sausages”
SafewayColeraine, Co Londonderry£42.56
Date of shopping trip: 26.09.03Time of trip: 13.55Time in store: 65 mins Time at checkout: 14 mins
promotions: Heinz beans 2 for 80p, Müller 5 for £1.50, Tropicana 2 for £3
Comments: “A long wait at the till, some 14 minutes as very few checkouts open”
SomerfieldCrieff, Tayside£40.90
Date of shopping trip: 26.09.03Time of trip: 18.09Time in store: 56 mins Time at checkout: 9 mins
promotions: Tetley teabags 6p off, Müller 3 for 99p, Andrex 20p off
Comments: “Untidy store due to stacking trolleys and packaging. Checkout operator made little effort to greet”
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