Asda price hikes

[raleighnut]

I did start to shop around
Tried using Aldi for the main stuff but a lot of much lower quality than Tesco own brand (or we just didn't like it)
so I started using Aldi for some stuff, then ASDA for others
but still had to go back to Tesco for some things


ended up just far too much hassle - and saved so little that I was probably using more in petrol than I was saving

did try using Farm shops - but one has closed down and the only other that is local became "not worth the effort" because potatoes just were not as good as Tesco - kept having to chuck half of it out as it was black
and the fruit went off faster and everything was more expensive

SO at the moment I mostly go to Tesco - except for Green tea as ASDA is massively more expensive than Tesco - so I go there about once a fortnight

The Green Tea at ALDI is excellent and very inexpensive, I barely drink anything else non alcoholic

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

The Green Tea at ALDI is excellent and very inexpensive, I barely drink anything else non alcoholic

I am governed by my wife - and she is a pain in the **** very specific about what she likes

and Clipper Green Tea is the required brew

so I basically just look for where it is cheapest!

 

[Reynard]

Stuff's been going up everywhere. Mind you, I buy ingredients to cook with from scratch as opposed to buying ready-made, and own brand instead of big brand, so largely it's much of a muchness between Tesco and Aldi in terms of cost. Co-op and Sainsbos are noticeably more spendy, but Waitrose can have some good buys, and they do have things I can't get elsewhere.

Groceries for two people for a week works out somewhere in the £35 to £45 range depending on what is needed. Albeit neither I nor the parental drink, so that's a big saving on our part.

I buy my herbal teas in Aldi, as they are 95p for 40 tea bags as opposed to the £1.70 in Tesco. I do *prefer* the Tesco ones, but since I don't think they're nearly twice as good as the Aldi teas, I can live with the Aldi ones. And you do get used to the slight difference in flavour.

Otherwise, if the price is similar on like-for-like, then I just buy what I prefer. I try to stick to seasonal produce as much as possible, and I'm one of these nerdy shoppers who does check price per kilo across all the options.

 

[raleighnut]

Stuff's been going up everywhere. Mind you, I buy ingredients to cook with from scratch as opposed to buying ready-made, and own brand instead of big brand, so largely it's much of a muchness between Tesco and Aldi in terms of cost. Co-op and Sainsbos are noticeably more spendy, but Waitrose can have some good buys, and they do have things I can't get elsewhere.

Groceries for two people for a week works out somewhere in the £35 to £45 range depending on what is needed. Albeit neither I nor the parental drink, so that's a big saving on our part.

I buy my herbal teas in Aldi, as they are 95p for 40 tea bags as opposed to the £1.70 in Tesco. I do *prefer* the Tesco ones, but since I don't think they're nearly twice as good as the Aldi teas, I can live with the Aldi ones. And you do get used to the slight difference in flavour.

Otherwise, if the price is similar on like-for-like, then I just buy what I prefer. I try to stick to seasonal produce as much as possible, and I'm one of these nerdy shoppers who does check price per kilo across all the options.

Never been a fan of 'herbal teas' but I prefer green (Chinese) tea to black (Indian) tea, they both come from the same Tea plant just processed differently but I've lost count of the people who when I mention 'Green Tea' "say I don't like that herbal shite" no it's not a herbal infusion it is Tea Leaves. Personally I cannot stand strong 'milky tea with 2-3 sugars in it (Builders tea) so I drank black Coffee for years but here's another bugbear the number of people who'd say "Oh I put a bit of milk in by accident, is that OK" or the ones who stir the cuppa with a spoon that has been in 'sweet milky tea'

 

[dicko]

I opened my Asda rewards yesterday and I have £6.71 to claim. Up popped a picture of a Gnome thing and it said ‘rub its body and if it’s nose turns green you will win’. So I did, it’s nose glowed green and I won £10 and my cash pot now stands at £16.71 ! I am being sent to Asda later with a shopping list.

 

[gbb]

Never been a fan of 'herbal teas' but I prefer green (Chinese) tea to black (Indian) tea, they both come from the same Tea plant just processed differently but I've lost count of the people who when I mention 'Green Tea' "say I don't like that herbal shite" no it's not a herbal infusion it is Tea Leaves. Personally I cannot stand strong 'milky tea with 2-3 sugars in it (Builders tea) so I drank black Coffee for years but here's another bugbear the number of people who'd say "Oh I put a bit of milk in by accident, is that OK" or the ones who stir the cuppa with a spoon that has been in 'sweet milky tea'

I've Neen known to either put milk on someone's black tea, or too.much sugar and they will say...oh its OK I'll drink it.

No no, it's a cuppa, it cost bugger all...I'll happily do another one for you.

Teas should be right...

 

[gbb]

I opened my Asda rewards yesterday and I have £6.71 to claim. Up popped a picture of a Gnome thing and it said ‘rub its body and if it’s nose turns green you will win’. So I did, it’s nose glowed green and I won £10 and my cash pot now stands at £16.71 ! I am being sent to Asda later with a shopping list.

Yay. I never look at the app other than scanning when I do the shop or creating a voucher.
So I just did the green nose game and won £2.
Little wins....

 

[Gwylan]

Notice that Aldi shrink the contents and maybe hold the price.
Bit sneaky. But that probably covers their trading style.

Sainsbury's, seem to think they can price match Waitrose. Funny because nearest W is 20k away.

Tesco are out of bounds for all sorts of reasons. Not least the fraud they perpetrate with the loyalty card. On a par with " of course I'll love you in the morning".

The Co-op is in a world of it's own. But handy. Over the years the store has relocated and got smaller and scruffier.

There is the pseudo farmers market store. Beloved of the SUV, yummy mummy and ladies who do pilates types. The prices and range of tinned tomato brands reflect that.

 

[hobo]

Buy from M&S, Sainsburys and Coop better quality of food at less of a profit margin. The big boys Tesco and Asda make a killing selling poor quality food.

 

[Mo1959]

Buy from M&S, Sainsburys and Coop better quality of food at less of a profit margin. The big boys Tesco and Asda make a killing selling poor quality food.

I agree. Here in Crieff we have a large Aldi and quite a large Co-op. I did my best to use Aldi for cost saving, but I’m back to using the Co-op. Aldi is cheap for a reason and not worth it for me. I’m not making myself use stuff I’m not enjoying as much as from the Co-op.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Buy from M&S, Sainsburys and Coop better quality of food at less of a profit margin. The big boys Tesco and Asda make a killing selling poor quality food.

That's fine - the quality at M&S is higher
and the prices at Co-Op and M&S are certainly higher

but the quality needed does not always make the extra cost worth it,
and I can get everything I want from Tesco - but M&S and Co-Op near here are quite small so I would have to just get what they have
which limits what I can eat.

and often Co-Op stuff is the same as the Tesco stuff and no better - Own brand is slightly better but not better than Tesco Finest


If there was a big M&S nearby then it might be worth it - but food shopping is expensive enough as it is, shopping at M&S or Co-Op would increase it by a lot.
(note - no Sainsburys around here - I used to use the one in Rhyl when I worked there but that was many years ago - that was worth looking at at the time!)

 

[gbb]

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/shoppers-turning-backs-supermarket-thats-061135247.html

Well it appears Asda is hyping prices, more than others.

After 40 years of shopping there we now do the bulk in Aldi and it serves Asda right. Our spend there has dropped right off....

 

[wiggydiggy]

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/shoppers-turning-backs-supermarket-thats-061135247.html

Well it appears Asda is hyping prices, more than others.

After 40 years of shopping there we now do the bulk in Aldi and it serves Asda right. Our spend there has dropped right off....

"Despite working out as cheapest, Aldi also disputes the findings of our comparison, saying that it doesn’t take into account like-for-like products or ‘the higher quality’ of its products."

Quit while your ahead surely!

 

[Emanresu]

Well it appears Asda is hyping prices, more than others.

They are also highly leveraged with a lot of bank debt. It's normal for such companies to squeeze their customers as much as they can get away with. If they don't the banks end up owning them. See Thames Water for comparison - or shop elsewhere.

 

[biggs682]

Not an Asda shopper as our local store I feel the isles are too close together.