Where do you do your weekly shop? Also: butchers and supermarket prices.

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Has anyone else noticed that their supermarket prices have increased quite a bit recently? I usually shop at Tesco but I'm starting to dislike them, partly for this reason and partly for others. I've noticed some of their products have decreased in size or gone down in quality but retained their original price (or even increased in price), I've also seen quite a few full-price items 'hidden' amid products which are on offer - usually at the end of an aisle (they were probably doing this already, to be fair - sneaky though). Fresh fish also seems to be really pricey now and I'm beginning to omit it from the weekly menu. Our food bill is now about £100 per week (two adults and a four-year-old), yet we seem to receive about half the Clubcard vouchers that we used to about 5-6 years ago.

Is this just Tesco or have food prices gone up everywhere?

Researching this thread revealed that Tesco have actually been voted the worst supermarket in Britain - this is surprising to me as I've always quite liked them as a shopping experience.

Tesco scored just 45 per cent for satisfaction in a Which? survey of 11,000 consumers, with poor grades for its pricing, store environment, quality of fresh produce and customer service.

Waitrose came out on top gaining an 82 per cent approval rate, including full marks for its customer service and standard of fresh goods.

Aldi and Lidl came in narrowly behind Waitrose, scoring highest for their pricing.

Ocado was voted best online service.
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So, in wanting to go away from the big supermarkets I'm thinking about trying a butcher. However, I have always assumed that they would be far more expensive - not to mention it would be another thing to do each week. Writing this has reminded me that some of you guys mail order your meat, I'll have to look into that.


So anyway, where does your weekly food shopping take place and are you happy with it?
 
I do a daily shop in Waitrose (it's 2 minutes walk from my flat) every evening and just buy whatever's reduced, so I have absolutely no idea what food normally costs :p
 
King4aDay said:
I do a daily shop in Waitrose (it's 2 minutes walk from my flat) every evening and just buy whatever's reduced, so I have absolutely no idea what food normally costs :p
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:D

I actually started doing something similar this year with Tesco online shopping - I would just buy all of the offers they had on (it's easy to see them all online compared to the shop). It was much cheaper than planning meals out (I tend to cook from scratch every day) and purchasing the ingredients, but it does feel a little bit like you aren't eating very well.
 
Organic veg box to door. Includes eggs. Then farmers market for meat. Yes it's a bit more expensive but better quality and direct communication with producer. And plenty of free samples at the market !

But my food bill is probably the same as yours. Not more.2 adults and 2 y old.
 
Core groceries (tinned / cereal / dairy etc) from a supermarket each week. Where we go changes as Tesco and Sainsbury always seem to be sending us vouchers for money off (usually works out at 15% to 20% off).

Saturday mornings we go to the local town for the market for fresh fruit / veg, bread etc. Has an excellent butchers and we're buying more from the fishmongers as well now.
 
I do click and collect with Asda. I find I'm able to make savings by shopping online because I can compare things much more easily.
 
So, being a poor student, I spent the last three years getting my food delivered from Asda. I actually quite like Asda, well priced (price match is particularly good [especially with the beating by 10%]), and good quality as well. The thing that dissuades me from Asda is it's complete lack of points card.

Sainsbury's I tend to find is better quality than the other big two (Tesco/Asda), but also is slightly more costly. Also, I'm not overly fond of the Nectar point reward options. As such, even as a graduate I don't feel I want to shop at Sainsbury's yet.

Tesco's have a great reward system, and I've found aren't too expensive. Quality isn't awful, but isn't great. I'm still yet to try out large amounts of meat shopping there yet though, so that may put me off quite a bit. I think they'll be one of my first to try though, and if it goes well I'll stay with them. Can also do my fuel with them which is nice.

Also quite intend to buy some of the occasional butchers deals and freeze from the ones up the road to me. I'll also be working up the road from Borough Market next year, so I might take a small trip up there every so often.

Food bill works out about £40-60/week, for one adult, but I tend to have fish for one meal and meat for another each day.

Much prefer online shopping mind you, saves me picking up bits and pieces and falling for deals and stuff.

kd
 
Get meat boxes online once a month.
Big shops are ocado

Small shops at tesco due to location.

Despite what people think, supermarkets aren't cheap unless you get the extra cheap bargain basement own brand.
Be nice to support the "local" green grocer and other shops, but that adds in complexity/time.

I have tried a couple. Of veg box schemes. But always found them very expensive and to much of the same product.
 
Seabiscuit and I tend to shop at Morrisons and Sainsburys mostly, but we also like lidl and aldi. We do shop at the independent greengrocer and fishmonger that are in town occasionaly, but sadly they are slightly more expensive so cant always justify the price we also have berm in m&s and farmfoods tbh we go all over the place we dont stick to one shop.
 
Tesco mostly, because it's right next to me and there's another big one on the way home from work. Morrisons if I'm making something a bit fancier because the fresh vegetable selection is so much better. I don't use any of my local butchers because Morrisons does it cheaper and better. However I do use a very good and very cheap fish monger - The Fish Plaice - as often as I want fish.
 
Sainsbury's

It's close by ish, although I have to drive pass Tesco to get there and Morrison is even closer.
It's the nicest.
It is the biggest.
It has a petrol station that is often the cheapest in town.
 
used to be tesco for years but switched to Asda at the start of the year, cheaper by about £20 a week, fruit and veg is better quality.
 
Used to have it delivered by Asda but our local one is crap and has too many substitutions, so now it is Tesco.

I've just learnt how to drive though so will probably start going out to the local Morrisons once i get a car.
 
when I use mysupermarket.com Asda was always cheapest, but there was always something wrong.

I know do an online waitrose shop for just over £50, then go to the local market for Veg and the butchers for meat.
 
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