To ask, are you loyal? Posting for traffic

[LMW1990]

Hi All

I'm just about to do my monthly big shop. I usually do one big shop for food cleaning and toiletries and then a small weekly shop for fresh stuff like milk bread etc. I meal plan and try to use up fridge and freezer contents prior to the next big shop.

There are 2 of us here full time, myself and my DP. DSD and DSS are here for 50% of the time. They are 3 and 7.

I seem to flit between online shopping and actually going to the supermarket for the big shop and tend to go to either tesco or lidl for the small shop.

I've a feeling I'm spending more than I should be with such a sporadic approach.

Are you loyal to a particular supermarket, if so which so you get best value from? I'd ideally prefer online but I'd be happy to physically go if the saving was worth it.

I'm not loyal. It depends how much money I've got and what's on the list. At the end of the month it's Lidl. If I need toilet roll or clothes for DD it's Asda. If I'm in a hurry it's Tesco so I can do
Scan and Shop. If I just need a couple of bits on the way home from work, or chopped spinach, it's Sainsbury's.

Tesco, Iceland and pound shop. They're together in 1 small precinct near me so it's easy. I will sometimes do quite a big shop at Aldi which is also nearby but I can't get all I want there.
So I still have to hit the other 3 places. It's about both price and convenience for me. I'm not a lover of shopping it's about getting it out of the way asap. If I could get everything I wanted in Tesco I'd just do a weekly online shop and never be in a supermarket. No loyalty really tho - I like Asda too but it's further away. If I'm out elsewhere and drive past an Asda on a shopping day I will shop there. I draw the line at Sainsburys - too expensive for what they've on offer.