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Original poster

to think ocado is actually cheaper than tesco

273 replies

CarrieDaBabi · 23/03/2010 14:31

anyone else find that?

i always seem to spend more at tescos
so are the prices genreally lower at ocado?

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Alouiseg · 23/03/2010 14:33

I'm having this at home right now!

It costs us less to have a delivery from Ocado than if i wander round any old supermarket. Because while i'm wandering i pick up piles of crap that i don't really need but get sucked in by the marketing ploys.

If you are talking about tesco delivery vs ocado then i have no idea and have been wittering on about nothing!

Original poster
CarrieDaBabi · 23/03/2010 14:37

thing is tescos suck you in with there clubcard points...

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5DollarShake · 23/03/2010 14:37

I find there is very, very little in it.

Once, I did our online shop with both Tesco and (back when I had some time on my hands ) to see how they'd compare and it was pretty much exactly the same - maybe Ocado slightly lower.

We always use Ocado now - the experience is just so much better than the whinging, surly Tesco delivery men.

MrsC2010 · 23/03/2010 14:40

We use Ocado a lot, and to be honest I think you're right. If you are doing a sensible shop (as in, not getting carried away with all of the amazing Waitrose-esque produce they do) it is not more expensive. They price match most of their stuff anyway, and the quality is lovely.

They just don't do as many offers, BOGOFs etc etc; but how often are they actually on things you need!

wishingchair · 23/03/2010 14:45

It's because they don't have as many offers. DH ranted at me after tesco shop when I bought 2 big punnets of strawbs for £3 (saved some minute amount but was big "BUY 2 FOR £3!!!" promotion) and 1 of them slowly festered in the fridge till I threw it out. Had I only bought 1 (which was all we needed), there would have been no wastage and I'd have saved a quid. Multiply that several times over and that's why you spend more with Tesco.

boiledeggandsoldiers · 23/03/2010 14:48

I consider that Waitrose is better value as their quality is generally higher than tesco.

Morloth · 23/03/2010 14:58

Has Waitrose actually lowered prices lately? My shops seem to be cheaper and as I buy pretty much the same stuff over and over again I wouldn't have expected that.

MrsC2010 · 23/03/2010 15:08

I think they might have done for some stuff Morloth, I was in there last night and was thinking the same thing.

Hulababy · 23/03/2010 15:10

If you use mysupermarket.com then Ocado does often come out cheaper than Tesco and Sainsbury.

I haven't found Ocado any dearer personally.

Eve4Walle · 23/03/2010 15:22

Ocado always work out cheaper for us. The quality is miles better too - especially with the meat, which is appalling at Tesco.

Waitrose Essentials are good too - much better than Tesco Value.

TrillianAstra · 23/03/2010 15:24

Depends what you buy. There is a small but significant portion of my shop in tesco that is Tesco Value, for which there is no equivalent (Waitrose essentials is a similar price to tesco regular range).

It is nicer though.

FreakoidOrganisoid · 23/03/2010 15:27

Whichever supermarket I use on mysupermarket.com comes out cheaper

EggyAllenPoe · 23/03/2010 15:31

my next doors was saying as much (you aren't my next doors are you? OMFG..)

and much less stressful than going to Tescos.

i expect for me it would be more expensive as i buy value wherever possible, and Waitrose doesn't do value..

TrillianAstra · 23/03/2010 15:34

I don't trust mysupermarket.com to choose the equivalent (non-branded) product in the other supermarkets.

GoldenSnitch · 23/03/2010 15:41

I must be doing it wrong then 'cause whenever I check on mysupermarket.com Ocado ends up being about £13 more expensive than Tesco.

Haven't done it recently but need a shop so will have to check again.

ToccataAndFudge · 23/03/2010 15:43

I have never once got Ocado to be cheaper than Tesco using mysupermarket, and I usually spent ages swapping items to get the lowest prices.

GoldenSnitch · 23/03/2010 15:54

I've picked 1 item so far - Hovis bread.

Tesco - £1.05
ASDA - £1
Sainsbury - £1.19
Ocado £1.14

Not a good start for Ocado!

SpringHeeledJack · 23/03/2010 15:58

only prob I have with Ocado is that they do that million carrier bags thing

rrrrrrrrrr

Tesco will deliver without carrier bags (interestingly it's about the only one who does- or it was when I last looked)

SloanyPony · 23/03/2010 16:00

It can depend a bit on what kinds of things you buy, whether you go in to Tesco but get Ocado delivered, whether you subscribe to Ocado on demand (8.99 a month for unlimited deliveries) or whether you pay ad hoc for deliveries as and when you need them, whether you make use of BOGOFS, and whether you get sucked in and buy things you wouldn't normally if you went in store.

I could probably save a fiver or a tenner here or there, averaged out, if I hauled ass into Tesco with 2 kids as opposed to used Ocado - but you'd have to PAY me more than that to subject myself to such an outing.

Morloth · 23/03/2010 16:02

They do take the bags back though.

SloanyPony · 23/03/2010 16:05

Ocado take the bags back from you and they are degradeable.

They are also colour coded so you can put your frozen/fridge away and leave the cupboard for your hubby to do when he gets in

Acanthus · 23/03/2010 16:13

And you can use them as bin bags as they dpn't have holes in

Chulita · 23/03/2010 16:16

Ocado don't deliver to our current address but I used them at the last place because the quality's better and the prices are surprisingly competitive. And yes, they take the bags back as do most supermarkets.

GoldenSnitch · 23/03/2010 16:20

Up to 5 items and Tesco is now £8.08 CHEAPER!!

Tesco's will take bags back and deliver without them in the first place too

aquavit · 23/03/2010 16:20

The Ocado bags also, conveniently, have exactly the same capacity as our nappy bin, so the nice delivery man doesn't get all of them back from us.

SOrry, that was off the point a bit. They seem pretty similar price-wise when you compare like with like but they don't stock the same range of things, do they. I do know that they are miles more reliable than Tesco (in our area anyway). And the on demand deliveries make it quite a bit cheaper too.