Done to death BUT - the differences in expenditure in different supermarkets...

[Badvoc]

...I am getting an ocado delivery tomorrow as I am doing a joint b day party for dh and ds1 on sat (pray for good weather for me!) and obv it is more than usual as I am buying things I dont normally buy (booze etc)

I am ill atm and so after realising that the shop for tomorrow will be £120 yesterday I decided to do an equivalent shop at on asdas website...

It was a £10 difference. Thats all. (and I am having to pay £5 for del for my ocado order as its not my usual day).

I was v surprised by this...asda is supposed to be the cheapest isnt it??

I thought if it was LOADS cheaper I would cancel the ocado order and get the stuff I need from asda but....

I really want to cut my food expenditure but if asda isnt a lot cheaper I might stick wuth ocado!! (I have a monthly pass so del works out at about 60p)

I dont buy that much branded stuff...only things like tomato sauce, mayo, beans. Cleaning stuff I buy own brand and things on offer...ditto toiletries etc.

I do buy a lot of fresh fruit and veg which costs a fair bit and I try to buy organic/fair trade where I can.

Am just v shocked that asda wasnt a lot cheaper, you know?

Not sure what the point in changing supermarkets is if I wont be saving much and the food quality will possibley be poorer?....

I did exactly the same across all the supermarkets once, and Asda was £15 cheaper than all of them (not including any delivery charges) and that was only because they had a half price offer on nappies. Stick with Ocado. :o

tsc Yes, me too. I tend to buy things on offer too. For example this week I have got 2 x aerial non bio gel for £6!

I do like the cleaning stuff at aldi actually, but I find it a bind going into town to get them and I probably spend what I save on petrol tbh...

I get my "bits" at the co-op which doesnt help my food bill...perhaps its the co-op I need to ditch?

I think my del pass was £2.99 per month...works out pretty cheaply for me.

I am a total convert to Ocado, washing powder, cleaning stuff and things like shower gel/ hand wash I get from Aldi or Wilkos but otherwise I get everything from there. I am amazed how reasonable it is, I always choose a free delivery slot and if it is a tiny bit more it is worth it to not have to go to a supermarket.

I don't know if you shop weekly, but saving £10 a week over a year is £520 and if you saved £15 per week like Pandapiebald, that is £780. Not to be sniffed at IMO!

This is pretty much why we shop at Ocado. It was only a few quid more than when we shopped at Sainsburys and the fruit/veg is fresher so over the week it ended up being cheaper really (didn't have to go out an buy more fruit/veg cos the other stuff had gone off)

Thats true post BUT I dont use petrol to get the the shops (I live in a village) and I dont have to slog round loading and unloading the trolley/car...totally worth it IMHO!!!

I've just converted to Ocado.
Today's shop was roughly the same as what I'd spend in Sainsbo's but with the added delight of DP's 15% discount.

Don't think I'll be doing the weekly shop physically anymore.

I started using them after a back injury last year...I couldnt physically do the main shop anymore..all that lifting!

Am still at the small difference with asda though...

Sssshhhhh!!!

Im another ocado fan, and i got my delivery pass free via groupon.

i was amazed when i went to sainsburys.... the things i buy regularly were soo much more expensive.... some things i went with out and waited for the next ocado order!

I do find ocado expensive for toiletries, and tinned tomatoes and bin liners etc etc, but for general groceries i think they really are competative, and with free delivery (my nearest supermarket is about 25min drive away) by the time i add on petrol, i actually think it is cheaper too.

i go to town about 3 or 4 times a year and stock up in wilko's and i go to aldi every couple of months too

the service is great and i love the 1 hour slots.

Im an ocado convert too... i reckon i spend about £50 a week for 2 adults, 1 weaning baby, and we eat healthy, fresh, lots of organic food.

there flash deals are great.... we have had sirloin steak / duck / 4 salmon fillets / a whole chicken recently for £3 (or less!)

and then there are the things they throw in for free

oh and the fact that in thick snow when no cars could get up our street, ocado made it to the bottom of the road (with their snow tyres) and the driver walked my shopping up the hill all the way to my kitchen. (all of the other supermarkets had cancelled their deliveries)

Yes ocado still got to me during the last bad weather too! (and I live at the top of a LARGE hilll!)

Its ood, I've always felt a it "naughty" using ocado knowing that there are cheaper alternatives BUT if my asda research is anything to go by, not that much cheaper!!!

I agree with cleaning stuff is expensive but I only buy it when its on offer or get it from the local co-op.

The 1 hour slots are fab...it means you arent hanging around at home for hours if you have lots to do...

I also did a like for like comparison shop between Sainsburys and Ocado about 2 months ago, when I was feeling guilty about the price but found that Sainsburys would have been a couple of pounds more expensive than Ocado. I tend to buy the essential/basic range, make the most of offers, and buy cleaning stuff/crisps/alcohol elsewhere but still think the price is very reasonable for the quality of goods and level of service.

I had another massive shock in sainsburys today

we are moving house next week, so are eating as much food that we already have as possible, and i just needed milk / yogurts / fresh fruit & veg and a couple of other bits (really not much at all)

i spent £35..... NO meat, NO tolietries NO carbs NOthing for lunches (we have 8 tins of tuna and 8 cans of beans to eat) No "puddings" (except for 8 yogurts)

and NOTHING i bought was organic (I get mostly organic from ocado) and as i said earlier in the thread i rarely spend more than £50 for a whole week with ocado!

can I say I always thought Ocado was a fancy name for Waitrose online grocery thing, and have just found out it's an independent thing - do I need to dereg my MN membership now?

I just compared my last mysupermarket (ASDA) shop - it comes out £60 at Asda, £73.50 Ocado - that's over 20% more expensive. It's hard to compare because you tend to look out for offers at the shop you choose first but I've never had Ocado come anywhere near the cheapest price on mysupermarket.

I am an Ocado delivery pass holder too.It depends what you're buying really. I only ever buy things on special offer, my receipt is usually 2 pages long, the 2nd page is all the savings I have made!

Also there is a sneaky trick that can be done with multiple email addresses and % off voucher codes but if I post it here they will close the loophole.

(nannyl, I am amazed at £50 per week, does that include nappies? I spend £100 pw for 2 adults and 2 weaning babies. Mind you I ff as well and have twins)

fossil I am sure its not a fix, I think it comes down to what you buy and when tbh.

Asda/tesco have stopped doing some of the items I need (hipp porridge just for instance, organix stuff, free from etc)

I used to get my nappies, wipes and nappy sacks from asda...they were not only the cheapest but IME the best.

I like the aldi cleaning products (almat etc) but the fact is I need to go to the nearest town and I am not sure, for me, that the savings are worth the effort needed!

ceeveebee

i use cloth nappies / wipes etc and my baby as never eaten a jar or similar or used any johnsons (or own brand equiv) so i completely ignore all baby aisles!!!!
She is BF so i dont buy formula either, and she has plain yog / from frais mixed with my (frozen) fruit purees which is also far cheaper than petit filoux etc etc
Im guessing that saves me £25 a week?

my supermarket does not count ocados flash deals, when at the end they offer you (often very yummy) things at half price or less... whole chickens / duck / steak / salmon are what i have had recently at far less than supermarket price

of course if you buy lots of value brands ocado doesnt always have an equivelent so then i can see it could be more expensive

a pot of yeo valley natural yogurt is 50p in ocado, 58p in sainsburys. Ocado do 4 for £1.49 (not seen that in sainsburys)
also milk..... 500ml of the yummiest organic milk ever (currently on offer) 41p.... sainsburys dont even come close!
offer a few weeks ago was 3 2 litre cravendale milks for £3.....

then you get the feebies thrown in... i have had wine / chocolates / tea bags / pouch of plum baby food all delivered FREE!!!!!

nannyl I get lovely gifts too sometimes...last one was a bottle of wine

I buy lots of organic stuff which is just not available locally (I live in a small village) My only supermarkets that are remotely close to me are asda and tesco and I have really noticed with asda the last few times I have been in that they only things on offer tend to be 0 how can I put it? - not the best quality?? Ice creams, lollies, pizzas and ready meals, birds eye stuff?

The "premium" brands are rarely on offer and certainly not many offers on organic/fair trade stuff.

Its pretty depressing, really. We live in a country where there is an obesity epidemic and the govt are making fresh fruit and veg and even fruit juice too expensive for lots of families to buy - I mean, how many of you consider orange juice a "luxury item" because the Govt do!!!

oh, and all the drivers that come have been v nice and offered to take my groceries into the kitchen for me...which when I had broken 2 toes just before xmas was very welcome!!!