Notes on comparison prices

It is important to note that we have included the lowest priced item that we could find in store. This is often based on the supermarkets own brand products but where a supermarket does not stock their own brand product, we have used the lowest priced product we could find in store. For instance, Iceland only stock Kelloggs cornflakes and their soup products are mainly Heinz. It is also important to note that Waitrose potato prices are in support of local farmers.

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The Co-op have recently introduced 'member prices' which we are hopeful will be their 'everyday' prices. We'll be keeping a close eye on their prices and may need to adjust the current price comparison list should we start to see regular fluctuations in 'member prices'.

 

Please note that there are slight variants in weights of items at each store as all tend to offer different pack sizes, e.g. bags of potatoes range from 1.6kg - 2kg. Bags of flour at the Co-op, Morrisons and Alliance are 1.5kg whereas the others are all 1kg. 

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Notes on Cheese prices!

Each store sells cheddar cheese in varying quantities so to ensure we're comparing like for like, we have calculated the price based on 500g although you may not necessarily find a 500g pack in all stores. For instance, 750g of cheese costs £5.50 at Waitrose, so we have divided £5.50 by 750 to calculate the cost per gram, then multiplied by 500 to calculate the cost per 500g. 

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