Asda search function is terrible. I recently bought something in store, then I was wondering something about the price, so I tried to look it up. Apparently it didn’t exist 🤦♀️
Asda's search function is sooo bad. I have a screenshot of a search I did that says:
>There are no products matching 'mash'. If you're struggling to find the product you're looking for, why not use a more generic term?
>Customers who searched for 'mash' also viewed: Mr Mash Instant Mash
I find with Tesco's that they simply don't show a lot of options for home delivery any more especially the cheaper items. You can get a 2 litre bottle of coke in store for 40p but the cheapest one available for delivery is 49p. Same with bottled water, ready meals... and I find that some sauces are available in store but not for delivery, even when they're the same brand, size, cost. I can get a large Laila chilli and garlic sauce but not Laila garlic sauce. With the only available garlic sauce being far more expensive per 1KG.
They have different offers online compared to instore too. I used to order online & get my shopping delivered once a month & then do weekly top up shops in store for fresh food but now just fully shop in store. I use the app as a shopping list & find that some items in store are just not on the online delivery app & what I thought was on offer from the app isn’t in store - they’re online only offers.
I keep getting money off vouchers for shopping in store myself so I’d rather do that now. Just feels pointless being made to have the home delivery app just so i can get my coupons to use in the shop.
I was wondering this last night as we had our first online Tesco shop in ages. I wanted the 10pack of something but only the 4 pack showed online. It was then substituted for the 10pack I originally wanted! Also had so many things that were going out of date shortly. Never doing anything online shop again even if I do have the flu!
Sometimes the exact spelling matters on Tesco
"Ready meals" will not show a result for "ready meal" which something may be categorised as.
Same for "coke" might show you some things, but "cola" will show you others.
I'm sure they do it on purpose to make the most common searches skip out the cheaper products, because people are more likely to use one phrase than another
It could simply be how much they bothered to pay the developer for the app/database. Searching for exact matches is the simplest and easiest. Having the code figure out what you might have meant or completing a long list of "tags" for alternative wordings will be more expensive.
Coke and cola are a perfect example. We (humans) know they mean the same thing but you have to tell the computer this. As well as telling the computer that Coca-Cola, cocacola, Pepsi, soda, pop and fizzy drink are also options for this item.
The way I’d do it is with tagging - invisible to the customer but can be added by whoever manages the store products. So for a bottle of coke you’d add the tags “coke” as well as “cola” and some other stuff. Then the search function can ask the database for everything tagged with “your search term, e.g. “coke” and anything with a matching tag will show up.
You’ll also want to convert search terms to lower case and keep tags in the same format, because Coke is absolutely not the same thing as coke to a computer.
Asda have just "updated" their app in the last few weeks, it's gone from a fast easy to navigate app to a slow, clunky piece of sh*t that crashes and rarely loads properly. After the 4th page of suggestions while I was trying to checkout, I lost the will to live and drove to morrisons.
Another one is (I think its) Lidl that i tried looking something up on and it doesn't even have a search function. I don't understand how big stores can have bad websites like that.
Fyi it's because it will only show things you can order.
If you have a delivery slot booked for your house it will only show what is available there (and will also slightly hide if out of stock)
That's a lot of faith you have in the store having a functioning stock control system in the suppling shop that's fully integrated with the online store and that all the data has been imputed correctly in the first place.
As a web developer I tend to think that the reason is more to do with outsourcing the whole project to cheap off-shore developers and basically that it doesn't work properly. It's the same reason why the store pickers are told to substitute wheely bin liners for Gala Apples when they pick your order.
I used to work for Asda, closely with what range was available. There's a default stores range, but as soon as you have a postcode delivery set up it's based of the range from that store. It has to be that way, each shop has a very unique range, and you wouldn't want people ordering stuff you had 0 chance to deliver.
(Once you have the app / account I assume they pre assign you your local shop before you even add a delivery slot, but I couldn't confirm that 100%).
Fyi Subs are based off what people accept, so if over time if mint penguins are subbed, 50% of people accept orange and 80% accept plain the picker is told to pick plain by the machine. It gets worse as when there is a shortage it cascades into similar items so it gets a bit looser (eg all mince cascading into no chicken breast then into beef chunks into a whole chicken etc etc). It's rare these days for off the wall subs (I'm sure it happens as a human does the pick) as there is a lot of sub data now.
Whenever I search for lemons, it shows me lemon gin and lemon bleach before it shows me actual lemons
The website also went through a phase where whenever I searched for pepperami, it crashed
I had my hopes up as I didn't know the website, but it seems kinda useless considering it won't reflect updated deals, and most importantly, supermarket brands, which is what I mostly see myself buying for the majority of the cart.
That's interesting, I've never had a food delivery but from my choices near me it's Aldi cheapest, then Asda and Morrisons is the most expensive. We do have an Iceland food warehouse too but I rarely go in there.
I pretty much avoid Morrisons even though it's a fair bit closer, their prices went rapidly out of control about two years ago, above and beyond the increase we saw elsewhere.
That was because they got bought out by an American private equity firm, so they had bigger increases than normal. It was never sustainable though and they quickly had to drop prices to be in line with the others.
Yeah, Morrisons prices have come down by like a third recently, I remember going in there and being like 'are you guys insane?'
Their target market are price sensitive. And if I want to pay lots, I'll just go to M&S.
The core principle many businesses seem to have forgotten since inflation is that if you don't have a luxury product, you can't sustainabily charge luxury prices.
Morrisons, like Tesco, have jumped heavily into the More card / members prices / rewards are time limited vouchers restricted to online or in shop but never both. Instead of simply lowering prices.
So have Co-op. Their dividend card was never worth much anyway, now it's just a way to only pay a quid more than you would anywhere else instead of three quid.
Can't wait for the cartel to decide that subscriptions to avoid price hikes (a la clubcard plus) is the new normal we all have to endure.
"Points Cards" are all about gathering data, selling the items they get good deals on, and gathering more data to manipulate the customer base, in order to make more profit. Once they've rinsed you of what they're after, then you can have a coupon for 10% if you spend £10 or more on Foot Care products.
It's the new normal, as the customer base aren't exactly boycotting the offers.
Morrisons more card is mostly a fucking scam too. Barely anything gives you points so it takes forever to get a fiver. There's some okay discounts, but nothing that'd ever make me actively buy something I wasn't going to buy. It's basically just farming your data to sell.
I only shop at Morrisons. I have an aldi or lidl nearby too, but it's not a big one so I don't really care for it since a third of it is just random junk
Look out for those "Collectors", they're decent. There have been a few recently that go something like spend £40 a week for 3 out of the next 4 weeks and you get 15000 points. I spend that amount every week anyway so I essentially just got £15 money back.
They've got one right now where if you spend 40 you get 4000 points. I only noticed right after spending the 40 quid.
I got a tenner out of that other one. I must have activated too late!
They're only decent if you already spend that much. Anyone who doesn't spend that much normally should not increase their spending just to get the points, this is the reason they actually introduced these collectors and you the customer will lose out in the long run.
I also couldn't help notice that all the items listed in my collector were suddenly on sale, making it even harder to hit the spending threshold to qualify for extra points. Another very cheeky tactic to make people spend more than they need by gamifying the weekly shop.
I’ve found that Sainsbury’s and Tesco to a lesser extent, have the best rewards. Nectar prices are quite a large price drop compared to normally. I did hear that those prices are actually what you should be paying normally though, and the “non card” price is artificially inflated.
It’s worth having for the Nectar points if you shop there anyway though, because it does build up and you get a tenner back fairly often.
Yeah I was vaguely aware of this, I believe they also sold off a lot of the supply chain as well. They lost my business because of it, and obviously I wasn't the only one. Some items I used to get from there had an 80% increase.
Maybe I'll have a look next week when I need to get some shopping. Would save me plenty of time and effort.
I've just had a look on their website and the prices are much better, thanks for the information.
To be fair to Morrisons, they still have one of the most vertically integrated supply chains out of all of the retailers!
The PE takeover really underestimated the aggressive nature of the discounters for a while.
I'm in the same boat as you. He prepared for half the product lines to be cut, the lights/ heating/ AC to be off, lawn furniture in the aisles with laminated "take a seat!" signs like a council drop-in centre. It's bleak.
It's like they continued on a parallel timeline where covid just kept on keeping on and society is slowly collapsing.
Not to mention you need to get 5000 points on the app to get a fiver off voucher. You get 1 point per pound you spend. Guess it wouldn’t take long to reach 5000 points with their prices lol
I used to shop at tesco and switched to aldi which saves about £10 each week, bit I don't think they do online shopping or delivery which some people rely on :/
We only have Tesco express in my town and they are even more overpriced I believe. I find they are awfully laid out too which doesn't help. They have taken over most of the closed down pubs so there are now 6 of them dotted around town
My problem with Morrisons was that everything was 3 for 2 or 5 for 3 and I ended up either feeling I left a deal on the shelf or I went home with far more than I needed or wanted.
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I'm pretty sure that's only if you spend more than £40. If you spend under £40, delivery is £7 regardless of the slot you choose.
These minimum basket charges are so unfair for individuals - I don't need £40+ of food every week, but I can't do a shop every two weeks because I like to eat fresh food.
You may know this already but lots of fresh fruit and veg and so on can last weeks in the fridge if stored properly. For more delicate things I can vouch for the vinegar trick mentioned in the Cross Legacy blog (soaking in 1/4 cup distilled vinegar in 10 cups of water for 2min, then thorough drying and keeping in an airtight container. I do that for lettuce and leafy vegetables and store them in the fridge in a container similar to [this](https://www.dunelm.com/product/fridge-keep-fresh-storage-container-1000197310). I currently have the last few leaves of the gem lettuce I bought three weeks ago from Sainsbury's in such a container in my fridge and it's still perfectly fresh.
I'm the only one in my household that eats fresh fruit and veg every day so if I'm not careful with storage it spoils before I can finish it all, if I buy enough variety.
Incidentally, I use [these cheap Ikea bowls](https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/vispad-mixing-bowl-set-of-2-white-50421791/) to do the soaking in. The smaller one holds 10 cups of water so I put the vegetables in the bigger bowl, then pour a small bowlful of water plus the 1/4cup vinegar into the bigger bowl and soak for 2 min. Unlike the woman in the blog, I don't do it for absolutely everything. Only for things that I know will need it. Tomatoes, peppers, leafy greens, that sort of thing.
Editing to add...
Celery seems to keep forever if you wrap it in tinfoil before putting it in the fridge. And those perforated storage containers are really good too if you like to chop up your carrots and store in water in the fridge for the week. You can pull up the inner basket to fish out the amount of carrots you need each day. I chop up enough for a few days to a week and leave the rest of the carrots unpeeled/uncut in the bag in the fridge to make them last longer.
This is really good to know. I've been shying away from fresh salad stuff coz it spoils before I can finish it.
I am going to try this. Thanks for sharing!
Yeah I'm too lazy to carefully dry anything! I use a salad spinner to remove the bulk of the water and then lay the leaves out on a clean kitchen towel on the counter before dinner or whatever. By the time we've finished dinner there's very little water clinging to the leaves so I put them in one of those basket containers and any extra water will just drain out. If I'm using a standard glass container from Ikea I put a couple of paper towels on the bottom instead but those do need checking and possibly replacing eventually.
I'm amazed people spend so little on groceries, I feel like I spend 40 quid every time I go in the shop and that's generally twice a week. But then I do also get dog stuff there and booze over the weekend, so I suppose that will have quite a large impact.
I get this every time. They also do random "Nectar Price" deals on items you frequently buy, dropping the price from anything between 10-30%. Very useful when you get one on cupboard/frozen items and you can just stock up on the cheap.
After we ran some numbers we realised that for us it made a lot more sense to switch pretty much all our groceries to Sainsbury's delivery and get a yearly delivery pass (for convenience, really). And that's how I then found out that those nectar price deals make a noticeable difference to our grocery costs. A lot of my food is on Aldi price match and the rest seems to be on a nectar price deal much of the time so we just stock up. We spend a lot less overall than when we used to physically shop around and it's way less stressful and time consuming.
The annual pass great! I have a midweek only pass for £4 a month that lets me have an hour slot for free with a £40 order. Ideal as I work from home. It’s so much cheaper and easier than taking the bus, plus I find I do more meal prep and planning and less impulse buying.
Two young kids here and the same. I only go to supermarkets if I'm on holiday.
Anything I don't get from sainsbo is usually because it's cheaper to get on Amazon subscription (nappies, wipes, coffee, washing pods, dog food etc). Even easier when you don't even have to remember to order it
We use Tesco for fortnightly shops (which run about £45 a week). I buy off-peak delivery saver every 6 months, which I think is £30. I can have as many deliveries as I want and given that delivery is minimum £4, it is a decent saving over time.
Minimum £4 for Tesco delivery?! Jesus, things have really changed haven't they? I remember years ago we used to get free delivery from them by booking the mid week slots! The minimum delivery for Sainsbury's is only £1 and we find them cheaper than Tesco for our shop but I guess that depends on what you usually buy.
You can get slots for tomorrow (Sunday) for £2.50 if you book the 4 hour delivery slot instead of the 1 hour. As I work from home most of the week its always worth doing for me.
That sounds so much more reasonable, though it's still 50% higher than Sainsbury's equivalent flexible option. I checked and a lot of our old free slots at Tesco are now £2-£3. I wonder if it's because back then most people couldn't work from home.
I assume they would all love to put the cost of delivery up. But I bet a lot of people will choose their grocery delivery on the cost of delivery over putting in the time to compare the shop.
And we are lucky enough to be a small country with so many big supermarkets all competing with each other. Hopefully that keeps the cost down for a while yet.
This is interesting. I tend to go to the shops now but when I did home delivery I found Morrisons to be a bit hit and miss with items not arriving as they didn't actually have them in stock. I wonder if that's any better?
Ordering several days in advance brought delivery fees down a lot. Ocado definitely have superior fruit/veg but a bit too expensive for me.
I'm in an area fulfilled by Ocado (or their warehouses? or just Ocado systems? I'm not sure how the technicalities work) but the service is exceptional and on a weekly £100 shop I rarely have more than one substitution. In probably 200 shops I can only recall 2-3 times when they have delivered after the timeslot which is crazy especially as I get deliveries peak time (Saturday morning).
If I refuse substitutions the drivers always just tell me to keep the substitution for free anyway which can be nice on the rare time they do a swap.
If you're in an ocado fulfilled area, it's basically run entirely by ocado, and delivered by ocado drivers. We have 2 sets of uniform, and can be doing ocado routes one day, morrisons routes the next. Glad to hear the majority are on time. Most lateness in supermarket delivery comes from delays before dispatch (unless something happens on route, like a crash on the motorway or a vehicle brekdown), and ocados fairly organised in that regard. 9 times out of 10 my vans fully loaded and ready to go half hour before my shift actually starts.
We're not really meant to let you keep refunded items, so whatever you do don't mention that in feedback lol. As far as I'm aware they're not checked back at depot unless it's high value items.
I recently did a first online shop with Ocado. I got £25 off a £60 shop as a first time order so well worth having a look for that discount and stocking up on cupboard bits.
After I placed a second order they sent me money off vouchers for the next 4 orders. It definitely is more expensive than Tesco etc but I find it much better quality and the fresh stuff lasts longer in my experience.
Ocado flash sales can save you a small fortune. They have 40-50% off usually. I did an Ocado shop a few weeks ago with a £15 off promo they gave me and with the flash sale discounts I got almost 60% of my shop which was crazy.
Did you check out all of these orders and get them delivered, or did you just fill the basket to find out the total price? I’m asking because Ocado has a Price Promise where they price match with equivalent products on Tesco’s website, and if you paid more at Ocado than you would have online at Tesco, Ocado send you a voucher for the difference a day or two after delivery.
Not every product on the site is included in the price promise (I just checked and it’s 10,000), but the ones that are are all marked with a little red icon, so your Ocado order could end up cheaper than Tesco if you pick your products carefully and take advantage of the lower delivery fee.
(Edit: I appreciate this might be irrelevant to you OP as you’ve found Sainsbury’s is cheaper than Tesco, but it seems like a big part of that is Tesco’s extra fees.)
Waitrose essentials range is really good quality and cheaper than brands.
It's what I try to buy when I can.
There is a cost / quality ratio on waitrose essentials range that's near impossible to beat.
The prices are skewed by delivery and small basket fees. It may be more accurate to see the costs for once every two weeks when the majority of these fees disappear - that may be more accurate?
Not if your buying fresh items which won't last so long, hence why its a weekly shop. Unless your always eating root veg and smoked meats in the second weeks
You'll be surprised how much better the quality of food is from ocado and thus how much longer the food lasts. Just as an example we buy the farmhouse bread and it's still fresh 1-2 week after delivery.
The fact its fresher has a lot to do with it. Ocados stock goes supplier > warehouse > customer, rather than supplier > warehouse > shop floor > customer.
You should read the ingredients list before you spout bs. The veg also lasts about twice as long as other supermarkets but it's the bread I was most impressed with.
Morrisons use the same system as Ocado so have very similar dates. Ocado and Morrisons are both far superior to their competitors, especially those who pick online deliveries in store where you basically end up getting what everyone else has left behind.
I know I’ll sound like a cunt saying this but the quality of the food you get from Waitrose / Ocado / M&S is so much better.
I realise everyone can’t afford it, but it you can it’s well worth £6 more than Tesco IMO. Saying that not everyone agrees - my husband shops at Sainsbury’s (with meat from Lidl) and says he can’t tell any difference (we eat different meals).
I’m surprised Tesco was so expensive!
You're not a cunt. The latest e coli outbreak m&s and Waitrose were absent from the supermarket lists for a reason, it's usually the same. They cost more because they actually manage their supply chain to stop shit going down your throat (literally in the latest case)
Tesco is the worst. Awful quality and so expensive.
For future reference, some of the supermarkets have a 'flexible time delivery' option which will be cheaper than your £4/5 option. They give you a four hour window so if you'll be in for the whole time it could be a better option.
We switched to M&S/ Ocado for most things as everything just lasts so much longer. Bread doesn’t mould as quick, fruit and veg last longer. Just the sheer difference in quality means we are willingly to pay slightly more. We did what you did at one point and it was tenner more than usual shop for better quality products that last so much longer.
I find as well that it looks expensive on the surface level, but some of the Marksies Dine In offers are decent value for money.
I often get the pizza night one which is £12 for 2 pizzas and 2 sides, but I’ll get something like dirty fries or chicken strips for the side, so you’re almost getting 4 meals out of that (Say, by adding the cost of a jacket potato for with the chicken)
Agree. They also price match Tesco on most items, so shouldn't be as expensive as OP described if the basket is comparable (this is refunded after payment, so probably wasn't factored into OP's calculation)
Sainsbury is a good balance between price and quality. Personally I've been on Tesco delivery for about 6 years. I always say for £4 a month, it's a steal for free deliveries. Used to be £40 minimum basket but now it's £50 which is tougher but TBH inflation probably makes it the same.
Biased because I work for Tesco, but we did some internal calculations, and most customers that order more than twice a month with Tesco would save money with the delivery saver subscription. Just in case that helps.
Our local Tesco and Sainsbury’s always seemed to have multiple items unavailable which had to be substituted (badly) or missed altogether. We switched to Ocado because they are online only and seem to have a much more accurate idea of the item availability.
Some of these might have delivery membership schemes which might lower the delivery costs for large baskets. Ocado also refunds you 10p for every shopping bag you recycle with them.
I have settled on Ocado for my weekly delivery. It is a bit more expensive than the others for general food but the service and quality is so much better than any of the others.
In the last 6 months I've had 2 substitutions and one not available.
The only time the delivery was late I got a very apologetic call from the driver explaining he was stuck in traffic after a road was closed due to an accident. A few times I've had calls to say they were running ahead and would I be ok having my delivery 1/2 an hour early.
Their fruit and veg lasts way past the best before dates and everything has at least a few days left for the use-by date.
They do some great deals if you can afford to buy in bulk. This week I've got about 6 weeks worth of wet cat food getting delivered as it was £15 off a giant box which worked out cheaper than getting the same brand from a discount shop.
With Tesco I'd average 2-3 substitutions per order, had a couple of orders that never showed up with 0 warning and the use by dates were terrible.
Asda I tried once and had pretty much my entire order substituted and it turned up 3 hours late.
I think their reliability just comes from the fact that they have really good inventory systems and the orders are picked by robots in a huge warehouse, they know what's coming in, what's in storage and what's going out - even days in advance so they can accurately tell you whether you'll get your item or not when you order.
With supermarkets they'll still have good inventory knowledge but it relies on pickers going around and getting stuff off the shelf and there's no real way of knowing whether your item will be there at the time it's picked.
I shopped with Ocado for 10+ years while I was living in a flat and didn't have a car, can definitely attest to their reliability, I only remember a handful of occasions where I had substitutions. The website and app are really good too.
I only stopped shopping with them because I moved to a house and bought a car, and find it easier to just pop into the supermarket.
I don’t mean to offend anyone who does shop there but I find that Asda is nasty. Like, their food is of poor quality unless you buy brands. Also, their delivery service at the Asda near me is terrible. Always so many substitutions or “item not available” but then when I drive down to the store there are 100s of that very same item on the shelf. (I’m talking like 15 mins after getting my shop).
Haven’t used Asda in about a year though they might have improved.
I find they're really good for getting branded, non-fresh items for cheap. I get my Starbucks by Nespresso pods (only when on sale), cordial, Soreen multipacks etc., from Asda on delivery every few months. Never had any issues and always really impressed with the offers.
I'd probably never order anything fresh; I like picking my own!
Thank you for saving me the bother of working this out. I'm going to have to teach my Dad how to online food shop. He's getting less enthusiastic about driving. He can order things from Argos and cotton traders so in theory teaching him how to use Sainsbury's shouldn't be too difficult.
We’ve used Sains, Tesco and Morrisons - they’ve all been good in terms of times, good and helpful staff and so forth. Morrisons and Tesco have disappointed with substitutions, but given a choice between going to a physical supermarket and having a (relatively) bad delivery, we’d go for the latter every time.
Morrisons is quite literally the best for price, delivery and quality is very good too.
For those who use Amazon, you can also order from Morrisons via Amazon and get same day delivery through there. This is useful because some Sundays I want a weekly shop done but can’t be bothered to go out and get it; if I look on the Morrisons website, all the delivery slots are booked/taken but if I go onto Amazon and do it, the delivery is carried out by an Amazon affiliate instead so more options available for delivery
But the minimum order is £60. For a family that might be ok, not necessarily for a single shopper. When I check the Morrisons prices against my usual Sainsbury’s, some are higher. Amazon keeps trying to tempt me with £15 off...no thanks.
£60 for “free delivery”. Anything less you pay up to £4 but could be £2
I buy for two and the weekly shop averages between £45-60 but sure as an individual your shop might not be that much. Personally going to the shop will be your best bet the majority of the time but for convenience. Morrisons for convenience and value over other options.
Trolley.co.uk will tell you the cheapest shop to get your shopping from. You can select which shops will deliver to you and it'll handle the rest. I split my shopping between Tesco and Asda so I just use them two shops, then order the items that are the cheapest from that supermarket.
Thanks, this is interesting. We're shopping around for grocery deliveries at the moment after Morrisons got just too shit.
We have recently been having Ocado deliveries with a voucher which meant free delivery and 15-30% off. The cost was about the same as Morrisons had been, meaning when the deal runs out it will be a good chunk more expensive.
An occasional "fill the freezer" delivery from Iceland can be absolutely brilliant because you can make use of all the deals and it'll be over the free delivery threshold. But you're right that it's difficult to do a full weekly shop.
I think it matters a lot what kind of food you shop for. M&S/Ocado stuff is very nice, but frankly it's nicer than we need (2 adults + 3 adult sized children) so we're paying a premium unnecessarily.
Might give Sainsburys a go next based on your research, particularly if I can get a referral code from the friend who uses them regularly.
Absolutely - I do this too, rotating around. I get all my frozen/convenience stuff from Iceland, like big bags of chips and roast potatoes, some quick throw in the oven chicken products, juice, flavoured water…as well as household things like cheap bleach and floor cleaner.
I’ll then alternate between Tesco and Ocado deliveries to get some of the “nicer” stuff, like fresh meat and fresh produce, with the occasional “posh” ready meal for a weekend treat. It stops me from getting sick of eating the same thing.
Having said that, I’m single and live alone so I don’t go through a vast amount of food and I’m quite happy to get a delivery once every fortnight - I’d imagine delivery fees would add up a lot more for those shopping more often and it might be worth sticking with Tesco for the delivery pass etc.
I find Asda cheaper.
You do need to get past the £40 though.
So get things like soap, shampoo, dried goods, gifts, etc in advance.
Also use the cheap delivery slots from £2. (They make it very clear). There are monthly passes from £4-7 which is much better value!!!
Leverage your freezer and frozen goods to stretch out the days it covers.
Then when you run out of "top up" items, get a small delivery for just a few days and pay the small basket charge.
If you're still struggling, is there a neighbour you can share deliveries with to save on costs?
I’ve got the Asda delivery pass. Overall pretty satisfied.
To hit the £40 limit, I usually buy one big ticket/bulk item (£10 approx) like loo rolls, dishwasher tabs etc. each time I place an order. Paying the delivery fee is throwing money away.
I had to stop using online shopping/deliveries as I kept getting milk that was almost out of date. Since I got a Power chair, mobility has greatly improved.
Buying bulky stuff online is good, though
The issue i have with Iceland, and maybe i'm just not experienced enough as i rarely shop there, but it's trying to decipher their deals. They have so many deals on, and a lot of them are really similar but trying to find what items are in which offers almost requires you to walk around the shop writing down everything in each offer, as if you try to do it by just picking up what you want, you'll inevitably end up with a whole load of various offers and almost none of them will have the right number of items to be activated.
You may want to consider other factors. Around our way ASDA and Sainsbury’s are nearly useless. Always have have items out of stock and the fresh meat products are low quality. They also often have little time until their use by date on many products. Tesco however are quite the opposite. M&S and Waitrose are very good for quality, availability and use by dates but their product lines are more limited. Co-op is handy for small top ups but no good for a big shop.
Have you contacted any of the stores via live chat or email and told them you have a disability and would like a discount on delivery? It might sound silly but I know Tesco here in Ireland offer free delivery to Pensioners so it's something I imagine they do in the UK and if they make an allowance for pensioners why not you?
OP: try your search term in quotes - "Mince 750g" This should force the search engine to search for the whole term together, not individual words. I just tried it. It comes up with 3 750g products: 15% fat, 5% fat and turkey mince.
I used to shop with Tesco because it was cheaper. But then I switched to Sainsbury's because of the location (convenient on the way home at night and it's a superstore size). When I popped in to Tesco the other day, I was massively surprised how expensive it had become compared to Sainsbury's. (Note: I always get the Tesco Value range or in Sainsbury's the Stamford Street range of stuff when I can).
I also do a scanning my shopping thing where I can earn points to spend if I scan my weekly shops (Nielson), and I'm often shocked at individual prices of stuff when you analyse it line by line. It's shocking how we've become accustomed to paying stupid prices for basics these days.
I’ve tried pretty much all of them in my local area (Brighton) and rate Sainsbury’s the highest for quality, availability and delivery people too
Anything that’s short life I can put through a refund request and usually it goes through without any human intervention or approval - worth knowing! Previously someone had to sign off on a refund but now it’s all done online. Don’t have to use it too often, thankfully!
That said, everything is still so expensive - vouchers are sometimes issued but still rare or with a super high spend
I actually really like Waitrose- I order from them about once a month. Really good frozen selection.
The main downside is being tempted by nice chilled items.
For more perishable things I go to local shops. But ordering the heavy stuff helps
I have a chronic illness which counts as a disability and I LOVE that Iceland still deliver in bags, so I always go for Iceland. With Morrisons I have to bend down and take each individual item out of a crate while the delivery driver just stands and watches me struggle. No thanks!
It's a legal requirement to label using metric under the Weights and Measures (Packaged Goods) 2006.
Including the weight/volume in imperial is optional, but they're legally obligated to list it in litres.
Right but it used to be 4 pints with the litre equivalent in smaller text, now it’s 2 litres which is equivalent to less than 4 pints. So they’ve got a nice round number for the big text measurement but you’re actually getting less milk. The smallest milk is still 1 pint though
The standard bottle sizes in most UK supermarkets (for fresh dairy milk) is 1/2/4/6 pints. These also show the litre value as well, but they aren’t round litres. So yes, Iceland selling milk in (presumably) round litre values is strange for the UK
> The standard bottle sizes in most UK supermarkets (for fresh dairy milk) is 1/2/4/6 pints
The bottle of milk I have from Tesco is advertised with litres as the larger font measurements, with pints in smaller size under it.
It's a legal requirement to advertise in metric, imperial is an optional thing a retailer/packager can choose to do, so searching in litres will always be the most reasonable thing to do.
In this case, just searching "whole milk" on the Iceland website returns the results OP is after.
It depends on the milk. Anything other than standard milk like UHT, filtered (e.g. Cravendale), best of both, etc seems to be sold in round litres now. If Iceland is selling longer-life products like filtered milk (which would fit with their whole schtick), it makes sense that they're in litres.
Nope, not strange. I've just checked Morrisons, Tesco, Asda, Waitrose, and Sainsbury, they all sell cow's milk in 1ltr and 2ltr bottles as well as multiples of pints. Obviously it is dependant on the supplier of the milk, new "milk products" like soy, almond, or oat milks are only sold in Litres.
Generally the standard fresh milk is in pints with the litre measurement in smaller text, it’s the opposite way round now in iceland. Basically 2 litres is slightly less than 4 pints so they’re giving you less milk for the same/more money
Could you check your list on Aldi and Lidl? They are usually equal to or cheaper then Morrisons:
https://groceries.aldi.co.uk/en-GB/Grocery-Click-and-Collect
https://www.lidl.com/delivery
The Lidl link you’ve provided got me all excited that they were offering home delivery, but it seems like that’s just for America (It’s on the US site)
OP has mobility problems I believe, so click and collect isn’t viable for them either. Definitely worth checking out for others that may make use of it though!
I regularly use tesco. I have a flexi saver delivery which is £9 a month and you get a four hour slot for your delivery. I'm just about to get free delivery ad I'm over 65
>and searching "4 pint whole milk" showed no result
[Probably because they advertise it in litres, not pints](https://i.imgur.com/bOoiqno.png).
If I search "whole milk" the first results are for 2 litres, 1 litre, and 3 litres whole milk.
Interesting. Recent news placed Morrisons as third most expensive behind Ocado and Waitrose.
(We shop in Morrisons but purely out of convenience. The shop frustrates the hell out of me)
You might be shocked and surprised ( or not) that the supermarket decide what the best before date is and has no legal standards AT ALL, they tend to short date products because a fair amount of customers will bin produce after the arbitrary date whilst the item is perfectly fine to eat
Don't trust dates eyes and nose are more important
Oh and a lot of meat is packed in carbon monoxide to give and keep a good red colour
I used to use Morrisons delivery all the time but lately they are coming up most expensive for the things I buy on a regular basis which leaves nothing left for treats.
Asda substitutions can sometimes be a bit weird and are often a bit later than the time I've booked the delivery for,
but their subs aren't as bad as Tesco's for it who sent 1 apple instead a pack of 6 and a jar of pasta sauce instead of cat litter (really can't work that one out)
Ocado and Morrisons used to use the same warehouse for packing home deliveries but I think that's changed now.
A few tips for Morrisons:
- Get the Morrisons More app. They only give points on certain products (depending on what's on offer) but they also have Collectors that change every month, which give you points if you spend enough on a certain type of product (wide categories, like Morrisons brand dairy). Points can be exchanged for £5 vouchers.
- More card app also has a Rewards section that usually has a ~£1.50 off voucher if you buy a particular product type. You don't have to spend over the £1.50 on the product to qualify, so you can buy 40p of carrots and qualify for £1.50 off veg, which just takes £1.50 off your total.
- They do a yearly delivery pass. If it works for you, the midweek pass lets you get deliveries Tuesday-Thursday (1 per day if you wanted) for £40 a month.
- Occasionally they email voucher codes too, so watch out for those. About 10% off if you spend a minimum. They increase that minimum each time until they notice you don't take advantage of one and then it resets next time to a lower amount of and minimum spend.
- Their Savers and Wonky value brands aren't bad at all.
- Morrisons comes from a warehouse, it's not picked from supermarket shelves (that might be area dependent now). It usually means that the stock levels are accurate, so add popular stuff to your basket early (ice cream for the alleged impending heatwave) and you're pretty likely to get it.
- If you need any special assistance at the doorstep or have any preferences about how they bring in your delivery, do add it to the notes as they actually read them (they also put in their own notes between drivers to knock on a particular window and the cat would alert us they were here, which tickled me).
This isn’t that helpful
All the big stores are basically price locked for basic items, example; 500g beef mince 20% fat is £2.49 everywhere
Then you have special offers which will vary & will take you a huge percentage of your shop since they’ve all decided to push nectar / clubcard
You haven’t accounted for delivery passes
Can you honestly not add stuff to make it £40 ? Washing liquid , tea, long shelf life items
I don’t do food delivery, so can’t speak for the pickers pick, but in store, Morrisons offers substantially better quality food and fresher than Sainsbury’s or Tescos.
I'm convinced the workers at the Sainsbury's we order from deliberately pick the worst produce and shortest expiry dates for meat. Good news is, the drivers are really good at taking things back and/or just giving you the item for free. But you have to carefully inspect everything as you unpack in it.
Not sure why you got short dates with Sainsburys, I never have that problem. Also don't get what you mean brand wise, they usually are one of the better ones for brands they offer (plus their own good quality versions of products).
One thing to consider is cheapest isn't always best, I've tried morrisons/tesco/sainsburys/ocado before, and Sainsburys always comes out best overall for quality and price.
thank you for doing this, i appreciate you sharing your results. i was planning to compare my usual shop at tescos with the same at Morrisons and Sainsbury's but my chronic fatigue has wiped me out this week so i didnt do it. looks like Sainsbury's will be the best choice for me in the future
This does broadly match with my experience as well. For us we get a big shop delivered every \~2 weeks and we've been with Sainsburys for the past 2 years. They scored about the same as everyone else on price (within a few £ anyway) and the quality of items is generally really good. We'll pop in-store to Sainsburys or to the nearby Lidl for any top-up bits between weeks or for any bits that Sainsburys don't have. Our 2-week shop is normally around £250-300 for a family of 5 and that includes all food, drinks, cleaning supplies, bin bags, shampoo etc.
Wouldn’t even entertain Co Op
The difference from Tesco is staggering.
A friend has delivery from Tesco but if slot wasn’t available she’d get a Co op delivery.Full shop from Tesco was £70 . £70 Shop from Co op would barely last 4 days.
I’ll post this app as it helps with the price comparisons of stores for each item and you can create lists. It can send alerts when the price changes as well.
Trolley.co.uk
Asda got too greedy during the inflation. Kept putting the same items up weekly, much more than other supermarkets did.
They did it so they could help substitute the Blue Light 10% discount as well as the rewards app. But since then blue light is only 5%, and only now on certain chilled rather than the whole shop. App rewards getting worse too.
Seems Asda are just pocketing the extra profit tbh. Its disgusting. They've recently increase costs on more of my chilled, meaning the 5% blue light means F all, as all other places are cheaper now.
Asda have lost me, not they give af.
I use Sainsbury's as it's the best value and shop weekly. Far better quality than Tesco and has stuff that Morrisons doesn't. I used to be an Aldi shopper but now it's become too expensive when you compare the quality of meat with Sainsbury's.
I always have home delivery and have found Tesco and Morrisons to be best for availability on the day. Morrisons comes from a warehouse so is on top, I do sometimes but rarely have unavailable or substitute items from Tesco.
Asda is by far the worst. I ordered lazy garlic once and they sent me a jar of cinnamon 🙄
One thing I've noticed about Asda delivery is that they give you the worst expiration dates. If you're living alone and/or do big shops Asda is not a good shout because I swear they choose the soonest expiry date for all products. Sainsbury's and Tesco are far better in that regard, can't speak for any others though
If you’re an Amazon Prime customer their Amazon Fresh offerings are very reasonable. Shame that they’ve just removed a few cities from the programme, mine included.
There is also options for Morissons, Iceland and Co-Op to be shopped on Amazon’s grocery marketplace which might be easier to use than several different sites.
My wife put a shop into Morrisons last week and then it steadfastly refused to let us check it out citing high demand. She tried several times across 2 evenings but it simply wouldn't let us pay and sort delivery. In the end I printed the basket out and drove to Morrisons and picked it myself.
Absolute crap.
I know people hate Amazon but their Subscribe & Save is really good for household items like toiletries etc.
You can buy stuff in a bulk pack which is cheaper compared to buying individually at supermarkets. If you choose the Subscribe & Save option then it’s even cheaper and if you have 5 items in your delivery you get an extra 15% off each item.
I regularly buy Carex 1L refills, they’re usually £3.50 each at supermarkets but I can get a 3 pack on Amazon for about £7.50. Vanish stain remover £6.50 at supermarkets, £5.50 with Amazon subscribe & save.
You can set how often you want items to be automatically delivered (eg every 3 weeks or months) and get notified prior incase you want to skip that particular order and best of all you don’t even need Amazon Prime.
I think its obvious that Ocado and Waitrose come out more expensive. But I think the remaining stores almost entirely depend on what you are buying.
My shop is effectively tailored to Tesco at this point, every time I've bothered to compare Tesco comes out ahead for me.
Adding in the cost of a one off delivery isn't going to give a long term picture. With Asda, and I presume others, you can buy a yearly pass that works out far more economical.
Asdas own branded stuff is low quality just like Aldis. For the sake of a few quid, I’d rather have quality and go with Tesco, Iceland or Lidl store brands if the branded version is expensive. Tbh I just go cash and carry’s/local butchers for meat and veg now but if delivery was the only option, the its one of the 3 mentioned.
Ocado is my favourite for their deliveries and I've tried Tesco, Asda, and Morrisons before.
I was fed up of meal planning and ordering items which were then substituted, short dated or poor quality/damaged from the other supermarkets.
I also have mobility issues and find Ocado using bags (which are recycled and refunded on return at your next delivery) makes unloading the shopping so much easier.
Ocado also send their receipt via email in advance, and it lists all the items and their use by date. This means I can sit and plan what to eat and when using my phone and don't need to go look at items in the kitchen. Signing up to their delivery saver means a saving on delivery fees and also offers 10% off some items via their Smart Pass offers. They also price match Tesco (who price match Aldi) whilst offering much better quality food (no ecoli recalls on Ocado produce!)
Asda search function is terrible. I recently bought something in store, then I was wondering something about the price, so I tried to look it up. Apparently it didn’t exist 🤦♀️
Asda's search function is sooo bad. I have a screenshot of a search I did that says: >There are no products matching 'mash'. If you're struggling to find the product you're looking for, why not use a more generic term? >Customers who searched for 'mash' also viewed: Mr Mash Instant Mash
>Customers who searched for 'mash' also viewed: Mr Mash Instant Mash See, there's your problem - you searched for 'mash' instead of 'Mash'.
No, it's basic politeness. You have to search for "Mr Mash" unless Mr Mash himself has said, "Please, call me Mash".
There’s that lovely British humour
No that’s the monster …….
That's *MR. MASH* to you!
A case sensitive search on a supermarket. Amazing. 🤦♂️
I find with Tesco's that they simply don't show a lot of options for home delivery any more especially the cheaper items. You can get a 2 litre bottle of coke in store for 40p but the cheapest one available for delivery is 49p. Same with bottled water, ready meals... and I find that some sauces are available in store but not for delivery, even when they're the same brand, size, cost. I can get a large Laila chilli and garlic sauce but not Laila garlic sauce. With the only available garlic sauce being far more expensive per 1KG.
They have different offers online compared to instore too. I used to order online & get my shopping delivered once a month & then do weekly top up shops in store for fresh food but now just fully shop in store. I use the app as a shopping list & find that some items in store are just not on the online delivery app & what I thought was on offer from the app isn’t in store - they’re online only offers. I keep getting money off vouchers for shopping in store myself so I’d rather do that now. Just feels pointless being made to have the home delivery app just so i can get my coupons to use in the shop.
I was wondering this last night as we had our first online Tesco shop in ages. I wanted the 10pack of something but only the 4 pack showed online. It was then substituted for the 10pack I originally wanted! Also had so many things that were going out of date shortly. Never doing anything online shop again even if I do have the flu!
Sometimes the exact spelling matters on Tesco "Ready meals" will not show a result for "ready meal" which something may be categorised as. Same for "coke" might show you some things, but "cola" will show you others. I'm sure they do it on purpose to make the most common searches skip out the cheaper products, because people are more likely to use one phrase than another
It could simply be how much they bothered to pay the developer for the app/database. Searching for exact matches is the simplest and easiest. Having the code figure out what you might have meant or completing a long list of "tags" for alternative wordings will be more expensive. Coke and cola are a perfect example. We (humans) know they mean the same thing but you have to tell the computer this. As well as telling the computer that Coca-Cola, cocacola, Pepsi, soda, pop and fizzy drink are also options for this item.
The way I’d do it is with tagging - invisible to the customer but can be added by whoever manages the store products. So for a bottle of coke you’d add the tags “coke” as well as “cola” and some other stuff. Then the search function can ask the database for everything tagged with “your search term, e.g. “coke” and anything with a matching tag will show up. You’ll also want to convert search terms to lower case and keep tags in the same format, because Coke is absolutely not the same thing as coke to a computer.
Asda have just "updated" their app in the last few weeks, it's gone from a fast easy to navigate app to a slow, clunky piece of sh*t that crashes and rarely loads properly. After the 4th page of suggestions while I was trying to checkout, I lost the will to live and drove to morrisons.
I find Iceland's is the worst. You can put in the exact words in the product name, and it comes up with nothing. Google finds it straight away.
Another one is (I think its) Lidl that i tried looking something up on and it doesn't even have a search function. I don't understand how big stores can have bad websites like that.
Fyi it's because it will only show things you can order. If you have a delivery slot booked for your house it will only show what is available there (and will also slightly hide if out of stock)
That's a lot of faith you have in the store having a functioning stock control system in the suppling shop that's fully integrated with the online store and that all the data has been imputed correctly in the first place. As a web developer I tend to think that the reason is more to do with outsourcing the whole project to cheap off-shore developers and basically that it doesn't work properly. It's the same reason why the store pickers are told to substitute wheely bin liners for Gala Apples when they pick your order.
I used to work for Asda, closely with what range was available. There's a default stores range, but as soon as you have a postcode delivery set up it's based of the range from that store. It has to be that way, each shop has a very unique range, and you wouldn't want people ordering stuff you had 0 chance to deliver. (Once you have the app / account I assume they pre assign you your local shop before you even add a delivery slot, but I couldn't confirm that 100%). Fyi Subs are based off what people accept, so if over time if mint penguins are subbed, 50% of people accept orange and 80% accept plain the picker is told to pick plain by the machine. It gets worse as when there is a shortage it cascades into similar items so it gets a bit looser (eg all mince cascading into no chicken breast then into beef chunks into a whole chicken etc etc). It's rare these days for off the wall subs (I'm sure it happens as a human does the pick) as there is a lot of sub data now.
Whenever I search for lemons, it shows me lemon gin and lemon bleach before it shows me actual lemons The website also went through a phase where whenever I searched for pepperami, it crashed
I don't think sainsbury's is that much better.
If you check the website https://www.trolley.co.uk you can see prices from all the supermarkets
Oh nice! I remember when we used to have mysupermarket.com, but that got shuttered in 2019. Right before covid, and all the price rises...
I had my hopes up as I didn't know the website, but it seems kinda useless considering it won't reflect updated deals, and most importantly, supermarket brands, which is what I mostly see myself buying for the majority of the cart.
it has supermarkets brands on there
That's interesting, I've never had a food delivery but from my choices near me it's Aldi cheapest, then Asda and Morrisons is the most expensive. We do have an Iceland food warehouse too but I rarely go in there. I pretty much avoid Morrisons even though it's a fair bit closer, their prices went rapidly out of control about two years ago, above and beyond the increase we saw elsewhere.
That was because they got bought out by an American private equity firm, so they had bigger increases than normal. It was never sustainable though and they quickly had to drop prices to be in line with the others.
Yeah, Morrisons prices have come down by like a third recently, I remember going in there and being like 'are you guys insane?' Their target market are price sensitive. And if I want to pay lots, I'll just go to M&S. The core principle many businesses seem to have forgotten since inflation is that if you don't have a luxury product, you can't sustainabily charge luxury prices.
Morrisons, like Tesco, have jumped heavily into the More card / members prices / rewards are time limited vouchers restricted to online or in shop but never both. Instead of simply lowering prices.
So have Co-op. Their dividend card was never worth much anyway, now it's just a way to only pay a quid more than you would anywhere else instead of three quid. Can't wait for the cartel to decide that subscriptions to avoid price hikes (a la clubcard plus) is the new normal we all have to endure.
"Points Cards" are all about gathering data, selling the items they get good deals on, and gathering more data to manipulate the customer base, in order to make more profit. Once they've rinsed you of what they're after, then you can have a coupon for 10% if you spend £10 or more on Foot Care products. It's the new normal, as the customer base aren't exactly boycotting the offers.
Morrisons more card is mostly a fucking scam too. Barely anything gives you points so it takes forever to get a fiver. There's some okay discounts, but nothing that'd ever make me actively buy something I wasn't going to buy. It's basically just farming your data to sell. I only shop at Morrisons. I have an aldi or lidl nearby too, but it's not a big one so I don't really care for it since a third of it is just random junk
Look out for those "Collectors", they're decent. There have been a few recently that go something like spend £40 a week for 3 out of the next 4 weeks and you get 15000 points. I spend that amount every week anyway so I essentially just got £15 money back.
They've got one right now where if you spend 40 you get 4000 points. I only noticed right after spending the 40 quid. I got a tenner out of that other one. I must have activated too late!
They're only decent if you already spend that much. Anyone who doesn't spend that much normally should not increase their spending just to get the points, this is the reason they actually introduced these collectors and you the customer will lose out in the long run. I also couldn't help notice that all the items listed in my collector were suddenly on sale, making it even harder to hit the spending threshold to qualify for extra points. Another very cheeky tactic to make people spend more than they need by gamifying the weekly shop.
I’ve found that Sainsbury’s and Tesco to a lesser extent, have the best rewards. Nectar prices are quite a large price drop compared to normally. I did hear that those prices are actually what you should be paying normally though, and the “non card” price is artificially inflated. It’s worth having for the Nectar points if you shop there anyway though, because it does build up and you get a tenner back fairly often.
Yeah I was vaguely aware of this, I believe they also sold off a lot of the supply chain as well. They lost my business because of it, and obviously I wasn't the only one. Some items I used to get from there had an 80% increase. Maybe I'll have a look next week when I need to get some shopping. Would save me plenty of time and effort. I've just had a look on their website and the prices are much better, thanks for the information.
To be fair to Morrisons, they still have one of the most vertically integrated supply chains out of all of the retailers! The PE takeover really underestimated the aggressive nature of the discounters for a while.
I'm in the same boat as you. He prepared for half the product lines to be cut, the lights/ heating/ AC to be off, lawn furniture in the aisles with laminated "take a seat!" signs like a council drop-in centre. It's bleak. It's like they continued on a parallel timeline where covid just kept on keeping on and society is slowly collapsing.
I'm pleased I'm not the only one who realized how expensive Morrison's has become.
It hasn't. Average basket calculations put them pretty much in line with the competition (except Aldi/Lidl of course).
Yes but they used to be cheaper than the competition? It certainly seemed it, or at least the item we bought were cheaper or on offer there
Not to mention you need to get 5000 points on the app to get a fiver off voucher. You get 1 point per pound you spend. Guess it wouldn’t take long to reach 5000 points with their prices lol
I used to shop at tesco and switched to aldi which saves about £10 each week, bit I don't think they do online shopping or delivery which some people rely on :/
They do online shopping in some areas but you have to collect it. Great for parents who don't want to drag the toddler round the shop.
We only have Tesco express in my town and they are even more overpriced I believe. I find they are awfully laid out too which doesn't help. They have taken over most of the closed down pubs so there are now 6 of them dotted around town
My problem with Morrisons was that everything was 3 for 2 or 5 for 3 and I ended up either feeling I left a deal on the shelf or I went home with far more than I needed or wanted.
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If you book far enough in advance, and go for a 4 hour time slot, Sainsbury's delivery is only £1.
I'm pretty sure that's only if you spend more than £40. If you spend under £40, delivery is £7 regardless of the slot you choose. These minimum basket charges are so unfair for individuals - I don't need £40+ of food every week, but I can't do a shop every two weeks because I like to eat fresh food.
You may know this already but lots of fresh fruit and veg and so on can last weeks in the fridge if stored properly. For more delicate things I can vouch for the vinegar trick mentioned in the Cross Legacy blog (soaking in 1/4 cup distilled vinegar in 10 cups of water for 2min, then thorough drying and keeping in an airtight container. I do that for lettuce and leafy vegetables and store them in the fridge in a container similar to [this](https://www.dunelm.com/product/fridge-keep-fresh-storage-container-1000197310). I currently have the last few leaves of the gem lettuce I bought three weeks ago from Sainsbury's in such a container in my fridge and it's still perfectly fresh. I'm the only one in my household that eats fresh fruit and veg every day so if I'm not careful with storage it spoils before I can finish it all, if I buy enough variety. Incidentally, I use [these cheap Ikea bowls](https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/vispad-mixing-bowl-set-of-2-white-50421791/) to do the soaking in. The smaller one holds 10 cups of water so I put the vegetables in the bigger bowl, then pour a small bowlful of water plus the 1/4cup vinegar into the bigger bowl and soak for 2 min. Unlike the woman in the blog, I don't do it for absolutely everything. Only for things that I know will need it. Tomatoes, peppers, leafy greens, that sort of thing. Editing to add... Celery seems to keep forever if you wrap it in tinfoil before putting it in the fridge. And those perforated storage containers are really good too if you like to chop up your carrots and store in water in the fridge for the week. You can pull up the inner basket to fish out the amount of carrots you need each day. I chop up enough for a few days to a week and leave the rest of the carrots unpeeled/uncut in the bag in the fridge to make them last longer.
This is really good to know. I've been shying away from fresh salad stuff coz it spoils before I can finish it. I am going to try this. Thanks for sharing!
That vinegar thing is a proper life hack, although carefully drying lettuce may not be on my top 10 list of things to do.
Yeah I'm too lazy to carefully dry anything! I use a salad spinner to remove the bulk of the water and then lay the leaves out on a clean kitchen towel on the counter before dinner or whatever. By the time we've finished dinner there's very little water clinging to the leaves so I put them in one of those basket containers and any extra water will just drain out. If I'm using a standard glass container from Ikea I put a couple of paper towels on the bottom instead but those do need checking and possibly replacing eventually.
I'm amazed people spend so little on groceries, I feel like I spend 40 quid every time I go in the shop and that's generally twice a week. But then I do also get dog stuff there and booze over the weekend, so I suppose that will have quite a large impact.
I get this every time. They also do random "Nectar Price" deals on items you frequently buy, dropping the price from anything between 10-30%. Very useful when you get one on cupboard/frozen items and you can just stock up on the cheap.
After we ran some numbers we realised that for us it made a lot more sense to switch pretty much all our groceries to Sainsbury's delivery and get a yearly delivery pass (for convenience, really). And that's how I then found out that those nectar price deals make a noticeable difference to our grocery costs. A lot of my food is on Aldi price match and the rest seems to be on a nectar price deal much of the time so we just stock up. We spend a lot less overall than when we used to physically shop around and it's way less stressful and time consuming.
The annual pass great! I have a midweek only pass for £4 a month that lets me have an hour slot for free with a £40 order. Ideal as I work from home. It’s so much cheaper and easier than taking the bus, plus I find I do more meal prep and planning and less impulse buying.
We have a toddler, just can't be arsed to go to the supermarket every week. We're permanently knackered as it is. Sainsbury orders to the rescue!
Two young kids here and the same. I only go to supermarkets if I'm on holiday. Anything I don't get from sainsbo is usually because it's cheaper to get on Amazon subscription (nappies, wipes, coffee, washing pods, dog food etc). Even easier when you don't even have to remember to order it
😂 sometimes you do have to remember to cancel it though. Source: I currently have 96 toilet rolls.
We use Tesco for fortnightly shops (which run about £45 a week). I buy off-peak delivery saver every 6 months, which I think is £30. I can have as many deliveries as I want and given that delivery is minimum £4, it is a decent saving over time.
Minimum £4 for Tesco delivery?! Jesus, things have really changed haven't they? I remember years ago we used to get free delivery from them by booking the mid week slots! The minimum delivery for Sainsbury's is only £1 and we find them cheaper than Tesco for our shop but I guess that depends on what you usually buy.
You can get slots for tomorrow (Sunday) for £2.50 if you book the 4 hour delivery slot instead of the 1 hour. As I work from home most of the week its always worth doing for me.
If you do flexi saver you can get Tesco delivery at £1.50.
That sounds so much more reasonable, though it's still 50% higher than Sainsbury's equivalent flexible option. I checked and a lot of our old free slots at Tesco are now £2-£3. I wonder if it's because back then most people couldn't work from home.
I assume they would all love to put the cost of delivery up. But I bet a lot of people will choose their grocery delivery on the cost of delivery over putting in the time to compare the shop. And we are lucky enough to be a small country with so many big supermarkets all competing with each other. Hopefully that keeps the cost down for a while yet.
This is interesting. I tend to go to the shops now but when I did home delivery I found Morrisons to be a bit hit and miss with items not arriving as they didn't actually have them in stock. I wonder if that's any better? Ordering several days in advance brought delivery fees down a lot. Ocado definitely have superior fruit/veg but a bit too expensive for me.
Morrisons have invested in a stock monitoring system so the website should be fairly accurate on stock levels.
It's location dependent. Ocado fulfill a lot of morrisons orders, so if you're in one of them areas it's pretty accurate with minimal subs / missing.
I'm in an area fulfilled by Ocado (or their warehouses? or just Ocado systems? I'm not sure how the technicalities work) but the service is exceptional and on a weekly £100 shop I rarely have more than one substitution. In probably 200 shops I can only recall 2-3 times when they have delivered after the timeslot which is crazy especially as I get deliveries peak time (Saturday morning). If I refuse substitutions the drivers always just tell me to keep the substitution for free anyway which can be nice on the rare time they do a swap.
If you're in an ocado fulfilled area, it's basically run entirely by ocado, and delivered by ocado drivers. We have 2 sets of uniform, and can be doing ocado routes one day, morrisons routes the next. Glad to hear the majority are on time. Most lateness in supermarket delivery comes from delays before dispatch (unless something happens on route, like a crash on the motorway or a vehicle brekdown), and ocados fairly organised in that regard. 9 times out of 10 my vans fully loaded and ready to go half hour before my shift actually starts. We're not really meant to let you keep refunded items, so whatever you do don't mention that in feedback lol. As far as I'm aware they're not checked back at depot unless it's high value items.
I recently did a first online shop with Ocado. I got £25 off a £60 shop as a first time order so well worth having a look for that discount and stocking up on cupboard bits. After I placed a second order they sent me money off vouchers for the next 4 orders. It definitely is more expensive than Tesco etc but I find it much better quality and the fresh stuff lasts longer in my experience.
Ocado flash sales can save you a small fortune. They have 40-50% off usually. I did an Ocado shop a few weeks ago with a £15 off promo they gave me and with the flash sale discounts I got almost 60% of my shop which was crazy.
Did you check out all of these orders and get them delivered, or did you just fill the basket to find out the total price? I’m asking because Ocado has a Price Promise where they price match with equivalent products on Tesco’s website, and if you paid more at Ocado than you would have online at Tesco, Ocado send you a voucher for the difference a day or two after delivery. Not every product on the site is included in the price promise (I just checked and it’s 10,000), but the ones that are are all marked with a little red icon, so your Ocado order could end up cheaper than Tesco if you pick your products carefully and take advantage of the lower delivery fee. (Edit: I appreciate this might be irrelevant to you OP as you’ve found Sainsbury’s is cheaper than Tesco, but it seems like a big part of that is Tesco’s extra fees.)
Ocado price match Tesco on their own brand products btw
Waitrose essentials range is really good quality and cheaper than brands. It's what I try to buy when I can. There is a cost / quality ratio on waitrose essentials range that's near impossible to beat.
The prices are skewed by delivery and small basket fees. It may be more accurate to see the costs for once every two weeks when the majority of these fees disappear - that may be more accurate?
Not if your buying fresh items which won't last so long, hence why its a weekly shop. Unless your always eating root veg and smoked meats in the second weeks
You'll be surprised how much better the quality of food is from ocado and thus how much longer the food lasts. Just as an example we buy the farmhouse bread and it's still fresh 1-2 week after delivery.
That's nothing to do with quality, it's just additives. Bread shouldn't last that long.
The fact its fresher has a lot to do with it. Ocados stock goes supplier > warehouse > customer, rather than supplier > warehouse > shop floor > customer.
You should read the ingredients list before you spout bs. The veg also lasts about twice as long as other supermarkets but it's the bread I was most impressed with.
They're not wrong though. Bread is not something that lasts two weeks of you get it fresh from the baker
It's not quality it's just ocado gets food to you earlier in its lifecycle. Use by dates are best at ocado by a mile.
Morrisons use the same system as Ocado so have very similar dates. Ocado and Morrisons are both far superior to their competitors, especially those who pick online deliveries in store where you basically end up getting what everyone else has left behind.
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Asda is a rip off, has been since lockdown. They also rip you off with different prices on the shelf to what you pay at the till
I know I’ll sound like a cunt saying this but the quality of the food you get from Waitrose / Ocado / M&S is so much better. I realise everyone can’t afford it, but it you can it’s well worth £6 more than Tesco IMO. Saying that not everyone agrees - my husband shops at Sainsbury’s (with meat from Lidl) and says he can’t tell any difference (we eat different meals). I’m surprised Tesco was so expensive!
You're not a cunt. The latest e coli outbreak m&s and Waitrose were absent from the supermarket lists for a reason, it's usually the same. They cost more because they actually manage their supply chain to stop shit going down your throat (literally in the latest case) Tesco is the worst. Awful quality and so expensive.
For future reference, some of the supermarkets have a 'flexible time delivery' option which will be cheaper than your £4/5 option. They give you a four hour window so if you'll be in for the whole time it could be a better option.
We switched to M&S/ Ocado for most things as everything just lasts so much longer. Bread doesn’t mould as quick, fruit and veg last longer. Just the sheer difference in quality means we are willingly to pay slightly more. We did what you did at one point and it was tenner more than usual shop for better quality products that last so much longer.
I find as well that it looks expensive on the surface level, but some of the Marksies Dine In offers are decent value for money. I often get the pizza night one which is £12 for 2 pizzas and 2 sides, but I’ll get something like dirty fries or chicken strips for the side, so you’re almost getting 4 meals out of that (Say, by adding the cost of a jacket potato for with the chicken)
Agree. They also price match Tesco on most items, so shouldn't be as expensive as OP described if the basket is comparable (this is refunded after payment, so probably wasn't factored into OP's calculation)
Sainsbury is a good balance between price and quality. Personally I've been on Tesco delivery for about 6 years. I always say for £4 a month, it's a steal for free deliveries. Used to be £40 minimum basket but now it's £50 which is tougher but TBH inflation probably makes it the same.
Biased because I work for Tesco, but we did some internal calculations, and most customers that order more than twice a month with Tesco would save money with the delivery saver subscription. Just in case that helps.
Really interesting, thanks. I shop with the COOP regularly and never had an issue with their website, FWIW.
Why would you use Co-op regularly? They're often the most expensive supermarket with middling quality at best.
Our local Tesco and Sainsbury’s always seemed to have multiple items unavailable which had to be substituted (badly) or missed altogether. We switched to Ocado because they are online only and seem to have a much more accurate idea of the item availability. Some of these might have delivery membership schemes which might lower the delivery costs for large baskets. Ocado also refunds you 10p for every shopping bag you recycle with them.
Baldly 😂
You're not considering quality in the price at all. Morrisons meat is pretty dire. I would happily pay more of better quality.
I have settled on Ocado for my weekly delivery. It is a bit more expensive than the others for general food but the service and quality is so much better than any of the others. In the last 6 months I've had 2 substitutions and one not available. The only time the delivery was late I got a very apologetic call from the driver explaining he was stuck in traffic after a road was closed due to an accident. A few times I've had calls to say they were running ahead and would I be ok having my delivery 1/2 an hour early. Their fruit and veg lasts way past the best before dates and everything has at least a few days left for the use-by date. They do some great deals if you can afford to buy in bulk. This week I've got about 6 weeks worth of wet cat food getting delivered as it was £15 off a giant box which worked out cheaper than getting the same brand from a discount shop. With Tesco I'd average 2-3 substitutions per order, had a couple of orders that never showed up with 0 warning and the use by dates were terrible. Asda I tried once and had pretty much my entire order substituted and it turned up 3 hours late.
They also bag everything which is handy. Agree with the substitutions, it’s very rare they’re out of stock when compared to other supermarkets.
I think their reliability just comes from the fact that they have really good inventory systems and the orders are picked by robots in a huge warehouse, they know what's coming in, what's in storage and what's going out - even days in advance so they can accurately tell you whether you'll get your item or not when you order. With supermarkets they'll still have good inventory knowledge but it relies on pickers going around and getting stuff off the shelf and there's no real way of knowing whether your item will be there at the time it's picked.
I shopped with Ocado for 10+ years while I was living in a flat and didn't have a car, can definitely attest to their reliability, I only remember a handful of occasions where I had substitutions. The website and app are really good too. I only stopped shopping with them because I moved to a house and bought a car, and find it easier to just pop into the supermarket.
I don’t mean to offend anyone who does shop there but I find that Asda is nasty. Like, their food is of poor quality unless you buy brands. Also, their delivery service at the Asda near me is terrible. Always so many substitutions or “item not available” but then when I drive down to the store there are 100s of that very same item on the shelf. (I’m talking like 15 mins after getting my shop). Haven’t used Asda in about a year though they might have improved.
I find they're really good for getting branded, non-fresh items for cheap. I get my Starbucks by Nespresso pods (only when on sale), cordial, Soreen multipacks etc., from Asda on delivery every few months. Never had any issues and always really impressed with the offers. I'd probably never order anything fresh; I like picking my own!
Thank you for saving me the bother of working this out. I'm going to have to teach my Dad how to online food shop. He's getting less enthusiastic about driving. He can order things from Argos and cotton traders so in theory teaching him how to use Sainsbury's shouldn't be too difficult.
We’ve used Sains, Tesco and Morrisons - they’ve all been good in terms of times, good and helpful staff and so forth. Morrisons and Tesco have disappointed with substitutions, but given a choice between going to a physical supermarket and having a (relatively) bad delivery, we’d go for the latter every time.
Morrisons is quite literally the best for price, delivery and quality is very good too. For those who use Amazon, you can also order from Morrisons via Amazon and get same day delivery through there. This is useful because some Sundays I want a weekly shop done but can’t be bothered to go out and get it; if I look on the Morrisons website, all the delivery slots are booked/taken but if I go onto Amazon and do it, the delivery is carried out by an Amazon affiliate instead so more options available for delivery
But the minimum order is £60. For a family that might be ok, not necessarily for a single shopper. When I check the Morrisons prices against my usual Sainsbury’s, some are higher. Amazon keeps trying to tempt me with £15 off...no thanks.
£60 for “free delivery”. Anything less you pay up to £4 but could be £2 I buy for two and the weekly shop averages between £45-60 but sure as an individual your shop might not be that much. Personally going to the shop will be your best bet the majority of the time but for convenience. Morrisons for convenience and value over other options.
Trolley.co.uk will tell you the cheapest shop to get your shopping from. You can select which shops will deliver to you and it'll handle the rest. I split my shopping between Tesco and Asda so I just use them two shops, then order the items that are the cheapest from that supermarket.
Thanks, this is interesting. We're shopping around for grocery deliveries at the moment after Morrisons got just too shit. We have recently been having Ocado deliveries with a voucher which meant free delivery and 15-30% off. The cost was about the same as Morrisons had been, meaning when the deal runs out it will be a good chunk more expensive. An occasional "fill the freezer" delivery from Iceland can be absolutely brilliant because you can make use of all the deals and it'll be over the free delivery threshold. But you're right that it's difficult to do a full weekly shop. I think it matters a lot what kind of food you shop for. M&S/Ocado stuff is very nice, but frankly it's nicer than we need (2 adults + 3 adult sized children) so we're paying a premium unnecessarily. Might give Sainsburys a go next based on your research, particularly if I can get a referral code from the friend who uses them regularly.
Absolutely - I do this too, rotating around. I get all my frozen/convenience stuff from Iceland, like big bags of chips and roast potatoes, some quick throw in the oven chicken products, juice, flavoured water…as well as household things like cheap bleach and floor cleaner. I’ll then alternate between Tesco and Ocado deliveries to get some of the “nicer” stuff, like fresh meat and fresh produce, with the occasional “posh” ready meal for a weekend treat. It stops me from getting sick of eating the same thing. Having said that, I’m single and live alone so I don’t go through a vast amount of food and I’m quite happy to get a delivery once every fortnight - I’d imagine delivery fees would add up a lot more for those shopping more often and it might be worth sticking with Tesco for the delivery pass etc.
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I find Asda cheaper. You do need to get past the £40 though. So get things like soap, shampoo, dried goods, gifts, etc in advance. Also use the cheap delivery slots from £2. (They make it very clear). There are monthly passes from £4-7 which is much better value!!! Leverage your freezer and frozen goods to stretch out the days it covers. Then when you run out of "top up" items, get a small delivery for just a few days and pay the small basket charge. If you're still struggling, is there a neighbour you can share deliveries with to save on costs?
I’ve got the Asda delivery pass. Overall pretty satisfied. To hit the £40 limit, I usually buy one big ticket/bulk item (£10 approx) like loo rolls, dishwasher tabs etc. each time I place an order. Paying the delivery fee is throwing money away.
I had to stop using online shopping/deliveries as I kept getting milk that was almost out of date. Since I got a Power chair, mobility has greatly improved. Buying bulky stuff online is good, though
The issue i have with Iceland, and maybe i'm just not experienced enough as i rarely shop there, but it's trying to decipher their deals. They have so many deals on, and a lot of them are really similar but trying to find what items are in which offers almost requires you to walk around the shop writing down everything in each offer, as if you try to do it by just picking up what you want, you'll inevitably end up with a whole load of various offers and almost none of them will have the right number of items to be activated.
You may want to consider other factors. Around our way ASDA and Sainsbury’s are nearly useless. Always have have items out of stock and the fresh meat products are low quality. They also often have little time until their use by date on many products. Tesco however are quite the opposite. M&S and Waitrose are very good for quality, availability and use by dates but their product lines are more limited. Co-op is handy for small top ups but no good for a big shop.
Have you contacted any of the stores via live chat or email and told them you have a disability and would like a discount on delivery? It might sound silly but I know Tesco here in Ireland offer free delivery to Pensioners so it's something I imagine they do in the UK and if they make an allowance for pensioners why not you?
Staggered at Sainsbury's. Whenever I go to store, it's way dearer than Asda. That said, Asda has been going up. And, their rewards are dire.
OP: try your search term in quotes - "Mince 750g" This should force the search engine to search for the whole term together, not individual words. I just tried it. It comes up with 3 750g products: 15% fat, 5% fat and turkey mince.
Commenting as someone who uses the Co-op website: it *is* horrendous. They're making a new one which is a bit better imo.
The funny thing about Morrisons is that depending on your location it might be from a store or it might be from the same Warehouse as Ocado/M&S
I used to shop with Tesco because it was cheaper. But then I switched to Sainsbury's because of the location (convenient on the way home at night and it's a superstore size). When I popped in to Tesco the other day, I was massively surprised how expensive it had become compared to Sainsbury's. (Note: I always get the Tesco Value range or in Sainsbury's the Stamford Street range of stuff when I can). I also do a scanning my shopping thing where I can earn points to spend if I scan my weekly shops (Nielson), and I'm often shocked at individual prices of stuff when you analyse it line by line. It's shocking how we've become accustomed to paying stupid prices for basics these days.
I’ve tried pretty much all of them in my local area (Brighton) and rate Sainsbury’s the highest for quality, availability and delivery people too Anything that’s short life I can put through a refund request and usually it goes through without any human intervention or approval - worth knowing! Previously someone had to sign off on a refund but now it’s all done online. Don’t have to use it too often, thankfully! That said, everything is still so expensive - vouchers are sometimes issued but still rare or with a super high spend
I actually really like Waitrose- I order from them about once a month. Really good frozen selection. The main downside is being tempted by nice chilled items. For more perishable things I go to local shops. But ordering the heavy stuff helps
I have a chronic illness which counts as a disability and I LOVE that Iceland still deliver in bags, so I always go for Iceland. With Morrisons I have to bend down and take each individual item out of a crate while the delivery driver just stands and watches me struggle. No thanks!
Iceland sell milk in litres these days for some reason
It's a legal requirement to label using metric under the Weights and Measures (Packaged Goods) 2006. Including the weight/volume in imperial is optional, but they're legally obligated to list it in litres.
Right but it used to be 4 pints with the litre equivalent in smaller text, now it’s 2 litres which is equivalent to less than 4 pints. So they’ve got a nice round number for the big text measurement but you’re actually getting less milk. The smallest milk is still 1 pint though
I always buy milk litres? Is that even a strange thing?
The standard bottle sizes in most UK supermarkets (for fresh dairy milk) is 1/2/4/6 pints. These also show the litre value as well, but they aren’t round litres. So yes, Iceland selling milk in (presumably) round litre values is strange for the UK
> The standard bottle sizes in most UK supermarkets (for fresh dairy milk) is 1/2/4/6 pints The bottle of milk I have from Tesco is advertised with litres as the larger font measurements, with pints in smaller size under it. It's a legal requirement to advertise in metric, imperial is an optional thing a retailer/packager can choose to do, so searching in litres will always be the most reasonable thing to do. In this case, just searching "whole milk" on the Iceland website returns the results OP is after.
It depends on the milk. Anything other than standard milk like UHT, filtered (e.g. Cravendale), best of both, etc seems to be sold in round litres now. If Iceland is selling longer-life products like filtered milk (which would fit with their whole schtick), it makes sense that they're in litres.
Nope, not strange. I've just checked Morrisons, Tesco, Asda, Waitrose, and Sainsbury, they all sell cow's milk in 1ltr and 2ltr bottles as well as multiples of pints. Obviously it is dependant on the supplier of the milk, new "milk products" like soy, almond, or oat milks are only sold in Litres.
Generally the standard fresh milk is in pints with the litre measurement in smaller text, it’s the opposite way round now in iceland. Basically 2 litres is slightly less than 4 pints so they’re giving you less milk for the same/more money
Really interesting! Small basket fees annoy me so much
Tesco’s do a monthly subscription for delivery around £7 for many deliveries (not sure how many)
Unlimited, I pay the 7 quid a month. Well worth it but doesn’t include Whoosh.
Thanks for the info
Thanks for this we use tesco if we get deliveries but we will explore sainsburys now
If you want to find milk from Iceland search in litres
Could you check your list on Aldi and Lidl? They are usually equal to or cheaper then Morrisons: https://groceries.aldi.co.uk/en-GB/Grocery-Click-and-Collect https://www.lidl.com/delivery
Neither do home delivery
The Lidl link you’ve provided got me all excited that they were offering home delivery, but it seems like that’s just for America (It’s on the US site) OP has mobility problems I believe, so click and collect isn’t viable for them either. Definitely worth checking out for others that may make use of it though!
I regularly use tesco. I have a flexi saver delivery which is £9 a month and you get a four hour slot for your delivery. I'm just about to get free delivery ad I'm over 65
>and searching "4 pint whole milk" showed no result [Probably because they advertise it in litres, not pints](https://i.imgur.com/bOoiqno.png). If I search "whole milk" the first results are for 2 litres, 1 litre, and 3 litres whole milk.
These figures are pretty surprising, I'd have thought Tesco and Asda would have been cheaper.
Very interesting ty
Interesting. Recent news placed Morrisons as third most expensive behind Ocado and Waitrose. (We shop in Morrisons but purely out of convenience. The shop frustrates the hell out of me)
To add context try Morrisons own website instead of Ocado, I think it will be cheaper still👍🏼
You might be shocked and surprised ( or not) that the supermarket decide what the best before date is and has no legal standards AT ALL, they tend to short date products because a fair amount of customers will bin produce after the arbitrary date whilst the item is perfectly fine to eat Don't trust dates eyes and nose are more important Oh and a lot of meat is packed in carbon monoxide to give and keep a good red colour
I used to use Morrisons delivery all the time but lately they are coming up most expensive for the things I buy on a regular basis which leaves nothing left for treats. Asda substitutions can sometimes be a bit weird and are often a bit later than the time I've booked the delivery for, but their subs aren't as bad as Tesco's for it who sent 1 apple instead a pack of 6 and a jar of pasta sauce instead of cat litter (really can't work that one out) Ocado and Morrisons used to use the same warehouse for packing home deliveries but I think that's changed now.
A few tips for Morrisons: - Get the Morrisons More app. They only give points on certain products (depending on what's on offer) but they also have Collectors that change every month, which give you points if you spend enough on a certain type of product (wide categories, like Morrisons brand dairy). Points can be exchanged for £5 vouchers. - More card app also has a Rewards section that usually has a ~£1.50 off voucher if you buy a particular product type. You don't have to spend over the £1.50 on the product to qualify, so you can buy 40p of carrots and qualify for £1.50 off veg, which just takes £1.50 off your total. - They do a yearly delivery pass. If it works for you, the midweek pass lets you get deliveries Tuesday-Thursday (1 per day if you wanted) for £40 a month. - Occasionally they email voucher codes too, so watch out for those. About 10% off if you spend a minimum. They increase that minimum each time until they notice you don't take advantage of one and then it resets next time to a lower amount of and minimum spend. - Their Savers and Wonky value brands aren't bad at all. - Morrisons comes from a warehouse, it's not picked from supermarket shelves (that might be area dependent now). It usually means that the stock levels are accurate, so add popular stuff to your basket early (ice cream for the alleged impending heatwave) and you're pretty likely to get it. - If you need any special assistance at the doorstep or have any preferences about how they bring in your delivery, do add it to the notes as they actually read them (they also put in their own notes between drivers to knock on a particular window and the cat would alert us they were here, which tickled me).
This isn’t that helpful All the big stores are basically price locked for basic items, example; 500g beef mince 20% fat is £2.49 everywhere Then you have special offers which will vary & will take you a huge percentage of your shop since they’ve all decided to push nectar / clubcard You haven’t accounted for delivery passes Can you honestly not add stuff to make it £40 ? Washing liquid , tea, long shelf life items
I don’t do food delivery, so can’t speak for the pickers pick, but in store, Morrisons offers substantially better quality food and fresher than Sainsbury’s or Tescos.
I'm convinced the workers at the Sainsbury's we order from deliberately pick the worst produce and shortest expiry dates for meat. Good news is, the drivers are really good at taking things back and/or just giving you the item for free. But you have to carefully inspect everything as you unpack in it.
Not sure why you got short dates with Sainsburys, I never have that problem. Also don't get what you mean brand wise, they usually are one of the better ones for brands they offer (plus their own good quality versions of products). One thing to consider is cheapest isn't always best, I've tried morrisons/tesco/sainsburys/ocado before, and Sainsburys always comes out best overall for quality and price.
Very biassed tiny sample size Should have had a delivery pass or £40 spend to reach £1 delivery at the least
How did you get 4 portions of meat for £10 on the 3 for £10 deal?
Maybe one of the three items OP chose had a large amount in that was enough for two portions? Like a big tub of mince meat or something.
All supermarkets? Farmfoods: Am I a joke to you?
thank you for doing this, i appreciate you sharing your results. i was planning to compare my usual shop at tescos with the same at Morrisons and Sainsbury's but my chronic fatigue has wiped me out this week so i didnt do it. looks like Sainsbury's will be the best choice for me in the future
This does broadly match with my experience as well. For us we get a big shop delivered every \~2 weeks and we've been with Sainsburys for the past 2 years. They scored about the same as everyone else on price (within a few £ anyway) and the quality of items is generally really good. We'll pop in-store to Sainsburys or to the nearby Lidl for any top-up bits between weeks or for any bits that Sainsburys don't have. Our 2-week shop is normally around £250-300 for a family of 5 and that includes all food, drinks, cleaning supplies, bin bags, shampoo etc.
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Wouldn’t even entertain Co Op The difference from Tesco is staggering. A friend has delivery from Tesco but if slot wasn’t available she’d get a Co op delivery.Full shop from Tesco was £70 . £70 Shop from Co op would barely last 4 days.
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Ocado is also £40 minimum basket
Remember when they encouraged you to shop online? Now it feels like the opposite.
I’ll post this app as it helps with the price comparisons of stores for each item and you can create lists. It can send alerts when the price changes as well. Trolley.co.uk
Was there any diffrence in the delivery service?
Asda got too greedy during the inflation. Kept putting the same items up weekly, much more than other supermarkets did. They did it so they could help substitute the Blue Light 10% discount as well as the rewards app. But since then blue light is only 5%, and only now on certain chilled rather than the whole shop. App rewards getting worse too. Seems Asda are just pocketing the extra profit tbh. Its disgusting. They've recently increase costs on more of my chilled, meaning the 5% blue light means F all, as all other places are cheaper now. Asda have lost me, not they give af.
I use Sainsbury's as it's the best value and shop weekly. Far better quality than Tesco and has stuff that Morrisons doesn't. I used to be an Aldi shopper but now it's become too expensive when you compare the quality of meat with Sainsbury's.
I always have home delivery and have found Tesco and Morrisons to be best for availability on the day. Morrisons comes from a warehouse so is on top, I do sometimes but rarely have unavailable or substitute items from Tesco. Asda is by far the worst. I ordered lazy garlic once and they sent me a jar of cinnamon 🙄
One thing I've noticed about Asda delivery is that they give you the worst expiration dates. If you're living alone and/or do big shops Asda is not a good shout because I swear they choose the soonest expiry date for all products. Sainsbury's and Tesco are far better in that regard, can't speak for any others though
If you’re an Amazon Prime customer their Amazon Fresh offerings are very reasonable. Shame that they’ve just removed a few cities from the programme, mine included. There is also options for Morissons, Iceland and Co-Op to be shopped on Amazon’s grocery marketplace which might be easier to use than several different sites.
My wife put a shop into Morrisons last week and then it steadfastly refused to let us check it out citing high demand. She tried several times across 2 evenings but it simply wouldn't let us pay and sort delivery. In the end I printed the basket out and drove to Morrisons and picked it myself. Absolute crap.
I know people hate Amazon but their Subscribe & Save is really good for household items like toiletries etc. You can buy stuff in a bulk pack which is cheaper compared to buying individually at supermarkets. If you choose the Subscribe & Save option then it’s even cheaper and if you have 5 items in your delivery you get an extra 15% off each item. I regularly buy Carex 1L refills, they’re usually £3.50 each at supermarkets but I can get a 3 pack on Amazon for about £7.50. Vanish stain remover £6.50 at supermarkets, £5.50 with Amazon subscribe & save. You can set how often you want items to be automatically delivered (eg every 3 weeks or months) and get notified prior incase you want to skip that particular order and best of all you don’t even need Amazon Prime.
I think its obvious that Ocado and Waitrose come out more expensive. But I think the remaining stores almost entirely depend on what you are buying. My shop is effectively tailored to Tesco at this point, every time I've bothered to compare Tesco comes out ahead for me.
Adding in the cost of a one off delivery isn't going to give a long term picture. With Asda, and I presume others, you can buy a yearly pass that works out far more economical.
Asdas own branded stuff is low quality just like Aldis. For the sake of a few quid, I’d rather have quality and go with Tesco, Iceland or Lidl store brands if the branded version is expensive. Tbh I just go cash and carry’s/local butchers for meat and veg now but if delivery was the only option, the its one of the 3 mentioned.
What the _fuck_ is a £5 basket charge, with Tesco?
For future reference
Ocado is my favourite for their deliveries and I've tried Tesco, Asda, and Morrisons before. I was fed up of meal planning and ordering items which were then substituted, short dated or poor quality/damaged from the other supermarkets. I also have mobility issues and find Ocado using bags (which are recycled and refunded on return at your next delivery) makes unloading the shopping so much easier. Ocado also send their receipt via email in advance, and it lists all the items and their use by date. This means I can sit and plan what to eat and when using my phone and don't need to go look at items in the kitchen. Signing up to their delivery saver means a saving on delivery fees and also offers 10% off some items via their Smart Pass offers. They also price match Tesco (who price match Aldi) whilst offering much better quality food (no ecoli recalls on Ocado produce!)
Nice try Morrisons media team..! Seriously though, good work
Wait for a newspaper to steal this.