No Tesco in Stokes Croft

Our team went round the local shops to find out whether Tesco was in fact cheaper than local suppliers, during the month of April 2010.

By carefully choosing local shops in and around Stokes croft, savings of over 20% were achieved.
Here is a price comparison of a basket of groceries from Tesco Express on Gloucester Road, and the same goods bought from local shops.

………………………………………Tesco Express                       Local shops
Basket total………………………………..£16.54       ………………………£13.06
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apples – 1kg…………………………………£2.88      ………………………..£1.74
bananas – 1kg…………………………….£1.22       ………………………..£1.06
chick peas – 400g tin…………………..£0.50      ………………………..£0.42
coca cola – 2L bottle……………………£1.73       ………………………..£1.69
eggs – 6 large, free range……………£1.77       ………………………..£1.39
kidney beans – 400g tin……………….£0.50      ………………………..£0.45
long grain rice – 500g………………….£1.31       ………………………..£0.95
natural yoghurt – 500g………………..£0.83       ………………………..£0.45
plain flour – 1.5kg……………………….£1.23        ………………………..£0.99
tomatoes – 1kg……………………………£3.43        ………………………..£2.84
washing up liquid – 500ml……………£0.73       ………………………..£0.69
mars bar………………………………………..£0.41       ………………………..£0.39

ACTION: Download posters of the price comparison.
Stick them up in your front window, wrap gifts or wallpaper the downstairs loo with them.

apples bananas chickpeas coca-cola eggs kidney-beans rice mars-bar yoghurt flour washing-up-liquid tomatoes Think_tesco_is_cheaper

All prices compared on either 16/4/10 or 24/4/10. The same products were compared on the same day.