I love shopping in superquinn and some of the supervalus … I shop in tesco because its closer to me so its a “need” basis rather than out of enjoyment!
Superquinn is great for offers, with some brilliant ones coming up for the next week.
I like supervalu outside the pale, for some reason all the ones within the dublin county bounds are grubby and more like a glorified spar. The ones round cork and galway and elsewhere are generally excellent. When im home in cork I generally shop in the local supervalu, in the pale i lean towards superquinn or dunnes, and lots of aldi
Lidl is my favourite for cheap and very fresh fruit and vegetables. I always get bok choi, butternut squash, vine tomatoes, lemons and things there because the price difference is visible between there and Superquinn, Tescos etc. And their mozarella, brie, salami is inexpensive and tastes good. Also nice n cheap for jarred olives, peppers, pickled onions, canned tomatoes.
When it comes to fancy things like chutneys, spreads, crackers and so on I like to head to Fallon & Byrne but SuperValu is great for special offers and Tescos/Boots are best for washing-up liquid/washing powder/shower gel offers.
Aldi has a great range, much better than Lidl’s. I don’t have access to Supervalu, but I always found them too expensive and the survey confirmed that. Now, I nearly chocked when reading that survey because the last time I went shopping in Tesco (which is closer to my home), I found that the prices of every single item on my shopping list had gone up by so much that I left my empty trolley there and went to Dunnes where the prices were much lower. Eg: Shamrock Caster Organic sugar: 1.85 at Tesco, 1.50 at Dunnes. Frutapura fruit pouches: 3.79 at Tesco, 3.49 at Dunnes. I noticed that some items at Tesco had gone up twice or three times in the last few weeks, like 5.99 then 6.49 and now 7.99…. How the surveyors proceeded, I’d love to know. Or may be they only reviewed products that I don’t buy?
Tuesday 10 August, 2010 at 1:24 pm
I love shopping in superquinn and some of the supervalus … I shop in tesco because its closer to me so its a “need” basis rather than out of enjoyment!
Superquinn is great for offers, with some brilliant ones coming up for the next week.
Tuesday 10 August, 2010 at 8:09 pm
I like supervalu outside the pale, for some reason all the ones within the dublin county bounds are grubby and more like a glorified spar. The ones round cork and galway and elsewhere are generally excellent. When im home in cork I generally shop in the local supervalu, in the pale i lean towards superquinn or dunnes, and lots of aldi
Wednesday 11 August, 2010 at 2:00 pm
Lidl is my favourite for cheap and very fresh fruit and vegetables. I always get bok choi, butternut squash, vine tomatoes, lemons and things there because the price difference is visible between there and Superquinn, Tescos etc. And their mozarella, brie, salami is inexpensive and tastes good. Also nice n cheap for jarred olives, peppers, pickled onions, canned tomatoes.
When it comes to fancy things like chutneys, spreads, crackers and so on I like to head to Fallon & Byrne but SuperValu is great for special offers and Tescos/Boots are best for washing-up liquid/washing powder/shower gel offers.
Wednesday 11 August, 2010 at 10:03 pm
Aldi has a great range, much better than Lidl’s. I don’t have access to Supervalu, but I always found them too expensive and the survey confirmed that. Now, I nearly chocked when reading that survey because the last time I went shopping in Tesco (which is closer to my home), I found that the prices of every single item on my shopping list had gone up by so much that I left my empty trolley there and went to Dunnes where the prices were much lower. Eg: Shamrock Caster Organic sugar: 1.85 at Tesco, 1.50 at Dunnes. Frutapura fruit pouches: 3.79 at Tesco, 3.49 at Dunnes. I noticed that some items at Tesco had gone up twice or three times in the last few weeks, like 5.99 then 6.49 and now 7.99…. How the surveyors proceeded, I’d love to know. Or may be they only reviewed products that I don’t buy?