It was my turn this month to click onto the Rudd Government's Grocery Choice website.
There it was again, the same totally useless generalised information for North-East NSW and the usual generic basket of basic staples. 1
Coles/BI-LO $76.54
Woolworths/Safeway $77.94
Franklins $82.23
Independents $81.86
ALDI $61.12
1 Basic Staples
This basket includes a selection of staple grocery products purchased by Australian households. It includes a variety of products from each of the other grocery baskets, for example milk, bread, fruit, vegetables and meat.
Mr. Rudd, if you are not going to supply information that will allow true comparisons before we all do our weekly shopping, do you think that you might at least put your head together with the states and do something about supermarket chains selling rotting vegetables to captive markets in regional areas?
BI-LO is becoming notorious for this at its Yamba store.
Saturday, 15 November 2008
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Remember Wayne Swan's shopping tips?
Among the tips Mr Swan gave was: "Make sure that when you go to the checkout, you check the docket – that’s very important.”
I do most of my grocery shopping at Bi-Lo and find that far too often the prices of items on dockets don't match the shelf prices.
Bi-Lo (http://www.bilo.com.au/topics/FAQ.htm?ct=11) says "If an item scans at a price higher than the shelf price, you are entitled to receive the item free, or where multiple identical items are involved, the first free and the rest at the lower price."
Consequently, week after week I get grocery items for nothing.
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