Coles vs Tesco - I have done online shops
Oct 26th 2011, 10:52 pm
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Re: Coles vs Tesco - I have done online shops
Yes, I guess in either country you can shop around for cheaper items.
However, when you both work full time it's nice to be able to do it all under one roof.
I didn't put shampoo etc on because I got bored, it took ages to do
There's no alcohol on the shopping lists because Coles don't do it, and I deliberately left off bananas as i didn't want to skew the results
What I really want is for some clever mathematician type to give an informed view on the comparison
However, when you both work full time it's nice to be able to do it all under one roof.
I didn't put shampoo etc on because I got bored, it took ages to do
There's no alcohol on the shopping lists because Coles don't do it, and I deliberately left off bananas as i didn't want to skew the results
What I really want is for some clever mathematician type to give an informed view on the comparison
Oct 26th 2011, 10:57 pm
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Re: Coles vs Tesco - I have done online shops
Did anyone see the comparison recently of the Australian supermarkets store prices against their online prices?
It was a bit of an eye opener and I think that both Coles and Woolworths were charging more for goods purchased online.
It was a bit of an eye opener and I think that both Coles and Woolworths were charging more for goods purchased online.
Oct 26th 2011, 10:57 pm
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Re: Coles vs Tesco - I have done online shops
That's why I wanted some feedback about the best way to compare. Exchange rate is clearly not a good way to do it
Oct 26th 2011, 10:59 pm
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Re: Coles vs Tesco - I have done online shops
The online coles shop was using a North Brisbane post code if that helps
Oct 26th 2011, 11:20 pm
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Re: Coles vs Tesco - I have done online shops
Loo paper maybe cheaper but it's not such good quality 
Keep up the Amazon account as books are stupidly expensive here unless you can get one of the 5 for $25 deals but then they may not be books you'd choose to read! I should really try the ibooks but looking at a computer screen all day I like to read on paper at night, plus a book won't get damaged when I fall asleep reading it! Also I find a lot of the books I like aren't sold here (fluffy chick lit as that's about as much as I can concentrate on these days) so I get all those from Amazon. I miss browsing the book sections in the supermarkets.
As for the UK....well we too had a pretty good life in the UK but there were a lot of things happening to society which we weren't keen on but it's happening here now! Whatever happens in the UK we get it a few years later, there are a lot more stories in the news now about bashings, issues with society etc etc - I think all the Daily Mail journos have come out here! We just wanted to try something different.....and boy has it been different!
Keep up the Amazon account as books are stupidly expensive here unless you can get one of the 5 for $25 deals but then they may not be books you'd choose to read! I should really try the ibooks but looking at a computer screen all day I like to read on paper at night, plus a book won't get damaged when I fall asleep reading it! Also I find a lot of the books I like aren't sold here (fluffy chick lit as that's about as much as I can concentrate on these days) so I get all those from Amazon. I miss browsing the book sections in the supermarkets.
As for the UK....well we too had a pretty good life in the UK but there were a lot of things happening to society which we weren't keen on but it's happening here now! Whatever happens in the UK we get it a few years later, there are a lot more stories in the news now about bashings, issues with society etc etc - I think all the Daily Mail journos have come out here! We just wanted to try something different.....and boy has it been different!
Oct 26th 2011, 11:27 pm
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Oct 27th 2011, 12:22 am
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Re: Coles vs Tesco - I have done online shops
As a result I get:
Tesco £91.06
Coles $197.61
Converting the Tesco prices
Current Exchange rate: $136.10 31% cheaper in UK
At old assumed 2.2 rate: $195.70 1% cheaper in UK
Lining them up 1 for 1 and taking the true exchange rate we get this list of worst to best:
Code:
Sorbent Clean & Fresh Personal Toilet Wipes 40 pack 281.11% Cabbage Drumhead Whole 1 each 224.93% Bertolli Classico Olive Oil 500mL 180.00% Onions Brown Prepacked 2kg 176.52% Coles Disinfectant Pine 750mL 159.49% Coles Bread Wholemeal Sliced 700g 149.46% Coles Chicken Breast Sliced Twin Pack 100g 143.79% Riviana Basmati Rice 136.82% Yoplait Go-Gurt Yogurt Tubes 70g x 8 Pack 135.70% Coles Pasta Sauce Bolognese 500g 124.40% Coles sensitive fabric softener 500ml 117.86% Mushrooms Cup Prepacked 200g 108.10% Apples Royal Gala Prepacked 1kg 1 each 104.71% Capsicum Red loose approx. 320g each 98.15% Coles Mayonnaise 385g 96.79% Barilla Pasta Spaghetti No. 5 500g 80.66% Heinz Baked Beans in Tomato Sauce 420g 79.74% Coles Baby Spinach Prepacked 150g 75.07% Coles Onions Australian Chopped Frozen 500g 73.86% Coles Smart Buy Dishwashing Tablets 3 in 1 30 pack 72.04% Vaalia Yoghurt Passionfruit Low Fat 4 pack 71.24% Cucumber Green 1 each 61.76% Potatoes 61.36% Mandarins Kids Pack 700g 60.13% Coles Ultra Mould Cleaner 500mL 58.87% Kraft Basil & Herb Pasta Salad Dressing 300mL 53.53% Coles Cereal Special Flakes 500g 50.86% Coles Butcher Sausages Pork 560g 50.33% Tomatoes Cherry Prepacked 250g x2 49.02% Coles Beef Mince 4 Star 500g 48.54% Coles Spread Sunflower 500g 45.97% Dynamo Laundry Liquid Ultra Concentrate Regular 1L 44.95% Grapes Red Seedless approx. 800g 36.78% Coles Peas Australian Frozen 1kg 35.39% Arnott's Chocolate Biscuits Tim Tam 200g 34.64% Continental Asian Tonight Sauce Thai Sweet Chilli 520g 30.72% Coles Eggs Free Range 6 pack 350g 30.72% Potatoes Sweet Gold Prepacked 1kg 18.76% Coles Oats Quick Original 10 pack 17.32% Coles Milk Lite Bottle 3L 12.69% Carrots Fresh Prepacked 1kg 7.84% Ingham Chicken Breast Tenders Frozen 400g 7.50% Coles Chicken Breast Fillet Skin Off 4 pack approx. 900g 6.86% Avocado Hass 1 each 0.74% Coles Garbage Bags Drawstring 20 pack -1.14% Coles Foil Wrap Aluminium 10m x 30cm 1 each -6.70% Broccoli loose approx. 340g each -9.71% Birds Eye Fish Fillets Steamed G&S Onion Frozen 360 -12.42% Coles Smart Buy Bleach Lemon 2L -16.99% Coles Peanut Butter Crunchy No Added Salt 375g -18.99% Coles Toilet Cleaner Gel Bleach 700mL -19.93% Coles Toilet Tissue 4 Ply Print 8 pack -21.53% Continental Chicken Tonight Simmer Sauce Cacciatore 500g-25.73%
Oct 27th 2011, 1:09 am
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Re: Coles vs Tesco - I have done online shops
I think we even had a Coles/Woolies employee posting trying to justify it.
It's all a big ball of meh to me.
When I'm battling some as yet unknown terminal disease at some as yet unknown point in the future at least I will not look back and think 'I'm glad I did that spreadsheet grocery shopping comparison'.
I think I may take a walk, it's brightening up ...
Oct 27th 2011, 1:27 am
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Re: Coles vs Tesco - I have done online shops
Yup, I heard about that, there was a thread somewhere here.
I think we even had a Coles/Woolies employee posting trying to justify it.
It's all a big ball of meh to me.
When I'm battling some as yet unknown terminal disease at some as yet unknown point in the future at least I will not look back and think 'I'm glad I did that spreadsheet grocery shopping comparison'.
I think I may take a walk, it's brightening up ...
I think we even had a Coles/Woolies employee posting trying to justify it.
It's all a big ball of meh to me.
When I'm battling some as yet unknown terminal disease at some as yet unknown point in the future at least I will not look back and think 'I'm glad I did that spreadsheet grocery shopping comparison'.
I think I may take a walk, it's brightening up ...
Oct 27th 2011, 2:25 am
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Re: Coles vs Tesco - I have done online shops
If you have the time & inclination here you can deffo get better deals by going to several different places to get your groceries, esp with the help of the avalanche of junk mail from the retailers advertising what is on offer. Personally tho, & with kids, I would much prefer to go to a giant Tesco where I can get everything in one go, plus have the pharmacy on hand, the clothing & some other smaller shops right there.
In the UK I would also occasionally use market stalls for cheap fruit & veg plus local farm shops for seasonal stuff & to feel saintly that I was buying local! I do miss these options here in Oz but obviously farm shops are not going to work in the suburban sprawl. The markets here are quite good but just have a different vibe.
In the UK I would also occasionally use market stalls for cheap fruit & veg plus local farm shops for seasonal stuff & to feel saintly that I was buying local! I do miss these options here in Oz but obviously farm shops are not going to work in the suburban sprawl. The markets here are quite good but just have a different vibe.
Oct 27th 2011, 2:28 am
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Re: Coles vs Tesco - I have done online shops
For fun I pulled your numbers into Excel, fixed it up for the major quantity differences (eg BOGOF = divide by 2, multiply price when quantities different). I also put milk in, which seemed to get lost off the Tesco column, and Bolognese sauce off the Coles column.
As a result I get:
Tesco £91.06
Coles $197.61
Converting the Tesco prices
Current Exchange rate: $136.10 31% cheaper in UK
At old assumed 2.2 rate: $195.70 1% cheaper in UK
Lining them up 1 for 1 and taking the true exchange rate we get this list of worst to best:
I i think you may find that a true comparison is confused by the non-totally equivalent items, but it's interesting to see where the really overpriced items
are.
As a result I get:
Tesco £91.06
Coles $197.61
Converting the Tesco prices
Current Exchange rate: $136.10 31% cheaper in UK
At old assumed 2.2 rate: $195.70 1% cheaper in UK
Lining them up 1 for 1 and taking the true exchange rate we get this list of worst to best:
Code:
Sorbent Clean & Fresh Personal Toilet Wipes 40 pack 281.11% Cabbage Drumhead Whole 1 each 224.93% Bertolli Classico Olive Oil 500mL 180.00% Onions Brown Prepacked 2kg 176.52% Coles Disinfectant Pine 750mL 159.49% Coles Bread Wholemeal Sliced 700g 149.46% Coles Chicken Breast Sliced Twin Pack 100g 143.79% Riviana Basmati Rice 136.82% Yoplait Go-Gurt Yogurt Tubes 70g x 8 Pack 135.70% Coles Pasta Sauce Bolognese 500g 124.40% Coles sensitive fabric softener 500ml 117.86% Mushrooms Cup Prepacked 200g 108.10% Apples Royal Gala Prepacked 1kg 1 each 104.71% Capsicum Red loose approx. 320g each 98.15% Coles Mayonnaise 385g 96.79% Barilla Pasta Spaghetti No. 5 500g 80.66% Heinz Baked Beans in Tomato Sauce 420g 79.74% Coles Baby Spinach Prepacked 150g 75.07% Coles Onions Australian Chopped Frozen 500g 73.86% Coles Smart Buy Dishwashing Tablets 3 in 1 30 pack 72.04% Vaalia Yoghurt Passionfruit Low Fat 4 pack 71.24% Cucumber Green 1 each 61.76% Potatoes 61.36% Mandarins Kids Pack 700g 60.13% Coles Ultra Mould Cleaner 500mL 58.87% Kraft Basil & Herb Pasta Salad Dressing 300mL 53.53% Coles Cereal Special Flakes 500g 50.86% Coles Butcher Sausages Pork 560g 50.33% Tomatoes Cherry Prepacked 250g x2 49.02% Coles Beef Mince 4 Star 500g 48.54% Coles Spread Sunflower 500g 45.97% Dynamo Laundry Liquid Ultra Concentrate Regular 1L 44.95% Grapes Red Seedless approx. 800g 36.78% Coles Peas Australian Frozen 1kg 35.39% Arnott's Chocolate Biscuits Tim Tam 200g 34.64% Continental Asian Tonight Sauce Thai Sweet Chilli 520g 30.72% Coles Eggs Free Range 6 pack 350g 30.72% Potatoes Sweet Gold Prepacked 1kg 18.76% Coles Oats Quick Original 10 pack 17.32% Coles Milk Lite Bottle 3L 12.69% Carrots Fresh Prepacked 1kg 7.84% Ingham Chicken Breast Tenders Frozen 400g 7.50% Coles Chicken Breast Fillet Skin Off 4 pack approx. 900g 6.86% Avocado Hass 1 each 0.74% Coles Garbage Bags Drawstring 20 pack -1.14% Coles Foil Wrap Aluminium 10m x 30cm 1 each -6.70% Broccoli loose approx. 340g each -9.71% Birds Eye Fish Fillets Steamed G&S Onion Frozen 360 -12.42% Coles Smart Buy Bleach Lemon 2L -16.99% Coles Peanut Butter Crunchy No Added Salt 375g -18.99% Coles Toilet Cleaner Gel Bleach 700mL -19.93% Coles Toilet Tissue 4 Ply Print 8 pack -21.53% Continental Chicken Tonight Simmer Sauce Cacciatore 500g-25.73%
are.
Moreover, shouldn't we use the 90 day moving average over the last 2
decades factoring in a standard deviation for regional hub pricing measurements. I'm in my white coat busy correlating the data on two whirring mainframes.
Oct 27th 2011, 2:34 am
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Re: Coles vs Tesco - I have done online shops
If you have the time & inclination here you can deffo get better deals by going to several different places to get your groceries, esp with the help of the avalanche of junk mail from the retailers advertising what is on offer. Personally tho, & with kids, I would much prefer to go to a giant Tesco where I can get everything in one go, plus have the pharmacy on hand, the clothing & some other smaller shops right there.
In the UK I would also occasionally use market stalls for cheap fruit & veg plus local farm shops for seasonal stuff & to feel saintly that I was buying local! I do miss these options here in Oz but obviously farm shops are not going to work in the suburban sprawl. The markets here are quite good but just have a different vibe.
In the UK I would also occasionally use market stalls for cheap fruit & veg plus local farm shops for seasonal stuff & to feel saintly that I was buying local! I do miss these options here in Oz but obviously farm shops are not going to work in the suburban sprawl. The markets here are quite good but just have a different vibe.
Oct 27th 2011, 2:41 am
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Re: Coles vs Tesco - I have done online shops
Well, there aren't any farms. I think the retailers come up from the coast or down from the mountains but it's not on the farm itself, with a nice tea room as well!! I was probably a bit spoilt at our last location in the UK as it was in Berks so semi-rural with twee farm shops everywhere.
Oct 27th 2011, 2:44 am
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Re: Coles vs Tesco - I have done online shops
It's quite nice out ... very mild in comparison to recent days.I would try to plan my grocery budget to the nearest 5% but I just know there would be something bigger and entirely unexpected arriving that would knock it all into a cocked-hat.
Life is like that.
Hope the back is better soon