Supermarkets

Independent and trusted reviews and price surveys of Australian supermarkets and supermarket products, including information about sales tricks, and premium brands.

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Supermarket wines

We investigate the sale and marketing of private label wines at Coles and Woolworths.

17 May 2012 | There’s no easy way for consumers to know who makes their wine, short of searching online or checking the Australian trademark database.

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And the winner is...

1 May 2012 | We shortlisted four Coles and four Woolworths products that we believe mimic their branded equivalents and asked you to vote. The results are in.

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CHOICE supermarket special

We investigate supplier squeeze and disappearing shelf space at Coles and Woolworths.

2 Apr 2012 | When two products compete for space on the shelf, and one of those is owned by the supermarket, it's not hard to figure out who the winner is going to be.

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Supermarket sales tricks

We unlock supermarket sales tricks and show you how to avoid spending more than you mean to.

30 Mar 2010 | Supermarkets spend millions researching consumer behaviour and psychology to get you to buy more in their stores - we give you the tips and traps.

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Supermarket price survey 2009

Our national survey reveals the true price we pay at the supermarket

26 Nov 2009 | Two years on from our last survey, CHOICE hit the supermarket aisles with a shopping list of staples. We found grocery prices have risen against a background of little competition.

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Supermarket cakes full of surprises

Many of them are packed with additives, including artificial colours linked to hyperactivity in children. We tell you which brands to avoid.

23 Mar 2009 | Make a cake at home and you'll probably use about six ingredients. Look at the ingredients list on a supermarket cake and you might find 40 or more.

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Supermarket sales tactics

It's important to understand how supermarkets sell, sell, sell.

5 Jan 2009 | Major supermarkets are just about everywhere, and according to the market research company ACNielson, the primary appeal is "one-stop shopping" — everything you want under one roof.

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Supermarket premium brands

How do supermarket brands rate against their big-name competitors?

24 Sep 2007 | As you stroll the aisles of Aldi, Woolies or Coles, do you wonder whether the growing number of supermarket-owned premium varieties are worth trying, or if they’re inherently inferior to "name" brands?

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Supermarket price survey

And the cheapest chain is ... Aldi.

3 Jul 2007 | Which is the cheapest supermarket chain? To find out the answer we sent shadow shoppers to purchase a basket of 33 specific items from 111 supermarkets around the country.

 

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Calling all soy milk drinkers. Which brand tastes best?

  
5%
 
Australia's Own Organic
  
0%
 
Black & Gold
  
14%
 
Bonsoy
  
1%
 
Coles
  
1%
 
Inner Goodness (Aldi)
  
3%
 
Just Organic
  
1%
 
Macro Wholefoods
  
0%
 
Pureharvest Aussie Soy
  
1%
 
Pureharvest Nature's Soy
  
23%
 
Sanitarium So Good
  
3%
 
Sanitarium So Nice
  
5%
 
So Natural
  
25%
 
Vitasoy
  
8%
 
Vitasoy Soy Milky
  
1%
 
Woolworths Home Brand
  
2%
 
Other
  • 140 votes