Wellbeing Week Shopping Basket Challenge – THE RESULTS

Thank you to everyone who studied our 2 shopping baskets last week and entered the competition to win a bag of groceries.

We presented you with a list of everyday items and asked you to guess the difference between the premium and non branded goods. All items were purchased from typical supermarkets such as Aldi, Sainsbury, Morrisons and Co-op. The results are in and the correct price difference was……………………………………………… a staggering £13.05, which means you can buy almost 3 times as much unbranded as premium goods. And the reason we chose these particular items was because we know they score well in public opinion taste tests.

Nobody guessed the correct amount, but our 2 winners came close with guesses of £12.50 and £11.70 respectively. They have been selected and notified and share the spoils of both baskets.

If you want to compare and contrast, here’s the cost per item and how it stacks up:

	Premium brand £21.07	Non premium brand £8.12
Tomato Puree	Napolina £1.00	Aldi 31p
Kidney beans	Napolina 90p	Sainsbury Basics 35p
Basmati rice 1kg	Sainsbury Taste the Difference £3.00	Asda £1.50
160 tea bags	PG Tips £3.00	Aldi  Diplomat £1.15
10/12 Veg stock cubes	Oxo £1.60	Aldi 36p
Whole wheat spaghetti 500g	Napolina £1.00	Aldi 42p
Baked beans	Heinz 85p	Sainsbury Basics 25p
460g tomato ketchup	Heinz £1.80	Aldi 45p
Porridge oats	Oats so simple 90p	Sainsbury 1kg 75p
Ridged crisps	McCoys £1.70	Aldi 75p
Light mayonnaise (free range eggs) 750ml	Hellmans £3.00	Morrisons £1.25
Mixed herbs	Schwartz £1.75	Adsa 30p
Tin Tomatoes	Napolina £1.20	Asda 28p

Price difference = £13.05

Happy Budgeting

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