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Results for Supermarkets tag

February 2021

Supermarket convenience store shoppers spending £320 more a year on groceries

5 February 2021

Sainsbury’s Local and Tesco Express customers are paying up to £320 and £280 respectively more a year than those who shop at larger stores for the same items, new Which? analysis reveals. The coronavirus pandemic has had a significant impact on consumers’ shopping habits, with many people avoiding large supermarkets in favour of shopping online […]

Press Release: Food, food shopping, Natalie Hitchins, shopping, supermarket prices, Supermarkets

December 2020

Supermarkup – Which? reveals the grocery products that you could be paying too much for

19 December 2020

Shoppers who regularly buy Persil laundry detergent, Andrex toilet paper and Kenco Millicano coffee could be overpaying by up to £3 per item as a new Which? investigation reveals the shocking price differences between supermarkets on popular products. The consumer champion analysed thousands of prices across six months at major UK supermarkets – Aldi, Asda, […]

Press Release: Aldi, asda, Grocery, Lidl, morrisons, pricing tactics, sainsburys, supermarket prices, Supermarkets, tesco

May 2020

Vulnerable people risk going hungry without urgent government action, warns Which?

5 May 2020

Which? is calling for urgent action from the UK government and the devolved administrations after hearing reports from more than a thousand people, including those who are at very high-risk or vulnerable and unable to access the food and basic supplies they desperately need amid the coronavirus pandemic. While measures have been introduced by governments […]

Press Release: Consumer protection, Covid-19, delivery slots, Food provision, government, hungry, Lockdown restrictions, pandemic, Sue Davies, Supermarkets, Vulnerable people

February 2020

Quality trumps price as Waitrose beats discounters to come top of Which? supermarket rankings

22 February 2020

Waitrose has been rated the best UK in-store supermarket again in Which?’s annual supermarket satisfaction survey.   Waitrose scored a maximum five stars in almost every category – from ease of finding products and fast-moving queues, to friendly staff and the appearance of its shops – and was only let down by a two-star score […]

Press Release: Aldi, asda, Harry Rose, Iceland, Lidl, M&S, Marks and Spencer, morrisons, sainsburys, Supermarkets, tesco, Waitrose

August 2019

Supermarket special offers still misleading customers with poor deals, says Which?

28 August 2019

Supermarkets appear to be disregarding government pricing guidelines by continuing to offer misleading discounts and special offers, according to research from Which?.   Which? crunched the numbers on more than 450 products on offer online at major UK supermarkets and found multibuys that actually cost you more despite the alleged offer, dubious discounts that allude […]

Press Release: asda, Iceland, misleading, morrisons, Natalie Hitchins, Ocado, pricing, sainsburys, Super-complaint, Supermarkets, tesco, Waitrose, Which?

July 2018

A Lidl less conservation – up to a third of supermarket packaging not widely recyclable

19 July 2018

Which? is calling on the Government to make clear and simple recycling labelling compulsory after it found up to 29 per cent of plastic packaging used by supermarkets is either non-recyclable or difficult to recycle. In a snapshot investigation, the consumer champion analysed the packaging on a shopping basket of 27 everyday own-brand items at […]

Press Release: Nikki Stopford, packaging, plastic, recycling, Supermarkets

March 2017

Biggest supermarket ‘substitution fails’ revealed

18 March 2017

From ordering a salad online and receiving a bar of Dairy Milk, to ordering a bottle of white wine and getting a sack of onions, new Which? research reveals the supermarkets substituting the items we want for bizarre alternatives. In a recent survey, Which? asked more than 7,000 online shoppers to share their strangest online […]

Press Release: Food, Richard Headland, Supermarkets

October 2015

“Good to see the Government supporting our super-complaint.” – Which? response to the Government’s report following our super-complaint on pricing practices in the grocery sector

15 October 2015

Which? executive director, Richard Lloyd, said: “It’s good to see the Government supporting our super-complaint and committing to end the confusion around supermarket pricing by strengthening the rules. These changes now need to be implemented without delay to ensure consumers are no longer subjected to misleading pricing practices. Cracking down on dodgy offers will be […]

Statement: Food, pricing, Super-complaint, Supermarkets, Unit pricing

July 2015

Decision due on Which? super-complaint into supermarket pricing tactics

12 July 2015

Ahead of the deadline for the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to respond to Which?’s super-complaint, more than 100,000 disgruntled shoppers have pledged their support to our campaign calling on supermarkets to Put an End to Misleading Pricing. Over the last seven years Which? has consistently identified a range of misleading and confusing pricing tactics in […]

Press Release: Food, government, Richard Lloyd, Super-complaint, Supermarkets, Which?

May 2015

The special offers that don’t stack up

20 May 2015

Following our super-complaint to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) last month we have found further evidence of dodgy special offers and some that appear to be breaking government guidelines. As part of Which?’s campaign to Put an End to Misleading Pricing, supported by more than 60,000 people, our latest research shows further evidence of […]

Press Release: Food, pricing, Super-complaint, Supermarkets

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