Buy in the supermarket it has become an odyssey. In recent months we have seen how the food industry He has put the accelerator to practices that he had been doing with some concealment in the past. I speak of constant price changesvery similar between different surfaces or to offer products packed with less quantity without changing the price. In short, it is becoming increasingly difficult to compare supermarket prices. Even in the same establishment.
Before we paid little attention to the Shopping list which is used for calculate CPI. Now we look at every occasion that appears in the media because it reflects, more or less reliably, how prices change products as basic as milk, oil, potatoes, pasta or tomatoes. I wish there was a similar list that would help me know where I have to buy this or that.
There are several pages that serve to compare prices in supermarkets Spanish people. But unfortunately they are outdated, the figures do not exactly match our place of residence or the supermarket chain we go to most frequently does not appear. The fact is that prices change at such a rate that it is humanly impossible Compare all the prices of all the supermarkets. However, there are those who have come close to it.
Fountain: Poy.es
The latest prices in Spain, in your hand
His name is Poy.es and it is a web page that shows us, week to week, supermarket prices in Spain. At the time of writing these lines, the list of supermarkets includes nine of the most popular franchises in Spain: Mercadona, Alcampo, carrefour, Caprabo, Day, Eroski, El Corte Ingls (Hipercor), Save More and consume. Obviously, they are not all of the sector, but it is a good start and covers the majority.
Along the way, in the attempt to compare prices of all the Spanish supermarkets, we miss large groups, if we stick to their sales volume, such as Lidl, BonArea, Bonpreu, Dinosol either Aldi. But as I mentioned before, there are so many supermarket chains that a huge team of people would be needed to do this job. In any case, the project has just been born and from the first list to the last, its managers They have been incorporating more franchises.
In addition to being updated weekly and having nine of the most important references in Spain, analyzes almost 60 products that we can find in these supermarkets. Olive and sunflower oil, still water, sugar and salt, milkbutter, pasta, vegetables, fruits and vegetables such as Swiss chard, celery, bananas, eggplant, onions, cauliflower, green beans, apples, oranges, potatoes, bell peppers, tomatoes, grapes, and carrots, and meat such as chicken, pork loin and beef churrasco. Nor is the rice or legumes like chickpeas or lentils. Without brands but with the quantity as a reference in kilograms or liters, depending on the product. The only branded products on the list are Nutella and Nocilla.
Fountain: Poy.es
Compare prices to choose which supermarkets to buy
The list of Poy.es shows the prices marked by colors. In this way, whatever you are looking for, you will see that the prices in green are the lowest red the highest and in blue they are average. And in an additional table, you will see the price of all products added to see which supermarkets are the most expensive and which are the cheapest. That sum is compared with the current week and the previous week. And finally shows a list of compared supermarkets ordered from cheapest to most expensive from the list of indexed products.
It is clear that the list is not perfect. Some people buy from one brand or another, and prices change a lot from a well-known brand to the private label of each supermarket. There are even changes between territories. The franchises and chains themselves prices vary between cities and provinces. But we have to start with something if we want to compare supermarket prices. And seeing what’s out there, this list is a good tool if we need buy watching your pocket. and no need to move across various surfaces commercial. With this list in hand we will go directly to the establishment where what we want to buy is cheaper.
Poy.es it has not been long working. But it was something that many were crying out for. The alternative is to compare by hand, opening several tabs in the browser and consulting the prices of each supermarket page by page. As a complement to their website, they have an account On twitter and another on Facebook.
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