Supermarket survey finds wide variation in prices

[memory man]

A study on prices across a handful of supermarkets in Cyprus to compare basic products was published on Wednesday by the consumer protection service.

Conducted on October 2, it found that in Nicosia, the cheapest supermarket was Athienitis with 124 basic items costing €285.92. Debenhams was the most expensive with the same products costing €351.43.

Six supermarkets were inspected for the study in Nicosia, including Athienitis, Debenhams, Sklavenitis, Ioannides, Metro and Alphamega.

In Larnaca, 154 products were compared across Stelios, Sklavenitis, Metro and Alphamega supermarkets. The cheapest was found to be Stelios, with the items costing €362.62 and the Alphamega being the most expensive at €412.36.

Lysiotis supermarket was found to be the cheapest in Limassol with 137 products costing €366.07 and €409.86 in Debenhams which was the most expensive compared to Papantoniou, Alphamega, Sklavenitis and Metro.

The study found that in Paphos, Sklavenitis was the cheapest with 173 items costing €447.73 compared to Alphamega and Papantoniou which was the most expensive at €494.22.

Three supermarkets were inspected in Famagusta, the cheapest being Kokkinos where 184 products cost €440.65 and Metro was the most expensive at €450.20. Sklavenitis was narrowly cheaper than Metro at €449.26.

http://cyprus-mail.com/2017/10/05/super ... on-prices/

[trevnhil]

I think people including ourselves get used to one or two supermarkets that they usually use. Our favourite would seem to be one of the dearest, ie Paps at the harbour.. But we know where things are there. We hardly ever use the Paps on Ellados avenue.
Sklavenitis which is mentioned as being one of the cheapest, we hardly ever go into.
One shop we do use regularly is Smart... We find their prices hard to beat.

[PhotoLady]

I wonder why they chose a different number of products in each location?
I would have thought it a better comparison to take the same product items at each location to give a true overall picture of the costs in each area as well as compared in the chosen stores.... A bit like tour operator travel brochures used to put the price of a basic Shopping Basket cost on the resort places to help holidaymakers plan their spending budget.

[J B]

The study found that in Paphos, Sklavenitis was the cheapest with 173 items costing €447.73 compared to Alphamega and Papantoniou which was the most expensive at €494.22.

We went into 'Chris Cash & Carry' (Sklaventis?) last week.

They didn't have any carrots or any large potatoes.
We then went to Pap's

[ApusApus]

Must admit, I went round Sklavenitis last week for something specific & had a nosy at the prices of some of the things I generally buy in Paps. Found those items to be a few cents more than in Paps but I probably only compared 10 or 12 items as I walked around!


Shane