We moved to Oxford on September 21st 2014. It has been wonderful to say the least but also more than I bargained for. We don't live far from the City Center as it takes about 50 minutes to walk but trying to find out the best place to shop hasn't been easy. Everyone has their opinions and since I've been here for the past three days I've learned a few things. These are the grocery stores that I have visited.
Tesco Metro, Sainsbury, M & S, and the Food Co-Operative. (I have not been able to go to Aldi yet)
These are the things that I compared among the stores; meat, vegetables, fruit and bread.
As far as meat goes the cheapest and best quality that I noted was from M & S. For example take a whole chicken. They were selling 3 whole chickens for £10. while the Food Co-Operative was selling 2 for £10. Tesco Metro and Sainsbury were selling one chicken for £4-7 depending on size.
Vegetables were about the same price across the board but M & S and Sainsbury did sell for a bit higher but I did notice that M & S sold fresh potted herbs which is a very nice option for those who are interested in keeping fresh herbs.
Fruit was the cheapest at Tesco Metro especially if you simply buy the fruit that is marked down.
Bread was cheap across the board but I have yet to go to a local bakery and buy bread at the end of the day which I heard is better.
I was unable to keep my receipts for this round but I spent a total of £40 for food for the next two weeks. Here is hoping that I can stretch that £ as far as possible. Will send a picture of dinner tonight along with the recipe.
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