Choosing one supermarket or the other can mean a lot of money throughout the year if you know how to choose. With the annual study by the Consumers and Users Organization (OCU) this emerged for another year. most expensive and cheapest establishments nationwideComparing the prices of up to 1,180 supermarkets in 65 different cities . Among them, a dozen from the municipality Alicante and ten more elche.
Overall, the OCU study reveals that the average price of the products that make up an average shopping cart make up an average shopping cart. became 15.2% more expensive Since May 2021, the biggest increase in 34 years. So, the average cost is 5,568 euros, but if you look closely where to buy in the same city, you can get a price. an average savings of 994 euros per year.
As for the two major cities of the province, OCU, Alicante is slightly more expensive than Elche – With an index of 121 compared to 118 in the capital city of Baix Vinalopó – however, further savings can be achieved by choosing the business well. In particular, a family in the capital of the province You can reduce your expenses by 966 euros on the way to the cheapest supermarket The maximum savings at Elche reach only 799 Euros.
What are these organizations? In the case of Alicante, research shows that the cheapest supermarket is the cheapest. City of Alcampo With an index of Ramos Carratalá Boulevard of 109, which means that the shopping cart at this establishment is only 9% more expensive than the cheapest supermarket in the whole country – the hypermarket of the same brand in Coia’s municipality of Vigo – taken as base 100. hire Jiménez Cisneros Caddesi shared the third place with 115 points. carrefoursa Lorenzo Carbonell and Mercadona Ramos Carratalá with 116 points.
For its part, this is the most expensive by OCU study, call price Doctor Gimenez DÃaz with 126 points; most supercore from 129 and Goleta Street; Y English Court de Maisonnave with 129 points.
(The index of the fresh basket in the first column, the so-called economic basket in the second column and the average basket prepared by the OCU in the third column are shown)
In the case of elche, the establishment with the most suitable basket is Supeco on Novelda street with 109 points, it is Hyperber on Crevillente road with 113 points; Carrefour on the Alicante-Murcia highway, 114; and the Mercadona at 116 and Alicante Street.
On the other hand, among those examined in this study, the most expensive are Day with 122 Hilarion Eslava; most more and more from 123 and Jorge Juan street; and hyperchorus 126 from Baix Vinalopó street.
But they state that all chains, without exception from OCU, have increased their prices.
Source: Informacion
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