B&M Bargains is no doubt a popular option for shoppers across the United Kingdom at the moment, solely due to their cheap offers and price reductions on big name products.
And with a cost of living crisis across the nation running riot on workers' bank balances, many who usually buy their groceries at a premium retailer may have a change of heart to save a little extra.
Those who usually shop at Marks and Spencer, Ocado, or Waitrose for example - three supermarkets which are notorious for their big brands at slightly bigger prices - may in-turn choose to do a little bargain hunting at their local Aldi, Lidl or B&M instead to see their cash stretch further.
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But just how much are you actually able to save when visiting a budget shop in comparison to a premium retailer?
Here at Chronicle Live, we decided to do the research for ourselves - by price checking various items from B&M's official website against Ocado.
Here's what we found...
The majority of items at Ocado are as expected more expensive than the offers at B&M, however, there are a few products you can get marginally cheaper at the fancier retailer.
For example, while a 500g tub of Flora Lighter will set you back £1.50 at the budget store, Ocado offer the same item for 5p less, with a tin of chopped tomatoes also offering the same saving should you shop with the latter.
A number of products at Ocado are also price matched with B&M, with no difference in the cost of a loaf of medium cut white Warburtons bread, a 300g pack of unsmoked back bacon, while a 12 pack of Jaffa Cakes at the M&S preferred retailer costing just a penny more than a ten pack at B&M.
Overall however, Ocado does come in slightly more costly overall, with a substantial difference of almost £10 between the two retailers when both shopping lists were totted up.
A weekly shop from B&M / Ocado:
- Fairy laundry gel 2 x 24 wash £7.49 / 1 x 24 wash £6
- Carex handwash 500ml £1.59 / 250ml £1 (equates to £2 for equal size)
- Cheerios 390g £1.29 / £2.80
- Bleach 750ml 45p / 60p
- Fairy washing up liquid 433ml £1 / £1.50 each or 2 for £2
- Richmond skinless sausages 8-pack £1.25 / thick sausages 8-pack £2.20
- Tetley teabags 240-pack £3.50 / £5
- Unsmoked back bacon 300g £2 / £2
- Cathedral City cheese 350g £2.69 / £2.50
- Soft and Gentle deodorant 150ml £1.15 / £2.10
- Ambrosia custard pots 4 x 125g £1.69 / £1.75
- Heinz Beans and Sausage 2 x 415g £2.20 / 1 x 415g £1.70 each or 3 for £4
- Chopped tomatoes 400g 45p / 40p
- Heinz Spaghetti and Sausage 400g £1.10 each or 3 for £3 / £1.70 each or 3 for £4
- Aero mint 90g 89p / £1
- Jammie Dodgers 140g 50p / 80p each or 2 for £1
- Diet Coke 10-pack £4.20 / £5.35 each or 2 for £8.40
- Right Guard deodorant 250ml £1.45 / £2 each or 2 for £3
- Colgate Deep Clean Whitening toothpaste 75ml £1 / £3
- Paracetamol 16-pack 29p / 65p
- Ibuprofen 16-pack 39p / 65p
- Gillette Simply Venus razors 4-pack £1.99 / £2.50
- Pasta penne 500g 75p / 80p
- Soreen malt loaf 290g £1.39 / £1.50
- HP Brown Sauce 450g £1.89 / £2.80 each or 2 for £4
- Warburtons medium white loaf £1.10 / £1.10 price lock
- Soreen lunchbox loaves 5-pack £1 / £1.55
- Warburtons sandwich thins 6-pack £1.15 / £1.20 each or 3 for £3
- Doritos tangy cheese 180g £1.25 / £2 each or 2 for £3.50
- Cadbury Mini Rolls 10-pack £2.50 / £3
- Walkers crisps £1.50 per 6-pack or 2 for £2.70 / £1.95 each or 3 for £3.75
- Flora Lighter 500g £1.50 / £1.45
- Twirl 10-pack £1.99 / 11-pack £2
- Jaffa Cakes 10-pack 79p / 12-pack 80p
- King Pot Noodle 80p / £1
Totals:
B&M weekly shop - £57.37 / Ocado weekly shop - £67.25 = Ocado is more expensive by £9.88
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