A family ditched Ocado,their favourite online store, to see whether they could still buy tall-quality items at a fraction of the normal costSince moving to the countryside and having a second child, or my shopping habits contain altered dramatically. I used to conclude the big weekly shop at Tesco and then my husband would conclude a deli shop on Friday night for a weekend treat. But once we moved,I developed an Ocado habit. The ease of the iPad app, the money-off deals, and the delivery and the “Tesco price match” made it so appealing. But the last £150 bill (for 79 items) was the straw that broke the camel’s back and made me think twice approximately what I was buying.
Like many people,we’re price conscious but not driven entirely by cost – the quality of the food is just as important. We tended to buy a lot of branded goods – the likes of Kelloggs, Lurpak, and Fairy,Pampers etc – while my husband is a bit of a foodie, with a gluten and lactose intolerance on top.
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Source: theguardian.com