Week 2 of the ‘Massive Costco Australia Comparison’ has been and gone and the data has been tabulated. Here are the numbers from Week 2 (8th January to 14th January 2014):
Fruit and Vegetable
Compared to Coles
- Coles was 16% more expensive than Costco on average.
- Coles had better prices on 3 of the 12 lines compared. All were noted as sale items.
- Coles had 1 line on special that was more expensive than Costco.
Compared to Woolworths
- Woolworths was 12% more expensive than Costco on average.
- Woolworths had better prices on 4 of the 12 lines compared. None were noted as sale items.
Meat, Poultry and Seafood
Compared to Coles
- Coles was 30% more expensive than Costco on average.
- Coles did not have better prices on any of the 12 lines compared.
Compared to Woolworths
- Woolworths was 29% more expensive than Costco on average.
- Woolworths had a better price on 1 of the 12 lines compared. It was not noted as a sale item.
Other Grocery
Note that only 63 lines are compared this week as Costco was out of stock on one line item.
Compared to Coles
- Coles was 32% more expensive than Costco on average.
- Coles had better prices on 2 of the 63 lines compared. Of those none were on special.
- Coles had 12 lines on special that were more expensive than Costco.
Compared to Woolworths
- Woolworths was 31% more expensive than Costco on average.
- Woolworths had better prices on 7 of the 64 lines compared. Of those 6 were on special.
- Coles had 14 lines on special that were more expensive than Costco.
Liquor
Compared to First Choice Liquor (only 6 lines compared due to data availability)
- First Choice was 11% more expensive than Costco on average.
- First Choice did not have better prices on any of the 6 lines compared.
- First Choice had 3 lines on special that were more expensive than Costco.
Compared to Dan Murphy’s
- Dan Murphy’s was 4% more expensive than Costco on average.
- Dan Murphy’s had better prices on 2 of the 8 lines compared. None of those 6 were noted as on special.
If you want to know more about this comparison see out full article from week 1.
Loaded Trolley’s Massive Costco Australia Comparison – Week 2