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International Pricewatch - Global Retail Food and Grocery Prices

These links below take you to the UK site of www.tesco.com - who - as far as I can determine - are the best or even the only (*) guide to retail food and grocery prices globally (!) - please - readers - correct me!...

They do compare prices with 3 other middle-price UK supermarkets, but they miss out www.aldi.co.uk (aldi.de) and also www.lidl.co.uk (lidl.de), who as far as I can tell are significantly cheaper than Tesco or the other 3...

Anyway, these prices can be used as a basis for comparison - e.g. if we work out that these tesco prices are in fact 15% higher than an internationally-acceptable 'reasonable' price, then we can look for 15% less on the supermarket shelves of the Third World. I havent done that legwork (yet), so dont take that 15% as any kind of indicative figure...

What I would like to see from Tesco and from all supermarkets globally is an XML file issued monthly which details current prices and where the products are globally comparable (e.g. products tend to vary by brand and packaging between english-, french-, spanish-, arabic-speaking etc worlds...)

Then it will be possible to process these XML format files and indicate:

- which countries have on average high, average and relatively low supermarket food prices

- which supermarkets in each country have on average high, average and relatively low food prices

- which supermarkets in each country show a lot of variability (i.e. some low prices, some high prices), and which because of that may have to be handled carefully by the shopper

- which products by country tend to be inexpensive or expensive

These XML files can be posted on supermarkets websites available for all to download and analyse....

The regulation required and/or the computer processing and results publishing could be something useful for Governments and for NGO's to occupy their time with - i.e. something which actually helps people, saves people money, and therefore potentially alleviates poverty

PS - Tesco and other UK supermarkets have a very bad and deserved reputation for squeezing suppliers almost to the wall - that is yet another issue, which I hope to tackle sometime soon.... watch this space......

* OK - for other price comparison sites - maybe try - www.mysupermarket.co.uk - www.kelkoo.com - pricerunner.com - moneysupermarket.com - nexttag.com
Alphabetical Product Name Listing

Accompaniments,frozen
Adult Soft Drinks
Alcopops
Apples
Baby Food/Care
Bacon, Gammon
Baked Beans/ Pasta
Baking Extras
Bathroom
Beef
Beer & Cider
Berries & Currents
Bottle/Can Fruit
Bread
Butter, Spreads
Can/Packet Vegetable
Canned Meat/Fish
Cereals / Spreads
Cheese
Chicken
Chilled Cakes
Chilled Ready Meals
Chocolate
Citrus Fruits
Cleaning Products
Coffee Whiteners
Confectionery,frozen
Cooked Meat (Loose)
Cooked Meats
Cooking Extras
Cooking Oil/Fat
Core Vegetables
Cosmetics
Crisps/Snacks/Nuts
Desserts, Yoghurt
Dilutable Drinks
Eating Extras
Eggs
Exotic
Filter/Ground Coffee
Fine Wines
Fish
Fish,frozen
Flowers
Foils/Wraps
Fortified Wines
Fragrances
Fresh Herbs
Fresh Sauces, Stock
Fruit Flavoured Wine
Fruit Juices
Gift Packs
Grapes
Haircare
Hot/Cold Desserts
Household Sundries
In Store Bakery
Instant Coffee
Kosher Wine
Kosher,frozen
Lamb
Large Carbonated
Laundry
Liqueurs
Male Grooming
Meat Products,frozen
Milk / Toppings
Milk Based Drinks
Milk, Cream,Drinks
Mineral Water
Mixers
Morning Goods
Offal
Oral Hygene
Organic Produce
Other Deli
Other Meat
Other Poultry
Other Red Wine
Other Speciality Bakery
Other Vegetables
Pears
Personal Care
Petfood - Cats
Petfood - Dogs
Petfood - Other
Pharmacy
Pies,Savouries
Pies/Savouries Loose
Plants
Polish
Pork
Port
Potatoes
Preserves & Spreads
Ready Meals,frozen
Ready to Cook
Red Wine Europe
Red Wine French
Red Wine New World
Rhubarb
Rice/Pasta/Snacks
Rolls
Rose Wine
Salad Products
Sausages
Seasonal Cake/Pud'g
Sherry
Skin Care
Small Carbonated
Snacks / Biscuits
Snacks / Desserts,frozen
Soft Fruit
Soup
Sparkling Wine
Speciality Foods
Spirits
Squashes/Roots
Stone Fruit
Sugar / Flour
Sweets
Tea
Tissues/Towels
Turkey
Vegetables,frozen
White Wine Europe
White Wine French
White Wine New World
Wholefoods
Product Listing by Category
Bread
Rolls
Morning Goods
Chilled Cakes
Seasonal Cake/Pud'g
In Store Bakery
Other Speciality Bakery
Apples
Squashes/Roots
Citrus Fruits
Pears
Stone Fruit
Soft Fruit
Berries & Currents
Salad Products
Exotic
Organic Produce
Core Vegetables
Grapes
Potatoes
Ready to Cook
Rhubarb
Wholefoods
Other Vegetables
Fresh Herbs
Beef
Pork
Lamb
Offal
Other Meat
Chicken
Turkey
Other Poultry
Fish
Soup
Cooking Extras
Eating Extras
Baking Extras
Sugar / Flour
Cereals / Spreads
Preserves & Spreads
Snacks / Biscuits
Crisps/Snacks/Nuts
Sweets
Can/Packet Vegetable
Baked Beans/ Pasta
Canned Meat/Fish
Speciality Foods
Rice/Pasta/Snacks
Bottle/Can Fruit
Milk / Toppings
Hot/Cold Desserts
Chocolate
Vegetables,frozen
Fish,frozen
Meat Products,frozen
Ready Meals,frozen
Confectionery,frozen
Snacks / Desserts,frozen
Kosher,frozen
Accompaniments,frozen
Plants
Flowers
Household Sundries
Polish
Tissues/Towels
Foils/Wraps
Laundry
Cleaning Products
Milk, Cream,Drinks
Pies,Savouries
Chilled Ready Meals
Fresh Sauces, Stock
Cooked Meat (Loose)
Pies/Savouries Loose
Other Deli
Butter, Spreads
Cooking Oil/Fat
Cheese
Eggs
Desserts, Yoghurt
Bacon, Gammon
Sausages
Cooked Meats
Baby Food/Care
Pharmacy
Oral Hygene
Bathroom
Personal Care
Haircare
Cosmetics
Fragrances
Male Grooming
Skin Care
Beer & Cider
Fruit Flavoured Wine
Kosher Wine
Fortified Wines
Spirits
Liqueurs
Gift Packs
Red Wine Europe
Red Wine French
Red Wine New World
White Wine Europe
White Wine French
White Wine New World
Rose Wine
Sparkling Wine
Other Red Wine
Fine Wines
Alcopops
Port
Sherry
Petfood - Dogs
Petfood - Cats
Petfood - Other
Tea
Large Carbonated
Fruit Juices
Mineral Water
Instant Coffee
Filter/Ground Coffee
Coffee Whiteners
Milk Based Drinks
Dilutable Drinks
Mixers
Small Carbonated
Adult Soft Drinks