The supermarket Christmas taste and value test (plus inflation, rates and house prices)
This is Money Podcast
This is Money
4.1 • 650 Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2017
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
It’s time for the annual This is Money Christmas taste test – and our look at how the supermarket business is faring.
This year, the contenders are Sainsbury’s for the mass market, Waitrose for the upmarket, and Lidl for the discount challenger.
But which will come out on top across a range of Christmas food and who delivered the cheapest bill?
Simon Lambert and Lee Boyce take on Georgie Frost’s festive feast to find out in this week’s podcast and discuss whether the big supermarkets are doing better after some difficult years, if the rise of Aldi and Lidl will continue, and how Tesco and Sainsbury’s shares compare.
And mingled with the Christmas food is a look at the important money news of this week, including whether higher inflation spells more rate rises, how the property market is suffering due to the reversal of the north south house price rise divide and the worst day ever to go shopping.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the fourth annual This is Money Christmas taste test in partnership with NS&I. |
| 0:13.8 | I'm your host Georgie Frost and alongside editor Simon Lambert and I today is Consumer Affairs |
| 0:18.6 | Editor Lee Boyce. The duo are here to discuss and digest with any luck some choice festive fair alongside a pick of the week's top money stories. So today we'll pour over house prices and Prosecco from Waitrose, dig into accidental landlords and Sainsbury's Mint's Pies and turn our noses up at Liddles, Brussels sprouts, though not me, and still having to |
| 0:38.2 | pay insurance if your car's written off. |
| 0:40.3 | But while of course this is a bit of unscientific, seasonal fun, the price of our Christmas |
| 0:44.1 | food shop is no laughing matter. |
| 0:46.1 | It's spiraled this year thanks to the biggest growth in food inflation in four years. |
| 0:50.7 | With unemployment though at record lows, wages rising and no change in the interest |
| 0:55.0 | rates, have we reached peak squeeze? Well, let's find out all that coming up. Don't forget |
| 0:59.9 | you can stay up to date with all the latest breaking money news. Just go to this ismoney.com.uk |
| 1:04.3 | or download the app. |
| 1:06.4 | This is Money. Brought to you in partnership with NS&I premium bonds, making saving that little bit more |
| 1:13.7 | exciting. |
| 1:14.9 | But before we tuck into my least favourite subject, house prices, just a word about the taste |
| 1:20.7 | test now. |
| 1:21.4 | As I said, it's into its fourth year. |
| 1:23.4 | We have, as always, representation from the German discountounters, your mid-range and higher-end |
| 1:28.7 | stores. This year, by geographical default, we have Liddle, Sainsbury's and Waitrose. Now, you'll notice |
| 1:35.0 | the first of the big changes to last year, previous winners, Tesco, they are out for no other reason |
| 1:40.5 | that I don't live near one, but to be honest, they've done too well in the last couple of years. |
| 1:45.1 | It's a chance for someone else to shine. |
| 1:47.1 | And the second big change, you will be so disappointed, dear gentlemen. |
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