16:59, Jul 30 2021
OPINION:
Stuff readers give their shopping strategies to fight high grocery costs. A draft Commerce Commission report found supermarket shoppers are forced to pay too much for not enough selection because of a lack of competition. Terry Arnold I shop at both Countdown and Pak nSave, make use of their website specials, and carefully buy between the two. Often, I bulk-buy to save money. For example, Nescafe coffee sachets are $13 for a box of 26, but this week, Pak nSave have them at least $8. So, I buy six boxes to last until the next special. We don t buy fish anymore, or expensive cuts of meat, unless there is a maybe a rump steak special. We will then use it in a casserole, rather than the dearer blade steak.