Price Check: GB toiletries are more pocket friendly

Out of the four stores visited namely- Shoprite, SPAR, Grocery Bazaar and Prince Ebeano supermarket, Grocery Bazaar offered consumers the cheapest prices on more items surveyed than other grocery stores.

This week, BusinessDay visited Shoprite, Spar and Grocery Bazaar branches in Lagos and compared prices between 12 products from each store.

Again, Grocery Bazaar prices on toiletries were cheaper than prices in Shoprite and SPAR.

The aim to track more items this week was defeated as some items seen in one store were missing on the shelves of one or two others. To achieve fairness in comparison, similar product sizes were tracked.

The table shows that as at July 3, 2018, Grocery Bazaar sells 75ml of Sensodyne rapid action toothpaste for less than Shoprite and SPAR.

SPAR sells Omo multi A wash for N80 cheaper than Grocery Bazaar. Shoprite Ariel detergent price is lower than that of Spar and Grocery Bazaar.

A 1kg pack of So Klin detergent on Tuesday at SPAR was N795, N819.99 at Shoprite and N750 at Grocery Bazaar.

Within the same period, 140g of Colgate herbal toothpaste at Shoprite sold for N369.99, N370 at SPAR and N400 at Grocery Bazaar.

900g of Zip detergent was retailed for N589.99 at Shoprite, N560 at SPAR and N530 at Grocery Bazaar.

Also, 175g of Premier soap was sold for N179.99 at Shoprite, N175 at SPAR, N190 at Grocery Bazaar.

Likewise, a 75g Tetmosol sold for N199.99 at Shoprite, N200 at SPAR, and N170 at Grocery Bazaar.

Out of the 12 items surveyed, the prices of seven items at Grocery Bazaar prices were more pocket friendly and had price tied for one item. SPAR offered consumers the cheapest prices in two items out of the 12 surveyed while Shoprite prices were lowest on one item.