Which stores are the cheapest to buy groceries?

This is a certain set of goods and services that provide comfortable and full-fledged living for a person throughout the year and satisfy his minimum needs. To determine its full cost, the average price for the entire minimum set of food products is taken and multiplied by two.

What is included in the consumer basket?

• Foodstuffs.
• Non-food products: clothing, shoes, medicines, household chemicals.
• Utilities, transport, cultural events.

According to the consumer basket, per year an adult working person is entitled to a ton of food products (or rather, 1018.3 kg). Among them are baked goods, meat and fish, vegetables and eggs, spices, tea and coffee, milk and milk products. How much money does it take to purchase these goods?

Taking into account different pricing policies, prices for products in different regions of Russia may differ. Moscow and St. Petersburg are traditionally considered the most expensive in terms of food costs. But even within the same city, food prices can vary significantly. How significant - a Roskontrol journalist tried to find out after visiting “Ashane”, “Pyaterochka”, “Victoria”, “Magnolia”, “Crossroads”, “Carousel”, “ABC of Taste”, “Magnit”.

Roskontrol employees monitored the prices of the cheapest food products presented in these stores. Having studied the prices, we got an idea in which store the grocery basket will be generally the cheapest, and in which the most expensive. We also found out whether the reputation of “cheap” and “expensive” stores is always justified.

For reference:

The concept of a consumer basket exists in all countries of the world. If we compare its composition in Russia, Europe and America, the situation will be as follows. Thus, the PC of England includes 350 goods and services, Germany - 475, the States - 300, and in Russia - 156.

Food products occupy almost half of the list of the consumer basket in Russia. In the consumer baskets of developed countries, food products account for only 20 percent.

So, the most budget chain is Auchan. To create a food basket there will cost 65,573 rubles per year (or 5,465 rubles per month). Next comes Magnit. The annual food budget is 94,747 rubles. Monthly - 7,896 rubles. Next - “Pyaterochka” (year - 95,508 rubles, month of purchases - 7,959 rubles).

In 4-7 places, respectively, are “Carousel” (year — 103,846 rubles, month — 8,654 rubles), “Magnolia” (year — 109,034 rubles, month — 9,086 rubles), “Perekrestok” (year — 111,333 rubles, month - 9,278 rubles), "Victoria" (year - 115,825 rubles, month - 9,653 rubles).

The review ends with “The ABC of Taste.” The most expensive store in our review. The annual budget for the food basket here is 185,075 rubles. Monthly - 15,423 rubles.

Price leaders for individual items

What changed in the grocery basket in 2013?