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I reported some time ago that we had transferred our allegance from Sainsbury to Tesco after various problems. We now have enough experience with Tesco to comment on the differences.

1) Not all Tesco stores are equal, e.g. Guildford is better than Warfield, particularly for fruit.

2) Overall shopping bills are lower at Tesco, although it is hard to say why as it is the sum of many small differences.

3) Many items of food are very similar, if not indistinguishable.

4) Cheap cuts of beef are much tastier from Tesco.

5) Pre-packaged food usually has later sell-by dates at Tesco (not always).

6) We found excellent frozen chips at Tesco that we never saw at Sainsbury.

7) Bananas are (usually not always) better at Sainsbury.

8) Tesco does not often sell any of our favourite potato crisps.

9) Sainsbury stopped selling its excellent own-brand chocolates; Tesco's equivalent is not so good but much cheaper.

10) Sainsbury has a wider choice of pre-packaged meals, e.g. Indian, Chinese, Thai, Italian, American, etc.

Overall we prefer Tesco.