Where is a cheap supermarket near Hung Hom/Whampoa

[jimster_s]

Hi

we have just arrived in Hung Hom and have been shopping at Just Co in Whampoa and it seems expensive.

Chicken breasts, Oats, skimmed milk and most other stuff seems very expensive compared to the UK.

Is this just how it is, or is there cheaper supermarkets in the area?

thanks

[MovingIn07]

Take a look at the Wellcome and ParknShop websites - they should give you locations.

[Mat]

There is are 2 big Park N Shop in hung Hom and one big Wellcome.

PNS is in much better state I must say.

Jusco is good but more expensive than the 2 others

[Claire ex-ax]

If you are buying imported foodstuffs then yes it will be more expensive than the UK. To buy more economically, buy local/Chinese products at the local wet markets.

[carang]

yep, i'd use it....depending on products available, wait time between ordering and delivery & prices.

there WAS a website similar (but from canada or usa) it only lasted about a year. the problem was that it took almost a month to receive what you ordered!

[PDLM]

I'm curious about this assertion. So I checked a few random items from this weeks grocery shopping (the pound is at around £1=HK$12):

Chopped tomatoes:
Wellcome - $11.50 for 500g (Parmalat)
Sainsbury - £0.99 for 400g (Napolina

Tin of tuna in brine:
Wellcome - $11.90 for 185g
Sainsbury - £1.09 for 200g

Port Salut cheese
Wellcome = $47 for 150g
Sainsbury - £1.77 for 185g

HP Sauce
Wellcome = $19.90
Sainsbury = £0.84

Jacob's Creek Shiraz (I accept there's a duty difference also)
Wellcome = $83
Sainsbury = £6.86

Own label unsalted butter 250g
Wellcome = $19.90
Sainsbury = £0.98

Skimmed milk
Wellcome = $18.50 (946ml)
Sainsbury = £0.86 (1.13l)

Toilet Paper Andrex
Wellcome = $36.90 (10 rolls)
Sainsbury = £4.00 (9 rolls)

It seems to me that for unrefrigerated items Wellcome is already cheaper than Sainsbury's (with the exception of HP Sauce, which I guess is a bit of a niche product here)

The refrigerated items seem to be about one and a half to twice the price of the UK.

So if you can get refrigerated transport to my door for a weekly order of perhaps $200 and can undercut the Wellcome prices then I might be interested. But even then it requires me to be in when you deliver so I'd need a pretty precise delivery time.

Otherwise, thanks, but no thanks.

[shri]

Had to delete that earlier post .. we've been getting a fair bit of grocery / online gourmet spam over the last few weeks and I'm one who believes in coincidences.

[MovingIn07]

Had to delete that earlier post .. we've been getting a fair bit of grocery / online gourmet spam over the last few weeks and I'm one who believes in coincidences.

A pity. I went searching for whatever it was people were talking about as it sounded pretty interesting!

[shri]

Someone doing market research on "would you buy from us if we could deliver faster, better, cheaper than tescos" or something like that.

No sane company starts or even conducts their market research online in that mannner.

[MovingIn07]

oh - ok thanks!