Affordable Refill Shopping: A Price Comparison

We price compared this shop from one of our regular customers to a chain supermarket. This shop for common essential items was £29.75 here at Zero Muda but would have been £45.90 if the same quantities were purchased at the supermarket, a savings of 35%! These containers have been refilled at least 12 times over our first year of being open which has saved 180 pieces of single use plastic. Not only that but the savings of £194 over the year in comparison to shopping at the supermarket.

Household Products	Zero Muda Brand	Zero Muda Price	Approximate Quantity Purchased	Supermarket Price per Volume	Supermarket Brand	Supermarket Equivalent Price
Fabric Conditioner	Miniml	£2.04	1 L	£2.67/L	Ecover	£2.67
Laundry Liquid	Miniml	£2.56	500 mL	£6/L	Ecover	£3.00
Body Wash	Miniml	£1.00	250 mL	40p/100mL	Original Source	£1.00
Coconut and Argan Shampoo	Alter/Native	£1.97	250 mL	£2.82/100mL	Argan Morrocan Shampoo	£7.05
Coconut and Argan Conditioner	Alter/Native	£2.83	250 mL	£2.82/100mL	Argan Morrocan Conditioner	£7.05
Anti-bacterial Surface Spray	Miniml	£0.88	300 mL	50p/100mL	own brand	£1.50
Rapeseed Oil	Yorkshire Rapeseed Oil	£2.07	500 mL	70p/100mL	own brand	£3.50
	Total:	£13.35			Total:	£25.77

Food Products	Organic?	Zero Muda Price	Quantity Purchased	Supermarket Price per Weight	Organic?	Brand	Supermarket Equivalent Price
Chia Seed	Y	£1.87	234 g	1.20/100g	Y	own brand	£2.80
Basmati White	Y	£3.42	460 g	5.80/kg	N	Tilda	£2.68
Diced Fig	Y	£1.80	180 g	1.14/100g	N	Whitworth	£2.05
Salted Peanuts	N	£2.75	550 g	50p/100g	N	own brand	£2.75
Hemp Seeds	Y	£2.16	144 g	3.60/100g	Y	own brand	£5.18
Organic Pasta Corn & Rice	Y	£1.66	302 g	48p/100	Y	Seeds of Change	£1.44
Puy Lentils	N	£0.49	244 g	£8/kg	N	Merchant Gourmet	£1.95
Jumbo Oats	Y	£2.25	644 g	20p/100g	Y	own brand	£1.28
	Total:	£16.40				Total:	£20.13