Coles Vs. Woolies Whole Egg Mayonnaise Prices

barbarella on 03/02/2017 - 12:03

My amazing discovery this week has been the HUGE difference between Coles & Woolies homebrand Whole Egg Mayonnaise! (I know, I need a life :/ - however, I am an OBer through and through so this IS an important finding)

Identical jars (probably made by same company - labels both say Made in Australia) and I reckon identical product.
Coles 445g - $2.85 everyday price
Woolworths 440g - $3.69 everyday price
An 84c difference in price! OBers have (almost) killed for less than that! What a rip-off Woolies!

What other things have you found with big price differences for the same products?

Food & Grocery

Comments

  • geek001 on 03/02/2017 - 12:10

    Recently, I shifted to drinking soy milk instead of cow's milk. Given there is a reasonable price difference between the brands, I looked at the ingredients label on the cartons. One brand particularly stood out as a rip off, which is the Sanitarium So Good range, only has 3.5% soy protein compared to other brands which is around 13% to 17%. I guess So Good is not so good for you?

    • barbarella on 03/02/2017 - 12:15

      May I ask your reason for changing to soy milk?

      • geek001 on 03/02/2017 - 12:59
        +2

        Wife started getting a lot of gas in the past few years. We went away on holiday and didn't touch milk for 3 weeks and it went away. So I guess she must have developed a little lactose intolerance in the past few years. We still wanted the calcium benefits of milk, so we switched to soy instead.

  • railspider on 03/02/2017 - 12:18

    I'd like to compare the nutritional labels between the two Mayonnaisii

    Perhaps one is more eggy than the other?

    • barbarella on 03/02/2017 - 12:24

      Coles - free range whole egg (5%) AND free range egg yolk
      Woolies - free range whole egg (9%) and no extra yolk
      Who can tell??

  • altomic on 03/02/2017 - 13:29

    Aldi

    • barbarella on 03/02/2017 - 14:00

      I looked for mayo at Aldi and couldn't find any :(

      • altomic on 03/02/2017 - 15:19
        +1

        it's located on the shelf above the frozen veg.

  • gooddealmate on 03/02/2017 - 15:19
    +2

    On a side note, have you tried Hellmans or Bestfoods mayo? Maybe double the the price but it's at least twice as good.

    • mskeggs on 03/02/2017 - 16:15
      +3

      Opinion only, obviously, but I think Hellmans (and Thomy) is pretty much on par with the generic whole egg mayos.
      I haven't tried Bestfoods.

      • gooddealmate on 03/02/2017 - 16:17

        Bestfoods and Hellmans are identical in taste. Bestfoods is the American version and Hellmans from the UK I believe.

        • Darron65 on 05/02/2017 - 09:29

          They are identical products; only difference is labelling. There's even a wikipedia page on the subject. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellmann's_and_Best_Foods

          My dear wife is fussy about her mayo. Insisted she could taste a difference between these two for years until I showed her the evidence. Now I just buy whichever one is cheaper. Winner!

    • barbarella on 03/02/2017 - 16:41

      I really find that these homebrand whole egg mayos are really yummy, so I wouldn't want to pay twice as much (I'm on a tite 'arse' budget :) )

      • gooddealmate on 03/02/2017 - 16:49

        I'll tell you the reason, when I moved from the UK, I missed mayonnaise, I couldnt get hold of Hellmans at the time so went through almost every alternative, and found every one of them to taste like Heinz Salad Cream, too vinegary. These days its much more easy to find a good mayo. Like I said, Hellmans and Bestfoods are the best IMO, closely folllowed by Heinz Mayo. All nice n creamy without a bitter aftertaste.

        • kiitos on 04/02/2017 - 09:52

          S&W is also one that's not vinegary at all.

          We've switched to Aldi's one now though, though they're very different to each other. Aldi's is more like Praise, but we like it. And under$2 I think.

        • kiitos on 04/02/2017 - 20:36

          Checked in Aldi this afternoon, actually $2.59, made in Germany, 7% egg yolk.

  • [Deactivated] on 03/02/2017 - 15:49

    Not only 84 cents more expensive, but 5 grams less as well.

  • PVA on 03/02/2017 - 16:30

    different ingredients and % maybe. you need to check that too.

    • barbarella on 03/02/2017 - 16:38

      it seems that the ingredients are pretty much identical…although listed in different ways (as in the 'eggy' %)

  • try2bhelpful on 03/02/2017 - 18:13
    +1

    Try a variety of them and go with the one you like the taste of; none of these are going to drive you broke unless you have heaps of them. If you are having heaps then your next post will be on comparing health providers.

  • peteru on 04/02/2017 - 23:18
    +1

    One egg, cup and a half of sunflower oil, 1/2 teaspoon of mustard powder. Dash of vinegar if you like it. Total ingredient cost, probably under $1.

    I use a stick blender with whisk attachment, directly inserted into a re-used large S&W mayo jar. Takes less than 5 minutes to make and is nicer than most commercial products.

    You can also tweak the flavour profile as you like. For example, add garlic powder to make garlic mayo.

    • barbarella on 06/02/2017 - 07:51

      thats great! thanks heaps peteru :)

      • [Deactivated] on 06/02/2017 - 19:41
        +1

        No preservatives and you know what went into it. Score!

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