December 07: results

Slowly 'the price is right.Cambodia' is getting it's act together. In the previous posting you can see the numbers to which this analysis refers to. Following are a number of tables which show the relative differences in prices.

Be aware though that some supermarkets have larger variety than others and that cheap prices may be due to old unsold stock!

Price level in comparison with minimum price
	Nov 07	Ranking	Dec 07	Ranking
Lucky	107,7	3	107,7	5
Pencil	109,9	5	109,8	6
Bayon	106,7	2	106,9	4
Thai Huot	105,5	1	105,8	2
Big A	109,5	4	106,7	3
Paragon Marketplace			105,0	1

If you look at the table above, you can see that the Marketplace supermarket at Paragon is the cheapest place, if prices are compared with the lowest prices available. What is surprising is that the difference between the supermarkets is minimal; the difference is due to price differences in just a few products, so don't read too much in this.

The following table has looked at the comparison between supermarket price levels and averages. Thai Huot supermarket lies 1,9% below average prices, while Pencil's is 2,7% above average prices.

Price level in comparison with average price
	Nov 07	Ranking	Dec 07	Ranking
Lucky	100,4	3	100,6	5
Pencil	101,1	4	102,7	6
Bayon	98,9	2	99,9	4
Thai Huot	93,2	1	98,1	1
Big A	101,5	5	99,5	3
Paragon Marketplace			98,5	2

More assistance with the shopping comes from comparing how many of the products are the cheapest. Again Thai Huot scores best, nearly 60% of their produce is also the cheapest. Here the differences are more pronounced, Pencil coming in at the last place only tallies just over every 1 in 5, which does not really mean that you will be saving if you shop there.

Percentage of products with lowest price
	Nov 07	Ranking	Dec 07	Ranking
Lucky	32,3	3	34,2	4
Pencil	21,2	5	21,2	6
Bayon	52,0	1	30,6	5
Thai Huot	50,0	2	59,6	1
Big A	21,7	4	39,0	3
Paragon Marketplace			50,0	2

An additional statistic is what follows, that of monthly inflation. Arguably, the number of products in the overview is low, at it's most just over 30. But with prices going up by an average of 0.5-2%, one can only imagine what it does to inflation.

Monthly inflation
	Nov 07- Dec 07
Lucky	0,91%
Pencil	1,95%
Bayon	1,76%
Thai Huot	0,63%
Big A	1,04%

And then finally an overview of the number of products on which the data in the previous posting are based and used in this analysis. As you can see both Pencil and Lucky have the most products, while Bayon and Thai Huot the least.

Number of products upon which results are based
	Nov 07	Dec 07
Lucky	31	73
Pencil	33	71
Bayon	25	49
Thai Huot	22	47
Big A	23	59
Paragon Marketplace	-	58

Next month, the data will be slightly later, but even more extensive?

December numbers

Product	Specification	Price @ Lucky's	Price @ Pencil	Price @ Bayon	Price @ Thai Huot	Price @ Big A	Price @ Paragon
Tea bags	Lipton, packet, 100 bags		3,90	3,80	3,70	3,95	4,00
Tea bags	Twinnings, 25 bags	4,10		3,10	2,95
Instant coffee	Nescafe Red Cup, jar, 200 gr	3,70	3,55	3,40	3,50	3,55	3,70
Peanut Butter	Local 440 gr	2,50	2,55			2,55	2,10
Peanut Butter	Ligo, 340 gr	1,80	1,95	2,00		1,95	1,95
Jam	Best Food Orange, 280 gr	1,10	1,10	1,10		1,10	1,10
Jam	Hero, Blackberry, jar, 340 gr	2,40	2,35			2,35
Hazelnut Cream	Nutella, jar, 375 gr	3,55	3,70	3,60	3,40
Pretzels	Pringles	1,45	1,40	1,40	1,40	1,45	1,45
Raisins	Ligo, carton, 312 gr.	1,25	1,30	1,20	1,30	1,25	1,35
Preservatives	S&W, Various, can, 432 gr.		1,50		1,40		1,50
Plain flour	Sunshine, Selfraising, carton, 1 kg	2,60	2,95	2,90		2,95
Flour	Red Lotus special	1,75	1,65			1,80	1,70
Flour	Prima top		2,25	2,00			2,20
Eggs	10 pieces	0,95	1,00	1,20	1,20	1,00	0,95
Butter	Orchid, fresh, packet, 227 gr.	1,35				1,50	1,50
Magarine	Flora original, 500gr	3,55	3,40	3,10	3,10
Fresh milk	Meiji, plastic bottle, 2 liter	3,35	3,20				3,20
UHT milk	Cowhead 1 ltr	1,30	1,40	1,40	1,40
UHT milk	Foremost 1 ltr	1,25	1,30			1,40	1,25
Cream	Emborg	2,10	2,00			1,95	1,90
Dishwashing liquid	Sunlight, flacon, 900 gr	0,80	0,80	0,80		0,80	0,70
Green tea	Oisho, platic bottle, 0,5 ltr	0,60	0,60	0,60	0,60	0,55
Green tea	Zena, with lemon, 0,5 ltr	0,55	0,55	0,60	0,55	0,55
Soda	Coca Cola, can, 0,33 ltr	0,40	0,33	0,35	0,30	0,35	0,35
Soda	Schweppes, bitter lemon, 0,33 ltr	0,60	0,60	0,60	0,60	0,60	0,60
Tang	Orange flavour, pack, 750 gr		2,90	2,60	2,70		3,85
Soy milk	Hagar, 6 packs (x180)	1,15	1,15	1,00	1,00	1,10	1,10
Fruit juice	Mallee, apple, 1 ltr.	1,60	1,80	1,60	1,70	1,55	1,60
Batteries	Duracell, AAA, 4 pieces	1,80		1,70	1,70
Sugar cubes	Hales, 500 gr	0,70	0,75	0,75	0,70	0,75	0,75
Sugar	Mitr Pohl, 1 kg	0,50	0,55	0,60		0,50	0,55
Sugar	Equal powder sachets, 50 x	2,40	2,40			2,40	2,50
Sweetened condensed milk	Bear Brand, 388 gr	0,70	0,70			0,70	0,55
Salt	Prung Thip, 0,5 kg	0,35	0,45		0,30	0,30
Olive oil	Latino Bello, bottle, 1 ltr.	10,40	10,35			10,00	10,30
Sunflower Oil	Sunbeam, flacon, 1 ltr	2,10	2,10			1,95
Vegetable oil	Healthy Chef (soy) 0,75 ltr	1,20	1,25	1,30	1,4	1,2
Soy sauce	Golden Mountain, 600 ml	1,10			1,10		1,20
Soy sauce	Kikoman	2,60	2,40	2,40	2,15	2,20	2,55
Coconut milk	Chaokoh, tin, 400 ml			0,75	0,70	0,75
Mayonaise	Best Foods, 220 gr jar	1,10	1,05	1,10
Tomato ketchup	KK 320 gr	0,50	0,55	0,60	0,70	0,60	0,60
Oatmeal	Quakers quickcook, 0,4 kg	2,45	2,80	2,50	2,40		2,75
Cheese	President, camembert, 125 gr	3,20	2,90		3,20	2,55	2,80
Cheese	Cowhead, 6 slices	1,10	1,10			1,10	1,10
Cheese	Kiri, 120 gr		3,30
Cheese	Emborg, Danish Brie	3,50	3,50			3,40	3,35
Cheese	Arla, Mozzarella, 200 gr		2,80	2,90	3,05
Cheese	Coon, tasty 250 gr	3,80	4,15
Cheese	La vache qui rit, triangles spreadable	1,65	1,90	1,80	1,75	1,60	1,55
Cheese	Lemnos, feta	5,10					3,90
Cheese	Bega mild 250gr		3,60	3,20
Cheese	Cowhead, cheddar, mild, 2 kg	17,40		16,00			15,85
Toilet paper	Cellox, soft	0,90	0,90		0,85	0,90	0,90
Toilet paper	Scott, regular	1,00				1,00	0,90
Beer	Anchor, Cambodian produced, can, 0,33 ltr	0,60	0,55	0,60	0,55	0,55	0,55
Beer	Imported, Heineken, can, 0,33 ltr	1,00	1,05	1,00	0,95	1,05	1,05
Diapers	Huggies Dry L20	4,70	5,10			4,65	4,80
Cornflakes	Kellog's, packet 275 gr	2,75				2,60
Instant formula	France BB 1, 400 gr		3,75	4,00		3,80
Instant formula	Lactogen 1, 1 kg	8,40		8,10	7,90		7,00
Instant formula	Similac 2, 400 gr	7,50	7,20	7,00			6,60
Instant formula	Foremost 1, 400 gr	4,10			3,65	3,35	3,35
Toothpaste	Colgate, 200 ml	0,95	0,95		1,00
Shampoo	Sunsilk, 400 ml,	3,20	3,20	3,10	3,20	3,10
Soap	Lux, 4x85 gr	0,95	1,10	1,10		0,95
Soap	Coast 3x	2,90	3,30			3,20
Deoderant	Rexona, 25 ml	1,00			0,95		1,00
Deoderant	Fa, 50 ml		1,60		1,30	1,60
Pads	Whisper regular flow with wings, 8x		0,75		0,60	0,60	0,60
Pasta	Barilla Fusulii	1,60	1,60		1,50	1,55	1,55
Instant noodles	Mama cup, 60 gr, pork	0,40	0,60	0,45	0,45	0,45
Rice	New Rain Organics, 1 kg	1,45	1,20	1,20	1,20	1,20	0,95
Frozen food	French Fries, Ligo, large		4,90		4,20
Frozen food	Peas, Watties, 500 gr		1,50				1,45
Ice Cream	Walls Vanilla, 60 gr	0,40			0,50	0,40	0,45
Meat	Tuna chunks in vegetable oil, Roza, can 155 gr	0,70	0,80	0,70		0,80	0,70
Choclate	Mars, 60 gr			0,60		0,60	0,60
Chocolate	M&M's, 55 gr	0,55		0,60		0,60	0,55
Chocolate	Cadbury's raisins and nuts, 250 gr	3,40	3,50		3,20
Cookies	Oreo, 150 gr	0,95	0,90				0,80
Wine	Masi, 2005	11,20	12,25	11,00			10,70
Vodka	Smirnoff Red 75 cl	6,20	6,20	6,00	5,80
Insecticide	Raid Multiinsect, 600 gr	2,25	2,25	2,20	2,20	2,30	2,30
Detergent	Breeze Colour, 650 gr	1,05	1,05			1,10	1,00
Fabric softener	Fineline, refill	0,60				0,85	0,60