What lowtein does

We read the full online catalogues of the major supermarket chains that serve your city, straight from their own structured product data. For each item we take the price and pack size and normalize to a common unit (per kilogramfor meat and seafood) so different retailers' pack sizes can be ranked side-by-side. Then we show you the cheapest.

Where the data comes from

We read the major Australian supermarket chains' full online ranges — the big national chains alongside the discounters and independents that serve your city. Because these are complete online catalogues, not a weekly printed special, the prices are current and cover far more items than a flyer would.

Every price comes straight from the retailer's own online store, where you can look the item up and check it yourself. We don't republish catalogue images or compete with the retailers; we just point you at the prices they're already publishing.

Is this really the cheapest?

For each cut, we show you the entire ranking — tap a row to see every retailer we polled for that cut this week, with their prices. If we're cheapest by $1, the other retailers' prices are right there to verify. If we missed a retailer your city has, email contact@lowtein.com and we'll add them.

Is the price actually good?

When you tap a row, the expanded panel shows how the price stacks up:

• The typical current price — the median price for that cut across the retailers we track in your state. The verdict — e.g. "20% below the NSW average" — is measured against this. Unlike Canada and the US, Australia has no free, current government table of average retail prices per cut: the ABS series that used to publish them was discontinued around 2011, so we compute the typical price ourselves from the full online catalogues.
• Our weekly trend— the lowest price we've observed across retailers each week since we started tracking. Sharpens with every refresh.

As an independent government cross-check, each city page also cites the Australian Bureau of Statistics Consumer Price Index — how beef, lamb, chicken, pork and seafood prices are trending year on year. That's an official index of price movement, not a per-cut dollar figure, so we use it as market context, not as the verdict. Together: the cross-retailer median asks "is this cheap versus what the big supermarkets charge right now?", the weekly trend asks "is this cheap versus recent weeks?", and the ABS index asks "which way is the whole market moving?"

No AI guessing

Prices on lowtein are pulled directly from each retailer's structured product data. No model is inferring or guessing prices. Where a listing has no clear per-kilogram price (e.g., a multi-pack with no weight stated), we drop it from the comparison rather than estimate.

What's limited

• Some retailers show lower prices only to loyalty-program members or as online-only specials. We capture the standard online price; member-only specials may differ.
• Online prices can change at any time. We refresh regularly, so a price may shift between refreshes.
• Price history is short — we started tracking in June2026, so "typical" comparisons get sharper every week.
• We rank by published price per unit. We don't weigh in on quality, freshness, or store conditions. We're showing arithmetic, not a recommendation.

Free, no accounts

Lowtein is free. We don't require an account, sell data, or use affiliate links.