did I hear right??

bonnarwumin

i received this ecoupon on Wednesday & i will not be using it as i will be shopping in my local store!
Hope some one can use it

Code - XX-JPFP

Good luck

Tashja

There was another thread on here and that gave a link to Times Online I think and they had a list of 50p items - from what I can remember it was butter, sausages, lettuice, bananas, bloomer loaf and a few other bits. I think there were 10 items in all.

T xx

Quasar

studentgirl wrote: »

Did anyone watch GMTV this morning??

I think thay were saying that tesco were not only going to start price matcing lidl but were going to cut the cost of basics by 50%/

DId anyone else hear this or was I dreaming

I read it in one of the free London papers this afternoon. Asda are slashing many prices too. Apparently Aldi and Iceland have seen increases in sales of about 15% to 20% as more people started shopping there.

Good for the customer, but I hope the suppliers won't be paid even less than they are now...

nickym

I really hope this is true, they can sooooo afford it !!!!!!!!!

BURD959

i went to asda today and i wasnt really looking much but their own butter was 50p and i got some of their own brand strawberry whip (angel delight) 3 p a packet :-o

comping_cat

Quasar wrote: »

Good for the customer, but I hope the suppliers won't be paid even less than they are now...

This is what annoys me, they have been putting their prices up, but not passing the increases onto the farmers -although i hate having to pay extra, if i thought the producers where actually benefitting it wouldnt leave such a bad taste!!!

Stephen_Leak

So, not so much a price war, more a quick bit of price arm wrestling.

Quasar

catowen wrote: »

This is what annoys me, they have been putting their prices up, but not passing the increases onto the farmers -although i hate having to pay extra, if i thought the producers where actually benefitting it wouldnt leave such a bad taste!!!

Not only the producers are not benefiting, but quite often they are asked at the last moment to slash their prices as a contribution to the supermarket for selling their produce. Those who refuse are blacklisted and find it hard to deal with supermarkets again. This is what I read a while back anyway.

victotoro

Just in case anyone's interested, I found the asda list: http://hotukdeals.com/item/205560/50p-deals-asda/

Think I might stock up on butter for the freezer, and maybe my omniverous OH would appreciate some sausages

SuziQ

Quasar wrote: »

Not only the producers are not benefiting, but quite often they are asked at the last moment to slash their prices as a contribution to the supermarket for selling their produce. Those who refuse are blacklisted and find it hard to deal with supermarkets again. This is what I read a while back anyway.

I read that too-it was quite a long article if I remember correctly.

Tesco and Asda have both made staements that it will be their own profits that take a hit from this reduction not the suppliers-I hope so as the suppliers are probably too scared to lose custom to speak out!