High prices, a reply from Asda

Geordie_bear

Pick the bones out of that


Dear Geordie_bear



Thank you for taking the time to contact us.



With regard to the various products that you regularly purchase from our ASDA store, I can understand how disappointed you must have been to find they have risen so much in price. I would like to assure you that at ASDA, we are consistently striving to lower the cost of shopping for our customers. Initiatives like our "Rollback" programme have helped us to cut prices by over one billion pounds; in fact, we have been voted the best value supermarket by the Grocer magazine for eight consecutive years.



As I am sure you will appreciate, however, from time to time our prices will increase. When this happens, our Buying Team always monitors the situation closely and lowers them again as soon as we are able. I have passed your observations regarding the price of the products to our Trading Team here at ASDA House, who have confirmed this has been due to a supply cost increase which has had an impact across the market.



Thank you again for taking the time to contact me, although I am sorry that it has been necessary for you to do so. I hope my letter has gone some way to assuring you of our commitment to offer every day low prices and that we can continue to be of service to you at ASDA.



Kind Regards

ASDA

we_are_always_skint

asda really *P* me off - their prices dont just get dearer by a few pennies, its like 30 or 40p overnight :O and like you its the same things i buy week in week out. the dried pasta went up from 40p odd to 79p and the pasta sauce has just gone up from 68p to 98p since i was last in there.
think im going to have to start shopping at tesco's as most of the stuff i buy is either about the same or cheaper plus you get the points

Schamansky

Translation:

Yo Geordie,

1) So what? We're still the cheapest.
2) It ain't us; it's the markets, stupid.
3) Don'tcha go nowhere else!

mightymole

don't forget the suppliers of the supermarkets also put their prices up

also enrgy bills have also gone up so these supermarkets like asda and tesco have to compensate.

which is bad news from our point

bevmk127

andrex moist toilet wipes went from £1.01 up to £1.68

ZLS1984

Yeah I have found that the soya butter has shot up in price.It has gone from roughly 89p I think to about £1.20, not sure exact prices as I was too mad, I use this butter due to its lower fat content. Also the lactose free milk has gone up in price again.:mad:

This is why I dnt like ASDA they roll back on stupid items that you would never use and put the price up on decent produce. Also we are in the grip of a CC wnt say it as its grrrrrrr but what do we get on offer alcohol. It just does not make sense to me at all.

TDA10

Their own 'mars' and 'twix' kind of chocs went from 99p each or 2 for £1.50 to over £1 each when the new VAT law came in!

They have been 2 for £1.50 for ages, but the minute the Govt drop the VAT they up the bl00min price! I wonder how many people don't notice the 'drop' in deals cos this wasn't the only one I noticed the other week.

They are quick to advertise the Rollback, but not so quick to tell you which products they added the Rollback reductions on to!

They must think we are daft!

ZLS1984

With the VAT thing is there George clothing included, I got some clothes today for my little girl and the price it said on the tag is the price I payed.

baby_bronagh

ZLS1984 wrote: »

With the VAT thing is there George clothing included, I got some clothes today for my little girl and the price it said on the tag is the price I payed.

That's because there's NO vat on kids clothing.
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sitcom123

smart price tinfoil has gone up from 35p to 79p!!!

Torry_Quine

There isn't VAT on children's clothing so the change in rate wouldn't have made any difference.