Not quite the bargain it seems - Asda

Farway

Not real money saving, but more a warning to the unwary about "bargains" not being all they seem

I was in ASDA today, and noted the Smartprice oranges were "WoW" reduced from 67p to 37p. On the face of it a 30p saving

Being a cynical old git I checked the weights, Oh well, what a con, the 37p is for 600g, the 67p refers to 1Kg [I happened to find the only "old price" one left, so know the weight]

Thus the 30p saving is by deceptive packaging & pricing really only a saving of 3p on old price not 30p

Hawthorn

Smart price pre packed apples......77p last time I bought them, for a fair few apples. The next time I ordered them, there were four in the packet for the same price (600g worth). To buy a kilo of loose apples? 63p.

Sunnyday

I`ve noticed exactly the same thing in my local Morrisons with their value fruit and veg. It seems that they are all at it. They must think that we are daft!

SD

HelenKA_2

And in Tesco with the market place stuff

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