Forget "Roll Backs" - Asda Price Hikes

Schamansky

That's especially amusing when the purchase price is possibly around 50p, rising to 63p at a 25% increase.

Anyway, £2.47 up by 25% would be £ 3.09, not £3.47. Leaves 38p unexplained.

Even at a 25% increase in purchase price, the Asda margin increases from 1.97 to 2.84. That's 44%, an absolute 87p increase. (VAT aside)

That's some leverage.

Good night, Jimbob - good night, Johnboy.

scope

Another example for you:

Kopparberg Non Alcoholic Cider:

Earlier this year: about £0.80 per bottle

It then shot up to £1.28..

Now it is "rolled back" to £1.21..

Not such a bargain.. and hardly "rolled back"

floss2

stamford wrote: »

........Asda 5kg Charcoal Briquettes 2008 £2.47, 2009 £3.47......

As the UK imports over 90% of it's charcoal, maybe this isn't such an unjustified price hike, bearing in mind the currency fluctuations.

stamford

floss2 wrote: »

As the UK imports over 90% of it's charcoal, maybe this isn't such an unjustified price hike, bearing in mind the currency fluctuations.

Work for Asda do you ? This particular Charcoal comes from South Africa - April 08 £1 = Rands 15.30, April 09 £1 = Rands 13.20 a difference of about 15% - Asda increase the price by 40% so it's is not "justified" but profiteering. Packaging has dropped, freight charges have dropped........................

Geordie_bear

Asda Smart price Jaffa Cakes 12 pk April 2008 30p April 2009 50p:mad: Even the McVities Jaffa Cakes were cheaper at one point work that one out

Asda Mouthwash went up from 54p to 58p to 63p they then repackaged it to make it look snazzier & up to £1:mad:

They don't fool me & I've many a time complained to them about their price hikes & underhand tactics :mad:

maman

I think I was really feeling ripped off when a (local) cauliflower cost more than a pineapple. I try to avoid the blatant rip-of items as much as possible but we have to eat something!

GonzoAston

I bought an Asda frozen small chicken (that I normally buy from Saisburys) it was £5 in Asda. M&S had large ones for £3.75 and cheaper in Sainsburys too.

Asda's going up in price. I prefer Sainsburys anyway, but now I think the Bus price is worth it to go there, instead of walking to Asda.

Sharon87

I find Asda not as good as it used to be. The only things I buy from Asda are branded products that I know I can't find cheaper anywhere else (Pringles 72p for instance and when they have rollback on Dairylea Dunkers £1 for 4).

Funny story though - I saw the new Ritz Dairylea Dunkers, a pack of 4 for £1. Went to self serivce machine - told me to weigh item?! Before I could do anything - it went through as a penny! Bargain of the century lol.

Gunna

And you don't even get point or any sor tof loyalty reward for shopping with Asda.

In the past i didn't mind that there was no clubcard etc as their prices were so good compared to Tesco that i saved more a week than points i would earn but now when i look at how much you overspend if you do your whole shop there, i might have had DOUBLE the points by now

Why don't they bring out some insentive to encourage people to shop there more and at least give us something if the prices ar emore expensive.

I remember about 10-15 years ago my parent friends etc all shopped at Asda as they raved and raved at how cheap it was-we never had a car then so we never managed to get to it(3 buses away) but years and years later when i moved near an Asda i saw for myself how they were only fractionally cheaper than Morrisons or Tesco i never understood what all the raving on about them was for unless they were a proper cheap supermarket in the mid 90's nothing could beat kwik save though their no frills range was quite good and at such a cheap price, i miss them

Also does anyone else hate Asda's stupid website when you online shop. i think it is horrible compared with Tesco and Sainsbury's.

Gigervamp

Gunna wrote: »

Also does anyone else hate Asda's stupid website when you online shop. i think it is horrible compared with Tesco and Sainsbury's.

Oh yeah! When a new Asda opened up near us, I signed up for the online shopping but didn't use it. A few months later, I decided to give it a go but found that I'd forgotten my PIN and after a few tries it locked me out. Instead of offering to email a reminder/change of PIN like every other secure website I've ever used, it wanted me to ring customer services. I thought "s0d that" and did my shopping with Tesco instead.