Another warning to compare prices.....

stilernin

I've just come back from Morrisons and saw;

• individual bunches of bananas were priced at 77p perkg - economy 1.5kg bag were £1.39 - that's 92p perkg!!! and people were picking them up without even thinking.

• Harvest chewy bars, loudly trumpeted on an end aisle "12 for the price of 9," were £1.59 !! - These are the ones that you can buy just about anywhere 9 for £1 then?

Mind how you go; how many more booby traps are out there??

geordie_joe

Thanks for that. I don't think it's a case of them not thinking (with the bananas), it's just that they prefer to know the price.

It's like the reason I give for people not using the butcher shops. The butcher doesn't have the price on the joints of meat and people prefer to know the price before they buy it.

It's the same with bananas, if they buy lose they aren't sure how much they will cost, so go for a bag with the price on.

Anyway, rant over, so here's my contribution to the thread.

In Morrisons, and Tesco. 2 x 500g Jus-Roll pastry around £2.50, but the individual 500g packets are only around 90p each.

Gueld

Careful with Morrisons. My local were selling Crunchy Nut Cornflakes 500g that had '50% extra free' but were selling it at the price of a 750g box!

stilernin

geordie_joe wrote: »

Thanks for that. I don't think it's a case of them not thinking (with the bananas), it's just that they prefer to know the price.

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Yes I can understand that, but in Morrisons the bunches of bananas have their own price labels. I often count the bananas in the bunches to get one extra for the same price. Smaller bananas I know, but that's fine by me.

I think that price per kg should be on the National Curriculum don't you?

geordie_joe

stilernin wrote: »

I think that price per kg should be on the National Curriculum don't you?

Yes, as well as how to use the scales that are usually present in the fruit and veg section.

I think people are lazy too, they don't bother remembering how to do simple maths because they can always use a calculator.

Pretani

http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/ is a great site to use which compares supermarket prices and also gives you the amount each offer is / KG or per item.

This week I saved nearly £30 in ASDA by using their £5 off a £50 spend voucher, along with the great offers for this week. Some other week it will be Tescos or Asda's that gives be the best deals. mysupermarket.co.uk is a great site to use before going into the store, it helps you judge what the prices are and prevents you from buying things compulsively.

Pretani

I can remember an offer on pot noodle in Asda's a while back. They were on the end shelf and when I counted up how much I was saving from buying them individually it was 2p/pot noodle:rotfl:

When you're in store its very easy to buy things compulsively

yellowdots

I noticed in Sainsburys a few weeks ago their basics casserole steak cost more per kg than their "normal" stewing steak which looked so much less fattier.

4.98/kg stewing beef
5.68/kg basics diced casserole steak

I think some supermarkets are thinking some customers just take the basic items off the shelves without checking the prices because they assume the basics ranges to obviously be the cheapest.

Pretani

yellowdots wrote: »

I noticed in Sainsburys a few weeks ago their basics casserole steak cost more per kg than their "normal" stewing steak which looked so much less fattier.

When they do that, you can be sure they will put the basics steak on offer soon. There's a law which states that when they put an item on offer they also have to put it on sale at its original price for so many weeks before the offer starts.

So when you see a cheap item going high in price, you'll know its to come into offer,

hope that helps

DCFC79

Gueld wrote: »

Careful with Morrisons. My local were selling Crunchy Nut Cornflakes 500g that had '50% extra free' but were selling it at the price of a 750g box!

how does that work then as surely the 500g plus 250g would go through at the price of the 500g

geordie_joe

yellowdots wrote: »

I think some supermarkets are thinking some customers just take the basic items off the shelves without checking the prices because they assume the basics ranges to obviously be the cheapest.

In Morrisons their own brand cooking chocolate is half the weight and twice the price of the famous brand!