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Forecourt Food Prices

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  • Kohoutek
    Kohoutek Posts: 2,861 Forumite
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    Mr.Smith wrote: »
    I am so angry I have just been to the local petrol station for fuel and while I was in the shop paying I remembered we needed coffee so I walked over to the grocery section, Nescafe Gold Blend £3.99 for a 200g jar? I'm sure it's only £3 in Asda, what's the dance here?

    Hyperinflation. Soon you'll need a wheelbarrow of money to pay for that!
  • wageslave
    wageslave Posts: 2,638 Forumite
    Mr.Smith wrote: »
    Sorry on treliac's advice I cannot reveal any info that might expose my whereabouts. (Tesco Wigan)

    Now that's plain nasty
    Retail is the only therapy that works
  • aelitaman
    aelitaman Posts: 522 Forumite
    wageslave wrote: »
    Have you thought about a hobby?

    Coffee tasting is my hobby.
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    Where I recently lived, there was a Somerfield on the forecourt (24 hours/day) and half a mile up the road was a small Somerfield supermarket (open usual supermarket hours to 10pm). The forecourt always had higher prices for everything than the Somerfield shop up the road, even though they shared staff between the two shops.

    It's just the way it is. You pay your money, you make your choice. I'd have gone without, I never pay more than 70p/100g for coffee granules.
  • Mr.Smith_6
    Mr.Smith_6 Posts: 91 Forumite
    PasturesNew wrote: »
    Where I recently lived, there was a Somerfield on the forecourt (24 hours/day) and half a mile up the road was a small Somerfield supermarket (open usual supermarket hours to 10pm). The forecourt always had higher prices for everything than the Somerfield shop up the road, even though they shared staff between the two shops.

    It's just the way it is. You pay your money, you make your choice. I'd have gone without, I never pay more than 70p/100g for coffee granules.

    Always good advice.
  • amcluesent
    amcluesent Posts: 9,425 Forumite
    Didn't everyone collect acorns in the autumn to roast and grind into 'coffee'?
  • Graham_Devon
    Graham_Devon Posts: 58,560 Forumite
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    amcluesent wrote: »
    Didn't everyone collect acorns in the autumn to roast and grind into 'coffee'?

    They may have done, but humans have found theres better things to grind :D
  • Mr.Smith_6
    Mr.Smith_6 Posts: 91 Forumite
    Graham_Devon wrote: »
    They may have done, but humans have found theres better things to grind :D

    I'm glad you are over here having fun, you shouldn't be too serious all of the time Graham.
  • Mr.Brown_4
    Mr.Brown_4 Posts: 1,109 Forumite
    Used to spend quite a bit of time hanging around our garage forecourt. Till they put the cameras up.
  • amcluesent
    amcluesent Posts: 9,425 Forumite
    Well, as we're past peak-oil and starting resource wars, petrol stations will become a distant memory. There are babies born today who may never experience filling the tank at the petrol pump as oil will soon pass $200.
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