Forecourt Food Prices

Mr.Smith_6

amcluesent wrote: »

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.

Thanks. I needed cheering up after being ripped off at Tesco's

Graham_Devon

amcluesent wrote: »

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.

$230 if you need coffee.

Rochdale_Pioneers

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.

Every retailer has different price bands for different sizes and types of store. If its a forecourt and its selling a few essential lines like coffee, the assumption is that if you're buying it there its a distress purchase - the term they use - and therefore will pay more for it.

PasturesNew

amcluesent wrote: »

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.

I think they'd be too short to reach most filler caps.

PasturesNew

I have a tiny, tiny car ... I filled up this week for the first time in an age ... and it took £50!!!! That's a first. I think it's gone up by 10% since I filled up last (I don't go far).

One thing I often say is I can't buy a house until I have a job/know where I'm going to be... the plan is to live within 2-3 miles of the job and on a train line and on a bus route.

Mr.Smith_6

PasturesNew wrote: »

I have a tiny, tiny car ... I filled up this week for the first time in an age ... and it took £50!!!! That's a first. I think it's gone up by 10% since I filled up last (I don't go far).

One thing I often say is I can't buy a house until I have a job/know where I'm going to be... the plan is to live within 2-3 miles of the job and on a train line and on a bus route.

Thanks for the info pn. You been causing any more bother recently?

wymondham

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?

OK, why did'nt you go to Asda instead and get it cheaper? The price of convienience....

Davesnave

Our local petrol station regularly undercuts Tesco on petrol, and with the nearest Tesco 12 miles down the road, that's a no-brainer.

Not sure about their coffee prices, but I noticed their pizzas were about 40p below the price in Sainsburys. I'd seriously consider shopping there if their veg section went a bit further than spuds and mangel wurzels.

drc

Our local petrol station used to be a Sainsbury's Local. It was always busy and sold a good range of products, no more expensive than the bigger Sainsbury's. Sainsbury's was obviously not making enough money from it so it was sold to a Shell and now the accompanying shop is almost always empty and the price of a pint of milk is something like £2.00. Absolutely ridiculous.

PasturesNew

Mr.Smith wrote: »

Thanks for the info pn. You been causing any more bother recently?

Me? Bovva? No
Spent the day with globrix, keying in how much I have and some attributes of houses and looking to see if I could find anything I fancied that I could afford. There is one house in the whole country that meets the criteria .... but I still don't quite like the look of it.

Working on Master Plan B of "continuing to not actually work for a living".