Discussion thread on Supermarket prices - are they becoming too high?

DCFC79

WEEGIE wrote: »

You are lucky to have a Sainsbury that give you good bread deals, my Sainsburys would rather throw away bread/rolls than reduce it. I know this is fact because I have seen it being done.

dont they reduce the bread before throwing it out, its a stores decision to do that, anything thats thrown away is taken to an incinerator which burns the waste which creates energy for a depot i believe

WEEGIE

DCFC79 wrote: »

dont they reduce the bread before throwing it out, its a stores decision to do that, anything thats thrown away is taken to an incinerator which burns the waste which creates energy for a depot i believe

No, not always, they will reduce cakes and savouries, if you could see what I see everyday it would shock you to the core, Sainsbury's also throw out flowers that have still not opened up from their buds, just because the date says it is out of date. :eek::eek:

Christmas_

geordie_joe wrote: »

it's not the supermarkets that are doing this, it's the mysupermarket site.

The supermarkets just supply a list of items with price/size etc. mysupermarket decides which items it will show you and when.

The reason Tesco comes up cheaper is because mysupermarket gets paid more by tesco when someone makes an online order for the first time by going through their site.

Any comparison site is only there to make money, and they will do what is best for them, not you.

I've gone off mysupermarket massively for the above reason and also because they're seriously wrong with their nutrition information. When you click on the products and look into what they say is in them (ie - 3g fat per 100g etc) it's usually incorrect on most. For example, they say the Birds Eye Reggae Reggae Chicken is about 2g per 100g when it's nearly 8g. And when you're cutting back to nothing over 5g per 100g to lose some weight for a summer wedding - it's a big difference.

Aesop

DCFC79 wrote: »

Prices of food goes hand in hand with inflation does it not or does it not work like that

Some of it does, ie when inflation goes up or down, the supermarkets will change their prices to reflect this.

However, Sainsbury's change their prices weekly but to compensate for reducing the price on some items, they increase it on others so they are not losing any income, in their eyes, hopefully gaining some by people purchasing the cheaper offers and still buying the regular stuff at the higher price.

I KNOW the prices go up and down when they reduce items weekly for their "sale" or special offers, because when I had to start watching how much I was spending daily, I was looking at the prices of regular products I buy and comparing to Nettos and Iceland to see where it was cheaper to buy. I noticed one week that a big bag of 24 crisps was on bogof, but the garden peas has been increased from 23p to 30p, the instant mash has increased from 57p to 87p. The the following week, crisps were back to normal, just buy one large back of xx and buy pease pudding for 17p.

geordie_joe

motherkitty wrote: »

.....Tesco Value 4p curry has gone up to 19p in our local shop!

It's gone down to 8p now! If I wait a bit longer will it be on BOGOF?


Tesco Value Curry Sauce 390g

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£0.08(£0.21/kg)

Teahfc

motherkitty wrote: »

.....Tesco Value 4p curry has gone up to 19p in our local shop!
How can they justify that?

Do you honestly think for one minute you can produce the product put it a jar and package it,deliver it to a distribution centre,have the order picked,deliver it to a Store and sell it so all parties involved get a profit and thus stay in business for 4p then you maybe from another planet ! :eek:

At 19p I am surprised it makes any profit :question:

Would hate to think what the % of sugar and salt goes in it to retail at such a low price !

*Ingredients*

Water, Tomato Puree, Onion (10%), Vegetable Oil, Sugar, Modified Maize Starch, Wheat Flour, Spices (contains Celery), Sultanas (1.5%), Salt, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Garlic Powder.

geordie_joe

Teahfc wrote: »

Do you honestly think for one minute you can produce the product put it a jar and package it,deliver it to a distribution centre,have the order picked,deliver it to a Store and sell it so all parties involved get a profit and thus stay in business for 4p then you maybe from another planet ! :eek:

motherkitty did not say she thought Tesco was making a profit from it, in fact she did not mention profit at all. Maybe you are from another planet, you seem to be reading different posts to the rest of us. :eek:

It's Tesco own brand, and I doubt making a small loss on one product is going to put them out of business. If it was they would have gone under ages ago as the curry was 4p for over a year before it went up.

Teahfc wrote: »

At 19p I am surprised it makes any profit :question:

And since they have put it down to 8p it is clear that the customers thought it not worth 19p so stopped buying it.

If you look at the ingredients you'll see they only use the basic minimum that is needed to make a curry sauce. Maybe this is why they can sell it so cheap. If you look at other brands of curry sauce you will find they have the same basic ingredients plus a lot more expensive ones.

Teahfc wrote: »

Would hate to think what the % of sugar and salt goes in it to retail at such a low price !

Sugar is 3.6% and Sodium is 0.3% and Salt Equivalent is 0.7%

passatrider

I went into Asda's today to get some bits and bobs and noticed that the value potatoes have jumped up 8p in a week! This along with the Arla 2l milk that also went up 8p in a week previously.

Is this how they are paying for their so called 'roll back' offers, by ramping up the price of other popular products hoping we won't notice!

I've also noticed that the 'roll back' prices on some products are a measly amount like 2p, yet they give the impression of massive cuts in their adverts.

Never mind, I've voted with my feet and started to use aldi now to get my staple products such as pots and milk. I'm sure there are many other people who will be following me too!

RoobarbandCustard

Sadly they're not alone. Sainsbury's was on Watchdog this week for using the same underhand tactics to trick the shopper they are getting a good deal.

stevenhp1987

What annoys me is when a price goes up and then they stick a rollback sign on it!

For example, Asda Smart Price curry sauce was around 4p last summer and a couple months ago summer. The price went up inclemently over time and it still had a rollback sticker on it?!