Tesco price warning

seraphina

Not sure if this is in the right place or not - maybe the mods could move it if it's more suited to the shop but don't drop boards or something?

Anyway, I was in Tesco's the other day and they are in the middle of extending and refurbishing the store. Beside the new extra large organic section there is a section devoted to their Ingredients range. Basically they have bagged up things like spices, rices, pulses, vanilla pods in packaging labelled "Tesco Ingredients" so there is a common style of packaging to this entire section. So far so good.

BUT the "Ingredients" Arborio/Carnolli (sp?) risotto rice was about £1.50 more expensive than the normal Tesco Arborio/Carnolli risotto rice which is found in the pasta/ready made sauce aisle. This was true for pretty much every item that had been repackaged in the "Ingredients" range - the herbs, spices etc could all be found cheaper in the indian section, the lemon juice cheaper in the baking section etc.

Just a heads-up - it's worth shopping around even within a supermarket!

Pink.

Hi seraphina,

Your post should be useful to all MSE's so I've moved it over to the Shop but Don't Drop board where it should get more response.

Pink

thriftlady_2

Supermarkets love to con us with smart packaging don't they ? Waitrose and Sainsbury's have similar ranges.

I find it particuilarly annoying when Tesco are banging on about reusing their carrier bags when they would be better employed in reducing the amount of packaging on their goods.