Bigger packs are not better value

maman

jamespir wrote: »

64 p in poundstretcher

Is that the 1kg bags? Fortunately I don't buy sugar too often but I noticed that it had jumped from 59p to 69p in Farmfoods this week.

suzybloo

Tesco do a 2kg bag of sugar for £1.35, I have been buying it at that price for a while from them.

DCFC79

well you aren't forced to buy the sugar so its hardly thievery, just use mysupermarket to find cheapest prices albeit iceland, aldi, lidl and your local corner shop wont be on there, sainsburys is 98p, in fact acording to mysupermarket sugar is 68p in asda and tesco, sainsburys and waitrose are around the 98p mark

valk_scot

As long as they make the price clear at the time of sale it's up to you whether or not you chose to pay that price. All the big supermarkets change their prices weekly or in some cases almost daily to compete with the opposition. I expect if you'd gone in for a completely different foodstuff you'd have found they were cheaper than anywhere else for that item...at least for today. Shopping around, both via the internet and on foot, is the only way.

crystaltipps

Thank you for your responses. I know they are literally not stealing from me - I just struggle to appreciate how they can justify the difference when you consider the buying power of Tesco compared to some of the other shops mentioned here. And for what most would consider a staple, not a treat or something to put on special offer, like Muller yoghurts, or multipack crisps etc.

I know it makes no real difference but I will not go in there now, unless I can repay the favour of getting a great deal/glitch that actually means they are out of pocket.

cornishlady

my morrisons has had graulated sugar on offer for 2 x 1 kg bags for £1.30 stocked up back along for jam making &picked some up last week

Middy

I know I work for a supermarket, but don't want to ask this question to colleagues.

Does anyone know why when a product's price is increased, some only affect one size and not the other?

Take porridge oats 500g was 54p and now its 62p, yet the 1kg has stayed 99p. It contains the same stuff.

KimYeovil

To make more money.

Next question.

KimYeovil

(It has been years since we had [STRIKE]fair pricing[/STRIKE] price fixing. Smaller packs are more expensive than larger packs. Meat is no longer sold at the same price regardless of quantity.

Supermarkets are there to make money. They are not there to feed the nation or spread good will.)

Why not charge as much as possible and see how far you can raise prices? If they go too far they can put the price back to 54p in a 'special' offer.

stilernin

Sugar is probably an item that is priced to bring you into a store; if it is cheap, you think the whole store is cheap. Bananas is another apparently.

So it might not be a case of some stores overcharging for sugar, more a case of some undercharging. IYSWIM