Tesco half price offers

wiseshopper

Many half price offers are not half price, Beware::(

Blueberrys were £2 a punnet now £1.99 half price
Monkeynuts were £1 a bag now £0.75 half price

The half price offers are NOT half price .
Staff instore agree and admit that many customers
have commented about the false offers.

berwicklaw

BEWARE BEWARE TESCO REDUCTIONS Half price offers etc. ALWAYS CHECK
Tesco operate just on the edge of criminality.
One policy is to introduce briefly and temporarily an unusual packet size. Grossly overprice it and then dramatically reduce it. Eg today my local Tesco has " Seriously strong" cheese in 350 gm packs at "half price reduced from £5 to £2.50 "(ie reduced to £7.14 kg) Elsewhere in the SAME STORE the same cheese is available in 200 gm packs not reduced at c £11 per kilo, and (400 gm packs would be less than £10 per kilo) or at delicatessan counter at £8 kilo.

Another dodgy policy is to reduce pack sizes without any indication thus disguising a price increase. Many ready meals once 450gms are now 400 gms etc etc

Also please check your invoices to see that reductions are actually deducted at the check out . They frequently are not.
Tesco continue in the ethical path set by Dame Street Porter. You would be well advised to count your fingers on leaving.

starchops

Wish we could all boycott Tesco, I'm sick of their prices

Stephen_Leak

We have come to expect nothing less from Tesco. Shopkeepers and customers have always played a battle of wits since ancient China, but Tesco seems to do it with such cynical malice.

antrobus

But why pick on Tesco?

If you check on MySupermarket you'll find that Ocado similarly have Seriously Strong White Cheddar (350g) at 'half price' reduced from £4.93 to £2.46, Waitrose have it marked down from £4.49 to £2.99, whilst at Sainsbury's it's £4.49 but BOGOF. Only ASDA breaks the pattern by offering it at £3.00 on 'rollback' - which means, of course, that they'll roll the price back up again when they feel like it.

It's a good spot about the price of Seriously Strong at the cheese counter though. They really do sell it at £8.50 a kilo which is cheaper than the standard price for the ready packed stuff.

DCFC79

berwicklaw wrote: »

Another dodgy policy is to reduce pack sizes without any indication thus disguising a price increase. Many ready meals once 450gms are now 400 gms etc etc

The reduced pack sizes are nothing to do with the supermarkets if its a branded item so they have no obligation to tell you the pack size has reduced. Why drag up an old thread ?