Tesco fiddling the 'bargains'

OrkneyStar

I noticed in Tesco yesterday, while browsing the biccies, 500g Abernethy biccies were cheaper (a few pence) than 250g. I don't mean prce per kg I mean actual price!
Also you can get the 4 packs of Activia yoghurt at 2 for £3, but guess what you can also get the 8 packs at 2 for £3....now 16 or 8 for same price ? Hmmmm

david39

Another of Tesco's tricks:

Often, they run offers on Heinz soups - 5 tins for £2 (say) - they stipulate the soup must be from the Heinz Classic Range, which covers all of their popular flavours.

They lay out the different flavours along the shelf, with the offer tags clearly showing. However, in amongst the selection, will be one of the Heinz soups that is not in the Classic range - the only obvious difference is the tin does not show the word Classic on the label which otherwise looks the same as the others.

Of course, if you include one of these in your selection of 5 tins, when you reach the checkout you get charged full price on all of the tins because you've not bought all 5 from the Classic range. Unless you check the discounts in the bottom section of the till slip, you don't notice - and if you did, it would be your fault for not complying with the 5-tin qualification.

Also - watch out for the other Tesco trick - along the baked bean aisle, "4 tins Branston Baked Beans - £1." In small print it says "4-pack" but the promotional notice is alongside the single tins as well as the 4-packs. If you pick up 4 single tins, you get charged about £2.50.

LadyDee

I have just done a 'sample' shop in MySupermarket. Nothing strange - bread, toilet rolls, cat food, milk, cereal, cheese, etc - just normal branded stuff.

Tesco = £32.04
Asda = £23.16
Sainsburys = £38.85
Waitrose = £34.93

To get to Asda, I have a 20 mile round trip - at 50 miles to the gallon I reckon I'm still making a worth-while monetary saving, though in terms of time and carbon footprint perhaps not so good. I am forced to forego convenience to save in one small shopping basket a not inconsiderable sum.

I've already stopped buying petrol at Tesco - it's 2p cheaper down the road, and 4p cheaper at Asda.

It's time we voted with our purses where we possibly can.

I haven't been able to get my head around Morrisons website yet - I cannot see a 'search' function. I can search for a store, search for a recipe, search for a wine - but I'm blowed if I can search for Whiskas Cat Food! Please somebody help me out?

BatOutOfhell

For that amount of saving you could afford to have Asda deliver to you - you'd still be quids in. (minimum £25 order so you'd have to add a couple of items)
Worth thinking about?

LadyDee

BatOutOfhell wrote: »

For that amount of saving you could afford to have Asda deliver to you - you'd still be quids in. (minimum £25 order so you'd have to add a couple of items)
Worth thinking about?

Absolutely, and I am tempted, but I like rooting around in clearance aisles so I'd miss the excitement of finding that additional bargain:)

Living_proof

I sense a sort of anarchy with supermarket shoppers! I do think it it's time to let the big four know that we will and do, vote with our feet (or minis!) and will cherry-pick their offers in just the same way they dole them out. Furthermore we will not be misled by their big show of competition amongst themselves, when really all they are doing is masking price increases. So what if it's £1.37 in Asda and £1.40 in Sainsburys - what about the real issue that it was £1 in Lidl last week?

robin58

LadyDee wrote: »

I haven't been able to get my head around Morrisons website yet - I cannot see a 'search' function. I can search for a store, search for a recipe, search for a wine - but I'm blowed if I can search for Whiskas Cat Food! Please somebody help me out?

They don't have an online listing of prices, just the offers.

LadyDee

robin58 wrote: »

They don't have an online listing of prices, just the offers.

What a silly idea! Thanks for the info - thought I was going daft!

thor

It has been said many times already; they are all at it! It is just that Tesco are the sneakiest. If they actually reduced prices genuinely they would get even more business and would not need to employ spotty marketing graduates to feel immense satisfaction with themselves thinking they are fooling the british public with these phoney price wars.

LadyDee

thor wrote: »

It has been said many times already; they are all at it! It is just that Tesco are the sneakiest. If they actually reduced prices genuinely they would get even more business and would not need to employ spotty marketing graduates to feel immense satisfaction with themselves thinking they are fooling the british public with these phoney price wars.

I have made a promise to myself - I will no longer shop in Tesco just because it is convenient. I will no longer 'pop down' to Tesco to pick up that one item I think I need - I will manage without it.

Starting this week I will really pay attention to prices - no longer putting it in my basket because it's 'only' 5p more and buying elsewhere means an extra 10 mins walk.

I have stopped buying petrol from Tesco now that it's 2p more than the garage up the road.

I don't spend that much in Tesco compared to families with children - I'm retired and single so my purchases are rather modest and Mr T won't even miss me - but I'll feel better.