Sneaky pricing at supermarkets!

MillicentBystander

Storck wrote: »

It is also the general expectation that if you pay more for something it is better quality but as most people on here would openly say it makes no odds to the quality what you paid for it. People should not expect things to happen without checking.

That's a completely different argument and I would hope you actually know that. 'Quality' is an inexact science based on what the punter actually finds to their particular taste. Pricing of the exact same product but in differing sizes is an exact science. The fact that supermarkets deliberately price a larger pack to be more expensive per unit/weight than a smaller pack of the exact same product IS sneaky pricing and I genuinely can't believe anyone who hasn't a vested interest could argue otherwise.

stephen77

MillicentBystander wrote: »

Of course it's sneaky pricing! I'm shocked you could come to any other conclusion unless you work in the industry. The fact is the general expectation is that if you buy 'in bulk' you get a cheaper per unit price. The supermarkets clearly play on this perception. What isn't sneaky about that?

But its not the case, read my above post for reasons its not.
Bulk buying saves money when its buy 3 get 1 free etc rather than the biggest pack size.
Thats what both the manufacturer and supermarket want you to do - buy more of there preffered pack size.

Its not the supermarkets fault people people are not aware. They are pretty transparent if you look a little at price per kg. Its not like they are hidden.

DCFC79

MillicentBystander wrote: »

Of course it's sneaky pricing! I'm shocked you could come to any other conclusion unless you work in the industry. The fact is the general expectation is that if you buy 'in bulk' you get a cheaper per unit price. The supermarkets clearly play on this perception. What isn't sneaky about that?

i dont work in the industry, if the price per 100 grams or kilo or whatever is lablled as it is then how is that sneaky

prosaver

stephen77 wrote: »

This can be down to economy of scale.
They may sell eg 80% of the products in the large size pack.

This the following
1) less change over on manufacturing size
2) Fairy can buy the boxes at a better price from the cardboard manufacturer as larger volumes.
3) easier to pallet up and fits better on lorrys
4) some times bigger packs need a thicker guage of packaging as they have to surport heavier weights. This costs more
5) the manufacturer may have a quicker through put into portioning smaller packs so it decreases their labour costs per kg.

even for Asda
1) they may get more smaller packs on to the shelf per 100kg of powder etc. so profit potential per square meter of shelf space allows the product to be sold more cheaply

or they may be just mistake by head office. not every one is perfect.

These are more point than specifically aimed at Fairy packs as this may not be true for the above product.

this person is a mole
he always goes against us and sticks up for the supermarkets........... check out his threads

MillicentBystander

stephen77 wrote: »

But its not the case, read my above post for reasons its not.
Bulk buying saves money when its buy 3 get 1 free etc rather than the biggest pack size.
Thats what both the manufacturer and supermarket want you to do - buy more of there preffered pack size.

Its not the supermarkets fault people people are not aware. They are pretty transparent if you look a little at price per kg. Its not like they are hidden.

I seem to have hit on supermarket apologist's corner, lol. Tell me, in relation to the price, in general, how much smaller is the font size of the price per kg/kilo etc? And the reason it is even there in the first place (albeit in tiny print) is that it's a legal requirement.

Bulk buying saves money when its buy 3 get 1 free etc rather than the biggest pack size?

I have no idea what you are talking about but I pose this question to you: If you were buying a 10kg pack of a product, would you expect to pay more or less PER KILO than if you bought a 5kg pack? It's not exactly rocket science.

PS Just read prosaver's post and it explains everything. Shakes head. Don't bother replying...

penelopedee_2

littlemissbossy wrote: »

I nearly got caught out by the liquid hand soap in the pumps. The refills (just with a screw cap and no pump) were actually more expensive than the ones in the bottles with the pump. Hmmmmm.

I noticed that with Mr T anti bac today.

Stompa

MillicentBystander wrote: »

If you were buying a 10kg pack of a product, would you expect to pay more or less PER KILO than if you bought a 5kg pack?

These days I wouldn't have any particular expectation, I'd do the calculation myself.

stephen77

prosaver wrote: »

this person is a mole
he always goes against us and sticks up for the supermarkets........... check out his threads

I have admitted I work in the food industry on the manufacturing side. Not for a retailer.
So if that makes me a mole, well then so be it.

May be giving some rational reasons of why things are priced like that make me against "US".

And for the reason i gave above. I have been tasked with doing a larger version of one of the products I make. It worked out it would cost more to do the larger version per kg.
We decided with the customer not to launch the product as it does not offer anything.
but if eg all the other supermarkets listed product X in the a larger side then we would have probably done as well.

MillicentBystander

stephen77 wrote: »

I have admitted I work in the food industry on the manufacturing side. Not for a retailer.
So if that makes me a mole, well then so be it.

May be giving some rational reasons of why things are priced like that make me against "US".

And for the reason i gave above. I have been tasked with doing a larger version of one of the products I make. It worked out it would cost more to do the larger version per kg.
We decided with the customer not to launch the product as it does not offer anything.
but if eg all the other supermarkets listed product X in the a larger side then we would have probably done as well.

I think we need more details before we decide whether this is bunkum or not. If it isn't bunkum, then aren't you basically admitting that the packaging costs more than the actual product?

MillicentBystander

Stompa wrote: »

These days I wouldn't have any particular expectation, I'd do the calculation myself.

Do you have 20/20 vision or do you take your reading glasses with you when shopping?