Tesco - this really ticked me off!!!

yvonne13_2

I used to buy whatever I fancied but when food started getting real expensive I started to savvy shop. I shop on a budget of £20.00 a week and stick to it by getting reduced item's or half price food. Most food I don't fancy and would never eat but as I don't just shop at one place I can always find food that I know I like.

k3lvc

rgay1992 wrote: »

But the diffrence in price isnt going to the workers. If it was i personally wouldnt feel so bad..but it dosnt, tesco gets it

So you work for Tesco's Buying of Finance team do you ?

Unless you do I'm a little more qualified to comment and their model does not work on the basis of doubling price and sticking the additional margin in their back pocket. The price is generally increased because input costs have increased (ingredients/packaging/new supplier/new contract) as well as competition with other retailers on equivalent products.

popadom

k3lvc wrote: »

So you work for Tesco's Buying of Finance team do you ?

Unless you do I'm a little more qualified to comment and their model does not work on the basis of doubling price and sticking the additional margin in their back pocket. The price is generally increased because input costs have increased (ingredients/packaging/new supplier/new contract) as well as competition with other retailers on equivalent products.

No i don't ,never claimed too.
Out of intrest why are you more qualified?

Why would the price increase with competition? Surely they want to be cheaper than the competition?

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LadyDee wrote: »

Just got back from Mr. T's and I'm fuming. Do they really think their customers are totally stupid?

Mushrooms - 250gr SEL 70p
Mushrooms - 250gr SEL 83p

I looked in vain for the difference between the two. Best Before date the same, barcode the same.

At the checkout scanned at 83p. CS happily refunded DTD but removed the 70p SEL, and said they must have gone up.

This means a price hike of 13p on the same produce, picked and packed and labelled (and probably delivered and invoiced) at the same time, and the 13p increase was not the result of a 'special' finishing.

So while they're trumpeting their special offers, they are quietly putting those pennies (plus some) on the other items.

G** I hate Tesco.

And why can I never find those marvellous bargains in my Tesco - all the 'finds' on the Grabbit forum never work in my local. Sunflower oil; dishwasher tabs; Dove; Radox - all scanned at full price ........... grrrr!

Hi,

The mushrooms are usually 83p but they were on offer for 70p, the offer must have finished and they forgot to remove the old price ticket.

geordie_joe

rgay1992 wrote: »

Out of intrest why are you more qualified?

Probably works for tesco putting tins of beans on the shelf, so if far more qualified to comment on top management decisions because the woman who puts the tins of peas on the shelf has told him/her all about it.

rgay1992 wrote: »

Why would the price increase with competition? Surely they want to be cheaper than the competition?

Good point, you obviously know what you are talking about.

Well, more than someone who thinks a price rise from 70p to 83p is doubling the price.

marywooyeah

I really like the tescos own brand diet coke, for ages it was 45p a bottle then when up to 55p, was annoyed but oh well it's still cheaper than coca cola. went intoday and its now a whopping 78p!!!:eek:

skintas_2

the coke shocked me too the price... and in my local express value loo rolls are now £1.00 or was it £1.20 used to be 44p i think ill be using my daily paper from now on lol

k3lvc

rgay1992 wrote: »

No i don't ,never claimed too.
Out of intrest why are you more qualified?

You seem to have a clear view of what the internal workings of the UKs biggest retailer should look like.

I however have a slightly clearer view being part of a company that has the power to stop supplying goods at a loss when commodity prices increase and retailers don't want to pass this price increase on to their shoppers.

Price increases seem to be a last resort when Supplier A refuses to supply at the price the retailer wants therefore to continue supply they have to source from Supplier B at a (usually) higher price.

rgay1992 wrote: »

Why would the price increase with competition? Surely they want to be cheaper than the competition?

All retailers are in to to make money - I'm not suggesting collusion merely coincidence that if retailer A increases his price why would retailer B continue to sell at the much lower price and make a loss rather than increasing their price to within 1p of Retailer A

popadom

k3lvc wrote: »

You seem to have a clear view of what the internal workings of the UKs biggest retailer should look like.

I however have a slightly clearer view being part of a company that has the power to stop supplying goods at a loss when commodity prices increase and retailers don't want to pass this price increase on to their shoppers.

Price increases seem to be a last resort when Supplier A refuses to supply at the price the retailer wants therefore to continue supply they have to source from Supplier B at a (usually) higher price.



All retailers are in to to make money - I'm not suggesting collusion merely coincidence that if retailer A increases his price why would retailer B continue to sell at the much lower price and make a loss rather than increasing their price to within 1p of Retailer A

I didnt say i had a clear view of it at all.I said what i thought went on. Most workers are on a set wage- so doubt when a company makes a small profit they will push up all the workers wages-this is where my assumption came from. Not saying thats fact...but thats what i assume.

geordie_joe

k3lvc wrote: »

I however have a slightly clearer view being part of a company that has the power to stop supplying goods at a loss when commodity prices increase and retailers don't want to pass this price increase on to their shoppers.

That's not power, that's choice, and it's a choice all suppliers have. Any supplier can chose not to supply goods at a loss, it doesn't mean they are powerful, it just means they have a choice. And if they chose not to supply goods at a loss it means they are not stupid.

As for the retailer not passing on the increase to the customers, that has f*ck all to do with the supplier. The retailer can chose to pass on the increase, or absorb it themselves, it is nothing to do with the supplier what the retailer does after they have bought goods from them.

No supplier is ever going to say "I will supply you with these goods, as long as you pass on the increased price to your customers".