Tesco two tier pricing

Ronaldo_Mconaldo

antrobus wrote: »

Actaully the most interesting thing about the Telegraph piece is the last paragraph;

The difference in pricing comes just weeks after figures from the Office of National Statistics revealed the volume of food purchased by consumers last month fell 4pc on the same month a year earlier, the first such fall it has recorded.

Now that IS something worth talking about. It tells you a good deal about the kind of pressure that household budgets are under, when you see a 4% FALL in the volume of FOOD being bought. It's of far more significance.

Surely there are more than enough articles and threads all over the internet about the big bad conservatives that analysing and debating a 4% fall in shopping expenditure is quite tedious. You'll have to come up with some really extreme conclusions from that piece of inane data to get me interested. Go on, give it a try. Good luck.

browneyedbazzi

antrobus wrote: »

The difference in pricing comes just weeks after figures from the Office of National Statistics revealed the volume of food purchased by consumers last month fell 4pc on the same month a year earlier, the first such fall it has recorded.

Now that IS something worth talking about. It tells you a good deal about the kind of pressure that household budgets are under, when you see a 4% FALL in the volume of FOOD being bought. It's of far more significance.

Perhaps the 'love food, hate waste' campaign is working?

moonrakerz

scottishminnie wrote: »

all "paid for" through the endless amounts of taxes and national insurance we pay to the government.

"WE" of course being the English and the Welsh...............

Owain_Moneysaver

They could just convert all their Scottish stores to 'Tesco Scotland format' - they would have a smaller fruit and vegetable section, enlarged alcohol dept, and a bigger bakery serving butteries, yum yums, millionaire shortbread and empire biscuits.

Azari

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

They could just convert all their Scottish stores to 'Tesco Scotland format' - they would have a smaller fruit and vegetable section, enlarged alcohol dept, and a bigger bakery serving butteries, yum yums, millionaire shortbread and empire biscuits.

Don't forget a deep fat mars bar fryer.

paddyrg

Azari wrote: »

Don't forget a deep fat mars bar fryer.

Pre-deep fried, take em home and microwave 'em! Ditto the battered pizza!

The 'volume of food' thing, what a useless statistic! If it is by value/spend then maybe people are buying nice cheap veggies and fewer readymeals and getting healthier?

fluffnutter

antrobus wrote: »

Actaully the most interesting thing about the Telegraph piece is the last paragraph;

The difference in pricing comes just weeks after figures from the Office of National Statistics revealed the volume of food purchased by consumers last month fell 4pc on the same month a year earlier, the first such fall it has recorded.

Now that IS something worth talking about. It tells you a good deal about the kind of pressure that household budgets are under, when you see a 4% FALL in the volume of FOOD being bought. It's of far more significance.

Just shows how much food we were buying but didn't need

antrobus

moonrakerz wrote: »

"WE" of course being the English and the Welsh...............

... and the inhabitants of Northern Ireland was well, of course.

antrobus

paddyrg wrote: »

The 'volume of food' thing, what a useless statistic! If it is by value/spend then maybe people are buying nice cheap veggies and fewer readymeals and getting healthier?

No, volume is volume. Switching from an expensive product to a cheaper alternative does not effect volume.

fluffnutter wrote: »

Just shows how much food we were buying but didn't need

Very likely.

NiallB

arcon5 wrote: »

.....last month we bought some tinned curry, went back this month to buy the same curry and it went up a whopping 100%!!!!!! From 4p to 8p :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

That's just naked profiteering. Everybody riot!