How supermarkets rip you off!!

Smiley_Mum

You probably know most of their tricks but thought this article may interest some of you, if you haven't read it already.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=440864&in_page_id=1879&in_a_source=

nearlyrich

Yesterday a 500g Special K was a lot cheaper than a 375g box I always check the cost per kg or whatever and I only buy BOGOFs if it's something we use or need. I am one of the people they talk about who buys lots when it's cheap (tea, washing powder etc) and none at full price. I also buy my fresh food from the local butcher, greengrocer and fishmonger rather than the supermarket and it it is indeed much cheaper and much better quality.

aurora_borealis_2

This week I did my basic food shopping in the butcher's, greengrocer's and bakery.

I bought a pork joint, bacon, sausages, loads of fruit and veg, bread etc to freeze. My cupboards are usually much fuller than they need to be anyway.

I spent less than £20 I would have spent 4 times that in Tescos, much of it on stuff I don't even need.

IHateDida

Also read her book "Shopped" - packed full of supermarket rip-off tricks!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shopped-Shocking-Power-British-Supermarkets/dp/0007158041/ref=pd_ka_1/026-8678921-3469221?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1174241198&sr=8-1

Makes very interesting reading!

Smiley_Mum

IHateDida wrote: »

Also read her book "Shopped" - packed full of supermarket rip-off tricks!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shopped-Shocking-Power-British-Supermarkets/dp/0007158041/ref=pd_ka_1/026-8678921-3469221?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1174241198&sr=8-1

Makes very interesting reading!

The book "Shopped" is available for £5.36, cheapest I've found so far if you check on Bookbrain. See here...

http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/WEBSITE/WWW/WEBPAGES/showbook.php?id=0007158041

stebiz

Some of you might be interested in signing this. It relates directly to supermarkets who put groceries up only to later advertise it as being reduced, because they are not governed by the 28 day rule.

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/28daysrule/

Stebiz

Becles

I do price checking in supermarkets as part of my job, and noticed this week that one store was selling 20 bottles of beer on 2 boxes for £20 or £11.99 each. Last week the same offer was save £2 with the price reduced from £14.99 to £12.99 per box.

If they have so many prices for the same box of beer, it makes you wonder how much they change the prices on other items.

moonrakerz

Some years ago I had a temporary job in a dairy foodstuffs plant, owned by S* I***.

They did lots of products for the various supermarkets as well as their own label stuff. Although the product was the same, when stuff was done for supermarkets the big machines that do the multipack yoghurts and the like were set to make slightly smaller tubs. It was all clearly shown on the labels, but how many people compare the sizes of yoghurt pots ?
Sometimes the "own brand" stuff in the supermarkets actually cost more than the "branded" !

dangeroussports

I shop in Tescos because I get loyalty points.

doitmyself

Smiley_Mum wrote: »

You probably know most of their tricks but thought this article may interest some of you, if you haven't read it already.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=440864&in_page_id=1879&in_a_source=

Zzzzzzzzzz, none of this is a surprise to anyone, but can you really imagine a supermarketless society, and is that really what what people want? Don't know what you want till it's gone springs to mind...

MrsBartolozzi

I agree with doitmyself.
While in Italy last year we stayed at a campsite in a smallish town - oh what we would have given for a "proper" supermarket. A different shop for each item on a grocery list and a special trip to a clothing shop for a pair of socks, and an electrical shop for batteries, also the cost was a little impeding too (tried an MSE holiday;) ). Really made me appreciate the benefits of Mr T and the rest - all the food you could need and clothes, dvds, electricals, batteries etc under one roof. I previously thought of the big supermarkets as manipulative and bad for the local economy and shops, and I still believe they probably are - but where else can you pick up your groceries and a couple of t-shirts, a kettle and a birthday present - all at 10.30 pm!. To me the convenience often outweighs any downsides.
Mrs B.