Food Weights con

stephen77

Borage wrote: »

So until the weight is put along with the price, and the same size as the price, they are, shall we say, deceiving us

They are not decieving you as all the information is there.
decieving would be if they told you it was 300g and it weighed 250g.

There is nothing stopping any one keeping a journal of price & weight changes on items.

Nada666

stephen77 wrote: »

They are not decieving you as all the information is there. decieving would be if they told you it was 300g and it weighed 250g.

There is nothing stopping any one keeping a journal of price & weight changes on items.

What a tiresome little apologist. Go away.

Miroslav

It's sneaky.

When they up the contents they put in big letters NEW LARGER PACK or similar.

I don't see them doing the same when they shrink the contents, unless it's to promote how they are helping save the planet.

Not everyone can read the pack size. Those with impaired vision for example.

stephen77

Nada666 wrote: »

What a tiresome little apologist. Go away.

Why not try and be constructive? instead of being insulting.

Borage may not like what I am saying but has kept it civil.

While it will be nice for no prices increases or pack sizes changes. Its not going to happen and I am letting Borage know why.

Borage

stephen77 wrote: »

Why not try and be constructive? instead of being insulting.

Borage may not like what I am saying but has kept it civil.

While it will be nice for no prices increases or pack sizes changes. Its not going to happen and I am letting Borage know why.

I was trying to being civil but your last couple of posts were stupid and more than i can put up with so i will ignore you from now on

stephen77

Well if you think my suggestions on why your ideas are not practical to implement then fair enough. But food retailers will reduce product sizes again and you will feel conned. I am just letting you know why its not going to change.

Teahfc

Supermarkets spend millions on marketing and information, good old Tesco club card saves them a fortune, keeps brand loyalty and feeds their marketing department so much information.
Scenario; would you buy a product flashed up 20% extra ? Yes of course.
Would you buy a product flashed 20% less ? No of course.
Law does not say they have to flash promote their pack size, it's customer awareness that they rely on or rather lack of.
Every product has a price point .. Beans for example, most consumers knows approx how much a tin of beans is, reduce the size by 10% or bump up the price 10% what would you notice ?
From putting fruit and veg at the front of the store to make it look colourful
And fresh to releasing fresh bread smells that make you want to purchase on impulse.
All marketing tricks.
Costs are going up from producers, share holders want profit margins, all add up to more price increases.
Add on newer markets to target , Russia, china, brazil and India all have a new ' middle class consumer' who are cash rich so not only do hey export less but import more so less coming to UK.
it's only going to get more expensive so be warned.

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To get the best value for money these days is very difficult for many people. I don't do too bad, as I have more time to shop during the day as I am a pensioner and have the eyes of a hawk :) What ever I buy I compare it with other similar things before buying and then mutter the mantra's 'Do I want it, or need it' before buying If it's needed then I try to find the most weight per 100gms that I can at the smallest price possible.I will adapt recipes to what I already have at home before I will buy anything else.The supermarkets are in business like any other and look to make profits for their shareholders they are not a charity, and often its a case of "you pays your money, and you takes your pick" I agree its annoying when things diminish in size , more so if you have a family to feed, but then again if the price went up that would give you the pip as well.
I buy my veggies loose as to me I get to choose exactly what veg I want and can pick out if I only want four carrots then thats all I'll buy.
My DD has a large family and both her and her OH work full time so are time-short when it comes to shopping. I know I can probably get better value for money with my shopping that she does, but I do have the time and inclination to make my cash streeetch out. I don't buy ready-made meals as I prefer to make my own from scratch and probably save money on that as well.Today I am making some biscuits for my DD and some cakes for my DGS this will involve using flour,caster sugar,eggs and probably soft marg from my big box of Stork I have costed it out compared to buying shortbread biscuits or cookies from the SM and it is cheaper even though I have to have my big oven on I will fill it up with baked stuff this afternoon which will streetch out my menus next week I will make a bacon and cheese quiche for a fraction of what it would cost to buy and I know it will taste a lot nicer.But again I do have the time to do this ,not every busy Mum has the time,energy or even inclination to cook as I do..I found a few weeks ago late afternoon in Sainsbobs they were selling off chilli sausages for 20p each I tried a couple and as they were quite meaty and full of flavour I will get some more again if I see them on offer as even a couple cooked and chopped up in pasta makes quite a hearty meal.But then I think sausages when I buy them I would rather spend a little more and eat a little less to make them last I always wrap my bangers individually when I freeze them that way if I fancy egg chips and a sausage it will do a meal or another one just chopped up and chucked in with pasta or cooked and sliced in an ommelette will bulk out a couple of eggs for a hearty lunch.Often I think our own potion control could do with a bit of tweaking

When I was a little girl during rationing most Mums had a 'filler' of bread and butter to go with a meal so less meat was used and the kids still got down from the table full.My DD sometimes still does it with her four strapping growing lads who could hoover up a table full of food with great ease.Even Sunday dinner she will always make a plate of sausage rolls which the boys tuck into along with their meat and veg and it helps to streetch the meat part of the meal to another day.So maybe portion control is the answer to the shinking SM packages, smaller meals padded out with a pud or soup will fill you up and HM soup is so cheap and easy to make