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FunkyFeet

AnutyCaz - me knows you iz here too:p

i see you are thanking posts:)

dipdap

FunkyFeet wrote: »

Hello dipdap and Fc

Hello all:wave:

now where is everyone else? have i got in too late and the ol'sods are already in bed!

Wake up...woooooooooo hooooooooooooooo it's friday;):D

enjoying your wine fc?

dipdap- when do ya finish tonight then?

I finish at 5.30
Next break is about 4am for a much needed cuppa!!
Better get back, have read Savvys post.
Back in a few hours

Auntycaz

Hi Funky. Is your predictive text playing up. I never had anyone see me thinking before.

Savvybuyer

I know - probably a bit disappointingly mild for me (about T). Disappointing like my Morries list perhaps, promising lots of new items and then coming up with only one or two, as I've checked some of them and found they weren't comparable and thus not gone onto the list. Reminds me - shall I do Svs T and the vs A lists? No need to answer that...coming up soon!:)

fairclaire

Savvybuyer wrote: »

T rant!:mad::mad::mad::mad::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Perhaps wondering what you think about this -

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/10095913/Asda-to-send-surplus-chilled-foods-to-charity-after-Bogof-waste-warning.html

An article from a few days ago now, taken from the Telegraph, about food waste - and cue me falling in support of A and S and criticising T again. (It just seems to me...)

It reports about bogof promotions and Lord Prescott saying bogofs lead to increased food waste and the retailer trade body saying the link is 'very small'. Lord Prescott's said customers should have the option of asking the supermarket to send the extra one to a food bank. Asda, it reports, scrapped bogofs in 2009 and has now launched a scheme to send chilled food surplus direct to Fareshare.

And - cue T rant! - article then goes on about T launching a campaign in May to cut food waste. T "...now says food will come in smaller sizes":rotfl::rotfl: - so cue T charging us the same price for getting less. Okay if we aren't wasting it, but can also be seen as giving us less value, especially if we are careful not to waste the quantity we get - as throwing food away generally wastes money. I say "generally" because sometimes you can have bizarre situations where a greater quantity actually costs, outright, fewer pence than a smaller one - or even £3/any 2 for £2.50. (I think the rationale is that, apart from getting rid of stock, people often actually miss a multibuy even if it is there.)

The article turns to Sains.

I think - although it seems a bit misquoted and could actually be referring to '3 for 2' offers - they are quoted as saying "large families appreciate multi-buy offers such as '2 for 3'" I]sic[/I. I think this might mean "2 for £3". Whether a large family or not, I can tell you I don't appreciate 2 for £3.00!!:rotfl::rotfl:(I'd much rather have the previous price of £1 each - and buy only one! Or, better, compare vs that - and with a multi glitch elsewhere whereby the one comparing item goes high price to compare vs that £1 for it!)

Back to T and cue my criticism again. T quoted in the article: "BOGOF deals only account for a small proportion of our promotions". Yes, that may well be true, but note the words carefully! What about 3 for 2s? Notice how, in typical T style to me, they've only referred to "BOGOF deals". Thus allowing them to exclude 3 for 2s and 4 for 3s (arguably even more wasteful) and to say that BOGOFs only form a small proportion. I bet that proportion is not so small when the 3 for 2s etc. are added! Especially when, if they have moved to 3 for 2s, allowing them now to be able to say that BOGOFs are a small proportion, the 3 for 2s also represent less value compared to BOGOFs, if the individual price is the same (and we know individual prices are often inflated so as to be the same price each but requiring us to buy more to get that), 3 for 2s being about a 66% charge per item rather than 50%.

I read this and think pretty much the same as you, only shorter the reducing pack sizes make me most :mad::mad: I had a rant about BE potato waffles a while back. Reducing the pack size from 12 to 10. PIA for me with 3 kids, as 3 doesn't go into 10 :rotfl::rotfl:
So I just buy the supermarkets own brands, which are still in 12s....for now. No doubt the supermarket sheep will follow suit and reduce their pack sizes.

Most guilty of reducing pack size lately.....Youngs admiral Pies. Can't remember the reduction now, but it was quite shocking!!

EMMAP

Nowt from the first three. Will check the others tomorrow. Night night gang

zippydooda

caz2703 wrote: »

I'd bet the house* on them being £13 I found some boxes last weekend that scanned at 1p but scanned at £13 only 4 days later.

* the house isn't mine so win win

you won.:(:(

fairclaire

FunkyFeet wrote: »

Hello dipdap and Fc

Hello all:wave:

now where is everyone else? have i got in too late and the ol'sods are already in bed!

Wake up...woooooooooo hooooooooooooooo it's friday;):D

enjoying your wine fc?

dipdap- when do ya finish tonight then?

Hi FF.....champers if you don't mind :cool::rotfl::rotfl: and yes it's very nice and very nearly finished

zippydooda

rhgit im hmoe. dnoe a lot of sippnkig but here and psesid.
no offence fellow elite;):p

davemorton

Sarahdol75 wrote: »

I quite like ironing, send it my way to your moaning!!!!!!!!!!!

O. M. G. !!!!!!
I think I am in love!!!!!

Mildred1970 wrote: »

weekend attire

Sssshhhh!!!!!!!!!

fairclaire wrote: »

Hi FF.....champers if you don't mind :cool::rotfl::rotfl: and yes it's very nice and very nearly finished

Drunkard!!!:D