Tired of the the supermarkets' little games with pricing!

VitaK

Our local Morrisons usually combine a doubling of the price with a buy one get one free. Shortly after the original price will be advertised as half price.

Rolandtheroadie

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16097832

When they stop the multi buys, the sales drop.

The links for alcohol, but I'd imagine it would be similar for a lot of products.

Mylo_The_Moggy

Morrisons can be quite crafty at times.
A while ago they had some single cat food pouches on offer, so many for £2, think it was 8 for that amount.
Just above them you could buy a box of the same pouches with the same amount for £1.90!!!!
You work that one out!

brettcta

Lou67 wrote: »

I think you're missing the point.

i appreciate the heavy-laden sarcasm, it's brought a much needed boost to the thread

gayleanne

meer53 wrote: »

on the muller corners point. They last far longer than the sell by date, we regularly eat them when they're two or even three weeks out of date, no problems. My daughter ate one yesterday that was dated use before may 3rd.

I'm an aldi fan, can't bear to shop in any of the big supermarkets now.

my husband swears that the longer you leave them the better they taste

hemophobic

Even worse is when you see something for 17p or 2 for £1 and you want more than 1

stephen77

Azari wrote: »

Why cannot people understand that one of the purposes of this forum is to vent?

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Where would be the fun in not replying with a differing view.

If it was purely to vent. You might as well just write your post and lock it as the vent is over.

stephen77

Economies of scale.

If you want everything to be sold on individual basis the price will go up for people who normally buy big packs. These people will also generate company X more money as they are buying more from them.

stephen77

Multi packs will have advantages over single packs such as

1) easier to stock control when on shelves especially for short shelf life items.
2) easier to load fridges up
3) fridges eaiser to load.
4) some items like children fromage frias pots are just to small to sell as stand alone items and would keep falling off the shelf.

redskyatnight_2

Not everyone 'wants' to buy 12 or 16 or 20 of something though! Big supermarkets drive small shops out of business and then force people to buy more than they want or need, which was the whole point of the original post!

Some people would like to be able to buy ONE of something, without being ripped off and/or forced to buy a huge amount. Some people live alone and have little money. Supermarkets trying to make people buy in massive bulk are a blasted pain!

I am 100% with the OP on this.