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Butter - the great scam continues

A._Badger
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Seen in a branch of Budgens today - Anchor butter at £1.97 per pack!

Something to bear in mind when the government next lies about the inflation rate.
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  • robpw2
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    A._Badger wrote: »
    Seen in a branch of Budgens today - Anchor butter at £1.97 per pack!

    Something to bear in mind when the government next lies about the inflation rate.
    what size pack ? was it real butter ?


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  • POPPYOSCAR
    POPPYOSCAR Posts: 14,902 Forumite
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    ???????????

    Clover is £1 in poundland

    so what is your point exactly?
  • Steve059
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    edited 3 June 2013 at 9:52PM
    ASDA. Own brand. Both unsalted and salted. £1.00.

    However, ASDA SmartPrice is 98p. Only 2p less. Odd.
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  • A._Badger
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    POPPYOSCAR wrote: »
    ???????????

    Clover is £1 in poundland

    so what is your point exactly?

    Well, if you're rich enough not to mind the near doubling in price of a basic food in around 18 months, I guess it wouldn't be obvious that there's a problem.
  • POPPYOSCAR
    POPPYOSCAR Posts: 14,902 Forumite
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    A._Badger wrote: »
    Well, if you're rich enough not to mind the near doubling in price of a basic food in around 18 months, I guess it wouldn't be obvious that there's a problem.


    Anchor butter has always been expensive. I do not recall it being half that price for a very long time.

    I use clover myself and I cannot complain at £1 in poundland as it is usually £2 everywhere else.
  • A._Badger
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    robpw2 wrote: »
    what size pack ? was it real butter ?

    Standard 250 gms and yes, Anchor butter - not the recycled axle grease flogged by the margarine companies.
  • A._Badger
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    POPPYOSCAR wrote: »
    Anchor butter has always been expensive. I do not recall it being half that price for a very long time.

    I use clover myself and I cannot complain at £1 in poundland as it is usually £2 everywhere else.

    Anchor has never been a top-priced butter - very lower-middle market in fact and frequently sold at around a pound a pack on 'twofer' offers until about a year ago, when the great butter rip-off really got into gear.
  • MrsBartolozzi
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    POPPYOSCAR wrote: »
    ???????????

    Clover is £1 in poundland

    so what is your point exactly?


    Is Clover actually butter?

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  • POPPYOSCAR
    POPPYOSCAR Posts: 14,902 Forumite
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    A._Badger wrote: »
    Anchor has never been a top-priced butter - very lower-middle market in fact and frequently sold at around a pound a pack on 'twofer' offers until about a year ago, when the great butter rip-off really got into gear.


    You cannot compare the price of a pack of butter being sold at two for the price of one and the price of a single pack today.
  • POPPYOSCAR
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    MrsBartolozzi wrote: »
    Is Clover actually butter?

    No.

    It is a blend of buttermilk and vegetable oils.
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