Tesco selling fruit at unit prices rather than weight

simonmcnair

When did this happen ?

I've had to change where I buy fruit cos of this

Apples are of varying sizes and weights (although I'm sure all of Tesco's are EU approved weight, diameter, circumfrance and are completely symetrical ) so why wouldn't you sell them by weight ?

I've also noticed that their multipacks are also sold with by the unit too (always 7 in a pack at 35p each for the sake of argument) so judging by how much more plastic wrapped produce is they're much more likely to be bruised.

I've decided to get my fruit from the local Frutas, co-op or Sainburies as they still sell by weight.

fionajbanana

I know Mr T Express sell them by unit. As chances are most customers are picking up 1 apple and/or 1 banana for lunch.

catwoman73

Is this just in the smaller Metro/Express stores? Could it be because they don't have scales in those shops?

maman

catwoman73 wrote: »

Is this just in the smaller Metro/Express stores? Could it be because they don't have scales in those shops?

More like a devious plan to stop shoppers making a comparison. This has always been a problem with peppers. Asda have customer scales so I try to make a comparison but it is irritating.

auntyS

I shop online for home delivery and I prefer to buy by unit rather than weight as I don't need to buy a lot for just me and it is difficult to guess how heavy two bananas or apples might weigh. If I get too much fruit it will be spoilt before it's eaten.

VfM4meplse

I refuse to waste money on supermarket produce when there is a perfectly good fruit and veg stall in my nearest town centre....which sells by weight.

fionajbanana

maman wrote: »

More like a devious plan to stop shoppers making a comparison. This has always been a problem with peppers. Asda have customer scales so I try to make a comparison but it is irritating.

Morrisons used to sell peppers by weight. They were wrapped in film with a different price sticker, based on weight. I went to Morrisons as a student as its 2 min walk from Leeds Met campus and opposite the bus stop. Does anyone know when did Morrisons stop doing this? Also why do supermarkets charge per unit for peppers? I once went into Asda and I needed a red pepper. There was only one small one left and I complained and the produce manager put a sticker for 15p on it.

VfM4meplse

fionajbanana wrote: »

Morrisons used to sell peppers by weight. They were wrapped in film with a different price sticker, based on weight. I went to Morrisons as a student as its 2 min walk from Leeds Met campus and opposite the bus stop. Does anyone know when did Morrisons stop doing this? Also why do supermarkets charge per unit for peppers? I once went into Asda and I needed a red pepper. There was only one small one left and I complained and the produce manager put a sticker for 15p on it.

I have no idea, but am truly shocked by the prices now charged! Lidl had red peppers on promotion at 40p each last weekend - I can get a reasonable-sized bowl of them on the stall. But nothing beats my bargain from last summer: I picked up a load of perfect large red peppers from Asda one evening, reduced to just 5p each! It made the most delicious red pepper soup, most of which I froze and enjoyed during the autumn.

That was one occasion I didn't complain about the unit price

diamond_dave

Slightly off track but does anyone know the rules about pricing in small shops - my local greengrocers always display their prices as £ per lbs not metric. I understood that it was the law to display BOTH prices ie metric and imperial.Several times now I have picked up what I thought were cheap bananas only to find that they work out dearer than the supermarket.Perhaps the law only applies to stores over certain size.

Teahfc

diamond_dave wrote: »

Slightly off track but does anyone know the rules about pricing in small shops - my local greengrocers always display their prices as £ per lbs not metric. I understood that it was the law to display BOTH prices ie metric and imperial.Several times now I have picked up what I thought were cheap bananas only to find that they work out dearer than the supermarket.Perhaps the law only applies to stores over certain size.

All produce that is sold by weight must be sold in metric quantities - grammes and kilogrammes (Kg) and any unit prices must be the price per Kg. If the retailer also want to put to put the price per pound (lb) as well they can - as older people often prefer to know this - but on any signs the price per pound should not be bigger or more prominent than the price per Kg. Selling things only by the pound is illegal. Even large supermarket chains sometimes break these rules – as selling things by the pound make things seem cheaper than they are, because customers are used to seeing the price per Kg.

VoucherMan

simonmcnair wrote: »

so why wouldn't you sell them by weight ?

So that you can screw money out of unsuspecting customers, and those who ' can't be bothered '.

I've said it for ages about things like bananas. Buy 5 loose ones - 50p
Tesco put them in a plastic bag so they sweat more and go off quicker & charge £1 for them. And there's plenty of mugs willing to pay a premium aswell :eek: