Greggs Double Standards Pricing

hennee

I have just found out that Greggs the bakers has different prices for goods in their shops.In Benfleet we pay more for some items than people in Basildon 5 miles away.I have been in touch with their customer services and I am currently kicking up a stink over their policy of doing this.Greggs was the company who took the government to task over the Pastie tax.Why are they charging different prices in their shops.Has anybody else realised this?Ask in your local Greggs if their prices are the cheapest.If not complain!

Hennee

VfM4meplse

hennee wrote: »

In Benfleet we pay more for some items than people in Basildon 5 miles away.

I think you have answered your own question. Benfleet's nice, Basildon is, er, Basildon.

browneyedbazzi

Different locations will have different costs associated with them (business rates, rent, even staffing costs can be different from one location to another). Also, in more affluent areas (where the costs of running the business are higher) the customers will be able to afford higher prices than in poor areas (where the costs are likely to be lower).

It seems fair to me that the prices vary somewhat by location to reflect the costs of running the business and the ability to pay of the customers. Would you prefer for people in poor areas to subsidise the price of pasties for people who live in wealthy areas?

LadyCoupon

So how much does a corned beef pasty cost in Benfleet compared to Basildon?

PlymouthMaid

I have been pretty peed off recently by the fact the the Co-op charges some vastly different prices for milk in a area of a few miles radius. The one near my daughter's house is £3 for 3 large bottles of skimmed but my local co-op want £1.52 for one bottle! I think it is extremely unfair and I would say that where I live is probably a poorer area as there are many rented flats and students as I am more in the City then my daughter.

wealdroam

As well as looking at school catchment areas, perhaps we also need to factor in local Greggs prices before buying a house.

OP, different branches of most retailers do it... they charge what the local market will stand.

skivenov

PlymouthMaid wrote: »

I have been pretty peed off recently by the fact the the Co-op charges some vastly different prices for milk in a area of a few miles radius. The one near my daughter's house is £3 for 3 large bottles of skimmed but my local co-op want £1.52 for one bottle! I think it is extremely unfair and I would say that where I live is probably a poorer area as there are many rented flats and students as I am more in the City then my daughter.

The thing there is the Co op is made up of a number of different ' societies ', which exist as totally separate businesses within one umbrella. We have two within a ten minute walk and they are different societies. Different prices, opening times, special offers. Even though they get their deliveries from the same place, they come on vehicles from different fleets.

rustyboy21

It's only the same as Tesco's.


Each type of Tesco store has a different price structure. A banana in a Tesco Express is 18p for each one, but in a metro or larger store , they are sold by the kg. Sugar is a different price, as everything seems to be.


Years ago I worked as a rep, covering ASDA, Tesco , Morrisons and Coop stores. Coop's had 3 different price categories , Asda had 2 and Tesco had 4, all for the same thing. It depends on size of store, store overheads and opening hours.


Greggs will most probably have different tiers to their pricing, which will take into account Business rates, staffing etc.


You aren't Forced to eat from them, you know the price first !

VfM4meplse

rustyboy21 wrote: »

You aren't Forced to eat from them, you know the price first !

More to the point, food tastes nicer in Benfleet. Especially on Vicarage Hill. Or Benfleet Road.

flea72

hennee wrote: »

I have just found out that Greggs the bakers has different prices for goods in their shops.In Benfleet we pay more for some items than people in Basildon 5 miles away.I have been in touch with their customer services and I am currently kicking up a stink over their policy of doing this.Greggs was the company who took the government to task over the Pastie tax.Why are they charging different prices in their shops.Has anybody else realised this?Ask in your local Greggs if their prices are the cheapest.If not complain!

Hennee

Visit a greggs up north, the prices are way cheaper than basildon

gunsandbanjos

I used to work for a large American restaurant chain, their restaurants were in different pricing bands depending on a number of factors, it's how most places operate you just haven't noticed before.