Remember when noodles....

Butterfly_Brain

maman wrote: »

Interesting idea. I thought exactly that when bought Basics stock cubes yesterday. Over the last couple of years they've gone up from 10p a pack to 15p and now they're 25p. I think for no other reason than because they can!

The same with the value mixed herbs, I remember when they were 9p a pot, now they are 25p

Butterfly_Brain

stephen77 wrote: »

Lost leaders?


Hence that's why the price gone up as they want to make some profit.
Even if Tesco may be making a profit, the noodle supplier may not.


Packaging for the wrapping is still going to be a relative big % of 7p. The foil price is going to be similar cost to the next tier up, just less colours used for it on printing. Plus the corrugated outer case they go in, will be the same as the next tier up and take up a much bigger % of the 7p.

bachelors will be making a bigger profit.


Still the cost of making the noddles. I doubt there much difference in ingredients costs between value noodles and top tier dried noddles in ingredients and labour costs.

I prefer the maggie ones, they are the nicest so far 95p for a pack of 5 (19p each)

iammumtoone

geordie_joe wrote: »

It's supply and demand, or more accurately "What the market will stand".

There was a time when most people wouldn't be seen dead buying value stuff, and those that did tried to "hide" them under other things in their trolley/basket. So supermarkets sold them cheap to encourage people to buy them.

Now the "stigma" of buy value items is a lot less, or even non existent in places. More people are buying them and thinking nothing of it, so the price increases.

Supermarkets don't price items by what they are worth, they price them by what people will pay for them. And as there is little, or no stigma attached to buying value items now, people will buy them as long as they are a bit cheaper than other brands.

I can remember when Tesco value curry was 4p a jar and people in the old style board were clearing the shelves of it every time they went into a Tesco. Then suddenly the price shot up.

It was the same with Tesco value baby bath. It was 9p per bottle and someone in the old style board said it was very good as shower gel and soap. So lots of people tried it, well you aren't losing much at 9p a bottle. And we all found it was very good and bought it by the wagon load. I work across the road from a Tesco and was buying 11 bottles every time I finished work. Then the price went up to 46p overnight.

I am sure the only reason for the huge, and sudden price rises were because Tesco looked at the large increase in sales of those products and thought "Those items are popular, people must want them.....and if they want them they will be willing to pay more for them".

I have always brought valve products (but never hid them under other stuff though ) and noticed myself the prices have shot up. I always wondered why and think the above is the best explanation for it.

In a way its a shame it has become acceptable as it has hit those who brought from the beginning and to us the amount the prices have risen means our shopping bills have gone up by a fair percentage.

hilstep2000

Poundstrethcer do packs of 5 for £1. The thing I have found that's gone up most is value Tuna! It used to be 45p a tin, now it's 89p!

paadzer

Just looked on the mysupermarket website and the noodles are 20p in Asda, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Morrisons. hilstep there are 4 tins of tuna currently for £3 at Asda

paadzer

Sorry me again! I was in B&M today and there were packets of noodles for 10p

surfsister

ta paadzer going there today!!!

surfsister

geordie_joe wrote: »

It's supply and demand, or more accurately "What the market will stand".

There was a time when most people wouldn't be seen dead buying value stuff, and those that did tried to "hide" them under other things in their trolley/basket. So supermarkets sold them cheap to encourage people to buy them.

Now the "stigma" of buy value items is a lot less, or even non existent in places. More people are buying them and thinking nothing of it, so the price increases.

Supermarkets don't price items by what they are worth, they price them by what people will pay for them. And as there is little, or no stigma attached to buying value items now, people will buy them as long as they are a bit cheaper than other brands.

I can remember when Tesco value curry was 4p a jar and people in the old style board were clearing the shelves of it every time they went into a Tesco. Then suddenly the price shot up.

It was the same with Tesco value baby bath. It was 9p per bottle and someone in the old style board said it was very good as shower gel and soap. So lots of people tried it, well you aren't losing much at 9p a bottle. And we all found it was very good and bought it by the wagon load. I work across the road from a Tesco and was buying 11 bottles every time I finished work. Then the price went up to 46p overnight.

I can't find tesco own brand baby shampoo/bath etc now have they stopped selling it? I can remember when value range washing up liquid was a litre and 29p!! then they made it 500ml and it's much more.