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Anon

Savvybuyer wrote: »

Well it's back from Mr A and the stuck-up old woman at the checkout congratulated me on my APG. It's the young male SAs that you have to watch:rotfl:.

Regarding - sudden change of subject;) - Sainsbobs going to not compare vs T, I'd have thought this would be good for Mr T and allow T to say "We're so much cheaper than even Sains. won't match our prices" and to give a few selected examples showing Sains much dearer (obviously not the Ariel or whatever it was that featured in a Sains advert - S at something like £4 and T at probably £8:eek:).

As for Mr A being the "benchmark", I wonder about a store pinning itself to a competitor's pricing like that, as well as sugesting that Mr A is the industry standard and thus giving importance to Mr A's prices. Why would somewhere want to give more credence and importance to a competitor like that?:think: And - surely the benchmark is Aldi and Lidl?

If Mr A is the benchmark though (or we might even say "As Mr A is the benchmark", thus adopting and taking on Sains' own approach and own argument), I note the following:

Sains A
Broccoli 335g Broccoli 335g
70p:eek: 49p
Nectarine punnet (4) Nectarine punnet
£1.00 84p
Iceberg Lettuce Iceberg Lettuce
70p 49p
Seedless Red Grapes (500g) Seedless Red Grapes (500g)
£2.00 £1.50
Whole Cucumber Whole Cucumber
70p 49p
Radish (200g) Radish (200g)
60p 44p
Cauliflower Cauliflower
£1.00 80p
Root Ginger Root Ginger
£4.00/kg £2.68/kg

Of course Sains. won't need to match those "benchmark" prices! :doh:Oops, I forgot - Sains. quality:(.

Sudden change of topic again:D - they're all buying a carton of Bisto Gravy Granules 170g on the wombles. Or maybe I'm now just noticing it? I have three where they have bought one Bisto - of course they've bought them on a big weekly shop, with lots of other items offsetting:(. Anyone needing proof that the public generally just buy in a very expensive way that runs counter to their own presumed interests and therefore buy in an 'incorrect' manner, in fact make extremely poor economic decisions, incorrect judgements and bad public 'opinion' responses regularly, there is the start! (If they can't even answer general knowledge questions correctly, which do have a correct response, then what hope for anything else?) One of them bought the Bisto a couple of days ago, at the wrong time again, but the others were today. So, across three shops, none of which give anything back, that is a total of £3.00 'lost' to Mr A. As opposed to approximately £1.67 if it were 10% cheaper than T's price. A total extra payment of about £1.32 to Mr A - those shoppers like those expensive £1 prices:rotfl:, as they (wrongly in my view) perceive them as being good value - across just three shops (let alone the millions of transactions that take place) and on that one item. Yes, millions of people can be wrong:(.

Of course, if the Bisto pricing situation was to arise in the future, Sains. can merely match A's price of £1 (which they have already, thus £0.00 to the BM) and not have to match T's 62p at all.

I did, btw, spot some possibly 'good' Svs T items 'the other day', so I will probably have another look for them and do the very last Svs T list for the next day or so. Not that anyone should buy in S if they were never planning on shopping there already.

S will perhaps be hoping to take the battle to Aldi and Lidl through their new 50% joint venture in Netto In UK launching this Autumn. If it works they can then potentially hit the budget end of the market without alienating their core middle/upper market.

Anon

springdreams

Call_of_Trouty wrote: »

OMG !!! :eek:

How anyone could do this to another human being is beyond comprehension .

Everyone knows you have to have it on the day of release

There will be much nagging to get hold of it earlier, however, if I give my DS everything now that I put aside for his birthday (which is also in December) or Christmas, then come those occasions he would just get a pair of socks and bottle of Lynx shower gel

So I shall exercise great restraint and not give into the pressure that I am certain will be coming my way

TrulyMadly

Can't believe I wiped out my BNI PP on cat food:mad:

I thought 3 for £10 would compare:o


Qty Item Description Tesco Asda Sainsbury's Morrisons*
1x
TESCO PINEAPPLE EACH
£1.00 £0.69 £0.70 £0.69
1x
TESCO RED SEEDLESS GRAPES PUNNET 500G
£2.00 £1.50 £2.00 n/a
1x
FINEST ELFE POTATOES 1.5KG
£2.00 n/a n/a n/a
1x
TESCO SWEET POTATOES 1.25KG
£1.25 n/a £1.50 n/a
1x
ARIEL EXCEL GEL GEL COLOUR 888ML
£5.00 £4.00 £6.00 £7.25
1x
FELIX GOOD AS MEAT SELECTION JELLY 12X100G
£3.33 † £4.85 £3.66 £4.85
1x
FELIX GOOD AS OCEAN FEASTS IN JELLY 12X100G
£3.34 † £4.85 £3.67 £4.85
1x
WHITWORTHS EXTRA JUICY SULTANAS 325G
£1.98 £1.00 n/a n/a
2x
T. BRITISH SEMI SKIMMED MLK 2.272L/4 PINTS
£2.00 £2.00 £2.00 £2.78
4x
T.BIG NIGHT IN CHICKEN TIKKA & PILAU RICE 450G
£12.00 † £6.00 £14.40 £7.44
2x
T.BIG NIGHT IN INDIAN 4 ONION BHAJIS 195G
£3.50 † n/a n/a n/a
2x
T.BIG NIGHT IN STICKS & POPS 330G
£3.50 † n/a n/a £3.00
1x
TESCO HALF FAT MATURE WHITE CHEDDAR 340G
£2.50 n/a n/a n/a
1x
TESCO WAFER THIN HONEY ROAST HAM 115G
£1.00 n/a n/a n/a
1x
FELIX GOOD AS OCEAN SELECTION IN JELLY 12X100G
£3.33 † £4.85 £3.67 n/a

henrik777

It's certainly been a bad week for fruit.

Blackberry's handset sales are down even further, Jason Orange leaves Take That, Apple's latest iPhone update goes pear shaped, and a giant plum forgets part of his speech at the Labour Party Conference.

sliver

Does anyone know if you can claim the Daily Mail free Lego by post please? Sure I read some posts on it the other day but searching back just seems to find emmaps missing pants
Maybe it was the last thread. Just seem to keep getting the paper late and it being out of stock. That will teach me to hold out for free waities papers spending a fiver on the way home. Bit the bullet and actually paid cash today, but wombled someones milk receipt for 25p SZ so not all lost.
Ta

gocat

tweets wrote: »

http://www.clothingattesco.com/coats+casual-jackets/trespass-bernal-zip-through-fleece-jacket/invt/ez421088

25% off will be applied at checkout.

Asda only got massive size left http://direct.asda.com/george/mens-coats-jackets/zip-through-fleece-jacket/G004317885,default,pd.html

That looks a nice one Tweets, thanks. Shame about the sada one .

purpledonkey

Enterprise_1701C wrote: »

I haven't touched 655 for a few days now, waiting to get enough of the right boosters to enable me to do it, playing with Odus in the meantime

You leave that abominable little git alone! Have you reached level 383 yet? Pure :mad::mad::mad::mad: :rotfl:

jumblejack

Oh my. My diet is spiralling down. I blame the sudden liking for pizza!

Chippy chips n home made veggie omelette with greenhouse toms n peppers.

littlebluebird

:wave:
Just popped on to say Woohoo! Well done tweets!

Savvybuyer

At this rate, it's Morries that are the "benchmark" for pricing. Their "M cheaper/everyday prices" campaign does appear to be continuing to help. All the other three stores were way more expensive, with M being quite close. Quite a few with prices cheaper in M - and bearing in mind that, when shopping in A, as here, the average shopper would generally be hoping to buy what looked good price on Mr A's prices. Bramley Cooking apples appear to be quite a bit cheaper for M - although, for me, that's still way expensive price at M - I saw some packs of Bramley Cooking apples in A, are they somewhat cheaper per kg.?

The Bisto granules again:( - so that's four of them now, and only 10p retrieved:( (as M was the 'winning' comp. and none of the other shoppers claimed APGs).

The Ginsters slices, merely 170g, there appear to be several quite larger Ginsters in T at £1, maybe potential 'fillers':eek: on T PP as nowhere else seems to stock them.

SP Choc Mini Rolls have gone N/A here.

38 items (32 different) on your bill qualify for comparison Morrisons

+£2.39
1.14 x ASDA Bramley Cooking Apples per kg£2.21£1.88
1 x ASDA British Whole Milk 1 Pint (568ml)£0.49£0.49
1 x ASDA Chosen by You Shortbread Fingers (210g)£0.75£0.79
1 x ASDA Carrots (1Kg)£0.69N/A
1 x ASDA British Iceberg Lettuce Loose£0.49£0.49
1 x ASDA British Parsnips (500g)£1.00£0.69
2 x ASDA Fairtrade Bananas (6)£2.40N/A
1 x ASDA Chosen by You Pickled Baby Beetroot (440g)£0.78N/A [Strike](NB: 250g version vs T is cheaper)[/Strike]-Incorrect, T's is outside weight limit
1 x ASDA Butcher's Selection Unsmoked Back Bacon Thick...£2.12N/A
2 x ASDA Chosen by You Vanilla Custard Slices (2 per p...£2.00£2.18
1 x ASDA Jumbo Spring Onions£1.00N/A
1 x Colman's English Mustard - Squeezable (150g)£1.58N/A
0.71 x ASDA Swede Portion by Weight per kg£0.71N/A
2 x Activia 0% Fat Free Yogurt - Cherry (4x125g)£2.00£3.00
1 x Pepsi Diet (2L)£1.98£1.00
1 x Kellogg's Crunchy Nut Cornflakes (750g)£2.00£3.14
1 x Jacob's Cornish Wafer (150g)£0.97£1.09
1 x Bounty Bar Milk Chocolate (4 per pack - 228g)£1.00£1.79
1 x Batchelors Super Noodles Chicken (100g)£0.81£0.50
1 x Capri Sun Orange Juice Drink (10x200ml)£2.98£2.00
2 x Schweppes Lemonade (2L)£2.00£2.00
1 x McDougalls Self Raising Flour (1.25Kg)£1.00£1.39 I'm sure this is wrong size of McDougalls for an M comp.
1 x Bisto Favourite Gravy Granules (170g)£1.00£1.00
2 x Warburtons Milk Roll Soft Round Bread (400g)£1.58£1.58
1 x Anchor Butter (250g)£1.70N/A
1 x Surcare Sensitive Fabric Conditioner Concentrate -...£1.30£1.69
2 x Ginsters Meat Feast Slice (170g)£2.00N/A
1 x Butcher's Natural Nutrition Fresh Beef & Liver in ...£0.57N/A
1 x Whitworths Granulated Sugar (1Kg)£0.79N/A
1 x ASDA Chosen by You Freshly Frozen Baby Carrots (1K...£1.00£1.00
1 x ASDA Chosen by You Freshly Frozen Button Sprouts (...£0.99£1.00
1 x ASDA Smartprice Chocolate Mini Rolls (6)£0.40N/A
1 x ASDA Mackerel Fillets in Sunflower Oil (125g)£0.70N/A
1 x ASDA Chosen by You Dry Cured Breaded Ham (6 per pa...£1.85£1.89
1 x ASDA Chosen by You Finely Sliced Honey Roast Dry C...£1.50£1.89
2 x ASDA Smartprice Toffee (250g)£0.58N/A
1 x ASDA Smartprice Midget Gems (250g)£0.31N/A
1 x ASDA Red Onions (4)£1.00N/A
1 x ASDA Chosen by You 50% Less Fat Soft Cheese with P...£0.88N/A
2 x ASDA Chosen by You Eclairs (6 per pack - 160g)£2.00N/A
1 x ASDA Cherry Tomatoes (350g)£0.84£0.85
1 x ASDA Chosen by You Corned Beef Thick Slices (5 per...£1.50N/A
1 x ASDA Chosen by Kids Easy Peasy Peelers (500g)£1.37N/A
1 x ASDA Chosen by You Iced Fruit Cake Bar (400g)£1.89N/A
1 x ASDA Butcher's Selection Whole Chicken (1.1Kg)£2.98N/A
1 x ASDA Chosen by You Rich Tea Biscuits (400g)£0.40£0.55
1 x ASDA Coconut Rings (200g)£0.40N/A
1 x Branston Original Pickle (360g)£0.94£1.00
2 x Coca Cola (8x330ml)£5.00£5.00
1 x Nescafe Gold Blend Coffee (100g)£3.34:rotfl:£3.29
1 x Nestle Fair Trade Kit Kat 2 Finger Bars - Milk Cho...£1.00£1.59
1 x Nescafe Cafe Menu Latte (8)£1.50£1.49
1 x Cadbury Fairtrade Dairy Milk Bubbly (90g)£1.00£1.00
1 x Elmlea Double Cream Substitute (284ml)£0.79£0.85
2 x Elmlea Single Cream Substitute (284ml)£1.30£1.30
Comparison total (compared products only)£47.01£49.40