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Their own ice lollies - in lemonade & cola flavour - box of 8 - 50p

FABs blackcurrant flavour £1.24

Ben & Jerry Frozen Greek Yoghurt stuff £1.27

David.

Just so you all know DM may be a bit touchy tonight as he was going for his transgender quote Should be cheap as chips by all accounts :beer:

davemorton

David. wrote: »

Just so you all know DM may be a bit touchy tonight as he was going for his transgender quote Should be cheap as chips by all accounts :beer:

Not as touchy (feely) as you were when you took me to see your consultant for a quote

edit: Lova

David.

davemorton wrote: »

Not as touchy (feely) as you were when you took me to see your consultant for a quote

If it was not for me, he may have thought you had already had the op;) and it was summer so no cold snap :cool:

davemorton

David. wrote: »

If it was not for me, he may have thought you had already had the op;) and it was summer so no cold snap :cool:

Anything to save a few pennies :money:

David.

davemorton wrote: »

Anything to save a few pennies :money:

What have you done with fc :eek:

Savvybuyer

Some of my posts on here tonight, you won't be aware of what's behind them! I'm sorry, I'm verbalising stuff again, but failing to make myself clear, because it's relying on a lot of unstated information that I have in my head but which is too long-winded to explain fully! (And, whoever would want anything explaining fully?:eek:)

Briefly - or I'll try - [EDIT: I'm completely failed, but anyhow...] I've been reading a lot on 'supermarket tricks' in the past day. About how price labelling, if it is in red, suggests to general people that it is a discount, even when this is not the case. About how wobbling signs, that move in the periphery of people's vision, subconciously have an effect that causes people to move back and thus linger around an item the store really wants us to buy. They - I think it was Which? magazine - fitted headsets to people, that picked up exactly what they saw or where they focused whilst instore, and then let those people loose in the stores. One person was doing really well, they almost made it past the cheese, then the moving sign got them back and... it worked... they bought the cheese:(.

So I've been in store and watching the red labels and wobbly bits:rotfl::rotfl:.

Anything they want us to buy (unless of course it is comparing, preferably with a glitch, to way cheaper elsewhere) should be absolutely avoided at all costs as these are the items that make the stores money. (And they can only do that by taking money away from us and therefore not saving us money.) Remember how we are in complete opposition to the stores' aims?

I've concluded, in A, they want us to buy the 2 for £3 white potatoes, they also like us buying the £1.50 grapes as they make a lot of money for the store, they want us to buy the 96p Kids apples - tiny apples and only 6 of them in a pack - as they are far better for the store than us having an extra apple (and larger ones) for an extra 2p. Hence why the 98p Red Apples packs - which appear to be about the 'best' price per g. you'd get from A - are not marked in a red label price and why they are in the main aisle rather than on the aisle ends. It's the 98p apples you want, not the 96p ones that feature in the Price News;).

They also want us to buy the 2 for £3 (or £2 individual:eek:) tray packs of just 4 apples - they are very expensive as well! And - it works! I saw people taking them (and buying two packs:eek:) in A this afternoon.

The products they want us to buy, that make them the most money, are at eye-level. There's also a thing called children's eye-level, with cereals that kids will beg you to buy. Do not get drawn into it. The 'value'-range stuff is on the lowest shelf level, and doesn't make as much money for the stores. Whereas those big pricey-brands, that carry an extra mark-up (or in the industry's words "brand tax"), that manufacturers pay stores to locate in prime positions, are at eye-level. Avoid!

They are way too expensive IMO. Later tonight I could go through the last edition of the A Price News and explain how every item in there represents poor value IMO (either they are not 10% than a competitor or have been somewhat cheaper before or a lot cheaper elsewhere at some earlier point or equivalent in another pack size etc.), and then do the same with Morries' "BIG BRANDS small prices" leaflet and the items in the Co-ops food leaflet too.

It's those prices like red border £2 on Crunchy Nut cornflakes 750g that are the ones to watch in order to avoid them. It neither suggests or implies a reduction in price - nowhere does it say it is a reduced price or that it is a good offer but people, with red labels, do make that assumption. These were £1.50 in A before (some time ago), also my guide is £1.57 or even £1.34 elsewhere (on the 750g not the 500g), so in that light, £2 is a very poor price! Besides, I preferred the 1Kg - getting 250g more - for less than that expensive £2 price, when the 1Kg were £1.99 in T (now expired). I preferred £4.18 vs £1.99 on 1Kg, rather than A's £2 on 750g!:D Time and again I see the £2 cereals bought on wombles (and comparing to way more expensive on them elsewhere) - it does work!

The stores have produce at the front as it gets us in a happy mood. The best place to go, to save money, is to go immediately to the middle of the store (do not succumb to anything at all whilst travelling to there;)) and start with the bland cans and packs first. At all costs avoid the weekends, especially Saturday shopping. The stores are crowded and busy at those times and most people are psychologically drawn to other people, in order to shop in groups. They are slowed down and spend more time around products, thus pick up more products and unintended impulses. The best time to shop is on Monday and Tuesdays.

Besides, I would hope the Elite here would be protected somewhat from these things as, unlike the vast majority of shoppers, we have compared specific products based on good and savvy price-per-unit prices elsewhere from online searching and ordering in order of price per unit, so that we have a list, that we have to stick to, and just go and buy the products we have on that. The worst thing you can do is deviate from any list, and everything in stores is set up to try to get you to do that and to spend money!

As to myself, perhaps some of these things don't work on me - people normally don't see things in the periphery of their vision but they have a subconscious effect - whereas I see everything that is in my periphery vision more clearly - indeed I tend to see everything around me rather than filtering out the 'relevant' - autism again - so I will notice those wobbling signs and then - I hope!:D - consciously do the opposite of wherever they are pointing - I am not drawn by subconscious body language to other people - and I tend to look down, rather than make eye-contact (at eye-level), so that my focus is those money-saving products on the bottom shelves:rotfl::rotfl::T. Isn't it great when the supermarket psychology things are aimed at the effect on the 99% of people* and do not work according to how a 1% of people perceive the world?

One of the best ways of money-saving is to know all these tricks and avoid them, so as to beat the supermarkets at their own game. I would hope we would all do this on here.

* they do know, absolutely well, how people generally are likely to behave, they research and research to a tee and beyond.

davemorton

David. wrote: »

What have you done with fc :eek:

She is a bit busy doing my ironing and stuff. I think women today have too much free time. They need a master that can keep them occupied.

Jelly_Biactol

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poppypopster

Please keep a eye out for these 3 sauce mix


http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/asda-compare-prices/Stock_Sauce_Mix_And_Gravy/Schwartz_Bag_n_Season_Mediterranean_Chicken_Recipe_Mix_28g.html

http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/asda-compare-prices/Stock_Sauce_Mix_And_Gravy/Schwartz_Bag_n_Season_Mixed_Herb_Chicken_Sauce_15g.html

http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/asda-compare-prices/Stock_Sauce_Mix_And_Gravy/Schwartz_Bag_n_Season_Paprika_Chicken_Sauce_28g.html


97p in Asda and 20p in Tesco (Showing out of stock)