Bananas over priced at Asda?

MoneyMate

Ken68 wrote: »

Buying bananas is not MSE....you chuck half of it away.

If you chuck half of it away, that's certainly not good MSE practice :cool:

molerat

jenniewb wrote: »

I have a secret to share with you It's normally always cheaper to buy loose fruit and veg than it is to buy boxed or bagged fruit and veg.

Although not a very reliable way to do it (as supermarkets can often lie) if you look just below the price label on the supermarket shelf you will see the price per kilo or per 100grams, you can then use this to compare to what the price is loose per kilo (or do the maths to convert to grams).

E.g, a box of mushrooms is 250g and costs £1 which means that your paying £4 per kilo of mushrooms (the label should tell you this in the small print). If you look at the loose price it's normally around £2.70 per kilo, thus saving you 32p buy buying the same amount loose. Over time it does add up, especially if you do this with all fresh fruit and veg though always double check just in case a special offer or reduced price bucks the trend (it rarely does though).

An even better way to save even more is to either shop at market stalls or to buy at reduced prices if you know your going to use the product within the day/few days following.

The problem there is that they often sell fruit by quantity rather than weight, 6 apples, 10 bananas etc so the comparison is not easy.

jeanmd

Someone on a facebook group that I'm on has posted this video and statement and I just wondered if anyone else has tried this or whether it's a spoof, but can't see why it would be. btw I don't shop in Asda so can't check myself.

Bored in Asda I picked up a pre pack of bananas costing £1 and decided to weigh them and guess what they were only 54p!!!!! Have I uncovered Banana gate?

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10204612561021399&set=vb.1455923476&type=2&theater

anamenottaken

jeanmd wrote: »

Someone on a facebook group that I'm on has posted this video and statement and I just wondered if anyone else has tried this or whether it's a spoof, but can't see why it would be. btw I don't shop in Asda so can't check myself.




https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10204612561021399&set=vb.1455923476&type=2&theater

I haven't looked at the link but the pre-bagged bananas would not have been sold at the same price per kilo as loose bananas. This applies in all supermarkets.

robin58

The whole thing comes under the title of 'Added Value'

Because they put it into a bag and say they have been picked for so for quality, they add the extra pennies on.

To be honest, I think that's why supermarkets do this practice.

They fool you into buying the packet because its easier to pickup - no dirty hands - and then they charge you the extra pence for the privilege. And you then throw away most times the extra you don't eat.

The OP is the type of person supermarkets love. Buying it without thinking.

indierocker85

I saw this on Facebook not long ago, a £1 bag of Bananas weighed in at 54p at Asda!!

indierocker85

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyyCzjJu8ww here's the video

hgotsparkle

I'm always astounded by the red onions in Tesco. A netted bag of 3 is £1, but if I choose 3 loose and weigh them myself, they're 32p!!

peachyprice

Nada666 wrote: »

But as to onions I would say bagged are often better (not the three-pack nets). They tend to be of a consistent size and smaller. So unless you are the sort of person who weighs their chopped onion rather than just throwing in one or two onions, you will get more portions from the bagged ones.

It's not difficult to choose the size you want out of the big box of loose ones.

System

hgotsparkle wrote: »

I'm always astounded by the red onions in Tesco. A netted bag of 3 is £1, but if I choose 3 loose and weigh them myself, they're 32p!!

So their profit on the £1 bag must be at least 68p if they can sell the same for 32p.

:mad: