Hidden price increase

Cotta

tommie wrote: »

A lot of people with too much time on their hands today....

Yourself included!!

Nada666

Plus, if shopping at Spar, you should be comparing with Local/Express branch prices - and they are another twenty-two pence more expensive. For example, £2.70 for a litre carton in Sainsbury's. So the Spar price per litre is, in fact, 15% cheaper.

Cotta

Nada666 wrote: »

Plus, if shopping at Spar, you should be comparing with Local/Express branch prices - and they are another twenty-two pence more expensive. For example, £2.70 for a litre carton in Sainsbury's. So the Spar price per litre is, in fact, 15% cheaper.

Not always, I've found Spar to be cheaper at times over the larger supermarkets.

warmhands.coldheart

Cotta wrote: »

Not always, I've found Spar to be cheaper at times over the larger supermarkets.

I find this quite regularly.....

Noelsagan

BigAl94 wrote: »

We consume a lot of pure orange and prefer Tropicana. Local Spar shelves full of packs with "only £2" printed in red on the top of the pack. On getting these home, realised the pack size has been reduced from 1 litre to 850 mls.

You should go to Club Tropicana instead. Drinks are free, I believe

jenheiffer

Cotta wrote: »

Not only have the tin shrunk but when they're opened they're usually half empty with very few of the more popular sweets.

And it's not even a tin anymore, just an ugly, flimsy plastic box.

guiriman

jenheiffer wrote: »

And it's not even a tin anymore, just an ugly, flimsy plastic box.

An ugly, flimsy plastic box that's manufactured in Northern Ireland though! Something for the local economy at least.

donnac2558

Bottles of Coke are now 1.75 and not 2 litres for the same price. Pepsi is still 2 litres so far.

Arial liquid used to be 1 litre but then dropped to 900+mls and now its 875mls and more expensive.

Oh you only get 19 cigarettes in a packet not 20, people still ask for a pack of 20.

Cotta

donnac2558 wrote: »

Bottles of Coke are now 1.75 and not 2 litres for the same price. Pepsi is still 2 litres so far.

Arial liquid used to be 1 litre but then dropped to 900+mls and now its 875mls and more expensive.

Oh you only get 19 cigarettes in a packet not 20, people still ask for a pack of 20.

There are still 2 litre bottles of coke and it's still possible to get them for 99p whereas 1.75 litres are often around £1.50.