Price of butter

comping_cat

Was in morrisons today, their English butter was still 56p, so i bought 4 packs (seeing that Tesco is now 78p)

Clutterfree

Hi All,
I went into Morrison's today for my usual grocery shop and thought I'd check out the price of their butter.
Their Bettabuy was marked up at 53p.
Their own brand was marked up at 56p.
As it was only 3p dearer and I knew the price would soon be increasing, in line with the other shops, I bought 4 packs.

When I checked my receipt I had been charged 78p!!! :mad:

I went to C/S and explained that they were priced up at 56p but I had been charged 78p.
An assistant went to check and returned saying "no, the Bettabuy is priced on the shelf at 68p and own brand is 78p!"

I assured them that when I put the items in my trolley the prices were 100% 53p and 56p.
She said she would get her supervisor.
In the meantime, 3 other people joined the C/S queue complaining about being overcharged on Lurpak and Kerrygold butter!
One woman's husband went to check the butter aisle and returned saying "they are changing the prices as we speak!" :eek:

It didn't go down well at all, with one woman insisting on speaking to the manager because she said Trading Standards might be interested in the fact that Morrison's change their prices whilst their store is open!

I did get my refund - only 88p, but that's not the point.
I left before the Manager arrived but would love to know his explanation.

So please check your receipts.....

kethry

popped into Aldi today and noticed the price of their value blended butter was up to 68p, from 53p.

Liney_2

Liney wrote: »

I was a Lidl virgin until today - but I thought it was fantastic - got the Hollybush Butter (salted) for 53p a pack.

Blimey been back to Lidl just a week after my previous post and the Hollybush butter has gone up in price to 68p per pack

basil01_2

Netto also do the Hollybush butter. On Sunday it was still only 53p, I bought 4 to keep me going for a couple of weeks.

rolpaula

Tesco have bumped up the milk prices too...........now £1.34 for a four-pinter from £1.15:mad:

Debt_Free_Chick

Just a note on the price at the till.

Legally, stores do not have keep to the price on the shelf - they can charge you more at the till. This is not to say you shouldn't complain - and if they stick to the price on the shelf, that's great However, we have no legal right to demand that they charge the (lower) price shown on the shelf. If we don't like the price at the till, the store can simply refund what we've been charged and take the goods back.

Legally - the price on the shelf is an invitation for us to buy the goods. When we get to the till, the store offers the goods to us at a price - it's at that point that the legal contract is struck, not at the point we put the goods in the trolley.

Of course, many stores don't stick to there legal guns and will stick to the lower shelf price, but don't try to assert your legal rights too strongly as we don't have any.

Having said all of this, if a store repeatedly has many goods incorrectly priced, then Trading Standards may well be interested. But for one-off incidences, they won't be.

HTH

LearningToSave.

rolpaula wrote: »

Tesco have bumped up the milk prices too...........now £1.34 for a four-pinter from £1.15:mad:

wow! in that case i'll definately be making sure i buy all my milk in icelands as a four pinter is still only £1 in there and thats a lot of money difference with the milk we use!!!

comping_cat

Our Morrisons are now charging 78p for their butter as well - lucky i bought 4 packs on Saturday!!!

Jolanta_Nowak

Is it my imagination or did that price tag of Tesco 'value' butter - which now reads '85p' - read only 58p a few weeks ago..?

Have I been asleep for ten years or suchlike?