Sainsbury's price increases after Argos group takeover

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Hi everyone, has anybody else noticed that prices for food and household goods at Sainsbury's have gone up by at least by 10 to 15p on most things. Looks like Sainsbury's are getting their customers to foot the bill for their Argos group takeover. Even special offer prices have gone up. An example is Pepsi. Used to be on offer for a 1.00, now on offer for 1.25. Will now be looking to shop elsewhere.
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You don't know if the increase has come from PepsiCo themselves, they wanted to charge say £1.50 and sainsburys agreed but only increased the price by 25p.
Sainsbury's took a decision to pitch its prices higher that many of its competitors some years ago. It has been expensive since long before the Argos purchase and the 'weak pound' is an excuse used by politicians and price gougers. The pound has simply gone back to where it was a few years ago.
Against all the odds it seems to have paid off. People seem to feel they are getting a better shopping experience at Sainsbury's. Heaven knows why as they are buying more or less identical products and judging from my local Sainsbury's the checkout queues are hopeless - the operators chatter away like fishwives.
I wince every time I hear that 'live well for less' lie coming over the tannoy every few minutes. Is there anyone in the shop dense enough to believe it?!
Hi with regards to Pepsi 2l bottles, Tesco's normal price is 1.25 and Waitrose had it on offer a few weeks ago for a 1.00. Therefore I have no idea tbh if the increase in price has come from Pepsi themselves or Sainsbury's. Fair point though
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This is Moneysavingexpert. I'mloadedandcouldn'tcareless is next door.
Shop elsewhere then - can't imagine Sainsburys will be overly bothered. It's likely to be little to do with Argos acquisition and more likely to do with food inflation (that magically people seem to think doesn't exist) and exchange rates.
Do you think companies shouldn't make profit ?
Well, for the past couple of years food inflation has indeed "magically" not existed. We have had food price deflation over 2015 and 2016. It is only recently, bad weather in the Med, falling pound etc, that things have changed. Which is why, I suspect, people are moaning about it.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/12/13/food-prices-set-rise-grocery-sector-emerges-two-years-deflation/