Waitrose Hobnob rip off £1.60, other supermarkets £1.19.

jon81uk

mjm3346 said:

Now Ocado are no longer linked to Waitrose they charge the fairly standard £1.19 a packet, Also have the chocolate ones at £1.25 and bigger twin packs of the chocolate ones for £2 (£3.40 at Waitrose)

Ocado has never been linked to Waitrose, they just stocked Waitrose branded goods. The price Ocado charges for McVities Hobnobs never had anything to do with the price Waitrose charge.

jon81uk

In regards to Waitrose pricing, it is likely that they will go on offer at some point. They may choose to sell at £1.60 some of the time and £1 when on promotion, whereas some of the other supermarkets may choose never to put standard hobnobs on promotion and just charge £1.19 all the time.

Interestingly the chocolate hobnobs are on offer was £1.60 now £1.25 at Waitrose, but at Sainsbury's was £1.65 now £1.25, so full price actually higher at Sainsbury's for the chocolate ones.

MDMD

jon81uk said:

mjm3346 said:

Now Ocado are no longer linked to Waitrose they charge the fairly standard £1.19 a packet, Also have the chocolate ones at £1.25 and bigger twin packs of the chocolate ones for £2 (£3.40 at Waitrose)

Ocado has never been linked to Waitrose, they just stocked Waitrose branded goods. The price Ocado charges for McVities Hobnobs never had anything to do with the price Waitrose charge.

The John Lewis partnership used to own shares in Ocado

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2011/feb/11/john-lewis-ocado-stake-share

GaleSF63

Prices are going up so fast that one day one supermarket is the most expensive, the next day another. When they settle a bit, the shops will maintain their relative positions of who is more expensive, who is cheaper.

jon81uk

MDMD said:

jon81uk said:

mjm3346 said:

Now Ocado are no longer linked to Waitrose they charge the fairly standard £1.19 a packet, Also have the chocolate ones at £1.25 and bigger twin packs of the chocolate ones for £2 (£3.40 at Waitrose)

Ocado has never been linked to Waitrose, they just stocked Waitrose branded goods. The price Ocado charges for McVities Hobnobs never had anything to do with the price Waitrose charge.

The John Lewis partnership used to own shares in Ocado

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2011/feb/11/john-lewis-ocado-stake-share

And then once that 10% stake was sold Waitrose continued to supply their branded foods to Ocaddo for a further eight years. I don’t think that shareholding had anything to do with the pricing of goods. Ocado was a separate retailer and set its own prices.

Now M&S has a 50% stake in Ocado so they may have more control over pricing. 

maisie_cat

So not a rip off, simply more expensive than other retailers and quite open about it.
Although Waitrose do have an excellent essentials range, they are not in reality so much about the price.
Sadly we not longer live within 100 miles of a Waitrose so I've firmly transferred from Waitrose/Tesco to Lidl/Tesco and hubby likes biscuits so we've tried all the Lidl copies, they have passed extensive "testing"

Yorkshire_Pud

I’m surprised to be in a minority in calling out this rip off price Waitrose are charging for plain Hobnobs, think this is mse not the grocers forum.

Waitrose £1.60 although the ticket isn’t even on the shelf now at my local Waitrose.

Sainsbury, Tesco, Iceland, Morrisons, Ocado, Poundland, all £1.19 or within a few pence of it. Even Spar is only £1.29. So why would Waitrose Jack the price 60% in a couple of months. Not one of the previous posters is surprised and most feel it’s OK.

No one thinks it’s a rip off except me. 👍 

Rosa_Damascena

Yorkshire_Pud said:

I’m surprised to be in a minority in calling out this rip off price Waitrose are charging for plain Hobnobs, think this is mse not the grocers forum.

Waitrose £1.60 although the ticket isn’t even on the shelf now at my local Waitrose.

Sainsbury, Tesco, Iceland, Morrisons, Ocado, Poundland, all £1.19 or within a few pence of it. Even Spar is only £1.29. So why would Waitrose Jack the price 60% in a couple of months. Not one of the previous posters is surprised and most feel it’s OK.

No one thinks it’s a rip off except me. 👍 

I do but then I vote with my feet and don't buy the item. But then I think everything at Waitrose is overpriced.

Yorkshire_Pud

Rosa_Damascena said:

Yorkshire_Pud said:

I’m surprised to be in a minority in calling out this rip off price Waitrose are charging for plain Hobnobs, think this is mse not the grocers forum.

Waitrose £1.60 although the ticket isn’t even on the shelf now at my local Waitrose.

Sainsbury, Tesco, Iceland, Morrisons, Ocado, Poundland, all £1.19 or within a few pence of it. Even Spar is only £1.29. So why would Waitrose Jack the price 60% in a couple of months. Not one of the previous posters is surprised and most feel it’s OK.

No one thinks it’s a rip off except me. 👍 

I do but then I vote with my feet and don't buy the item. But then I think everything at Waitrose is overpriced.

Cheers! 

Yeah you should see their bed linen, £60 for a double duvet cover! Made in China, nothing out of the ordinary.

cymruchris

Retailers often put up the price of goods for a statutory period before reducing them again to make the offers look fantastic. I don't know why they do that these days, as there surely can't be that many gullible people that still fall for these tactics? You might find they'll be on promo next time you go in. An alternative thought may be that they want you to buy their own brand, and once you see the price of the McVities - you'll say to yourself oh I'll try the cheaper ones (but more profit) - and if you're daft enough to buy the dearer ons (still more profit). I'd go with the option they'll be cheaper next week.