Morrisons Doubling Prices on some items - when inflation is 10%

LunaLater

A._Badger said:

LunaLater said:

A._Badger said:

In response to Luna:Later (as I seem to be having trouble with the quote function) if you like to believe the ONS acts independently of government when it defines the inflation figure, fine. I in common with many others, do not. 

I don’t really go in for conspiracy theories though, and as this data is critically important for my job I know enough about it to discount this one.

It's absolutely critical for my job, too and I can't think of a single person I know in my industry who believes inflation is 10.%. So let's drop the lazy 'conspiracy theory' tag and talk about supermarket prices shall we? 

It’s not lazy. The methodology and calculations are all public data, you could point out the iffy business if it existed.

If it were critical to your job you’d not have claimed above that it’s the government who produces this data, so I don’t believe you.

A._Badger

LunaLater said:

A._Badger said:

LunaLater said:

A._Badger said:

In response to Luna:Later (as I seem to be having trouble with the quote function) if you like to believe the ONS acts independently of government when it defines the inflation figure, fine. I in common with many others, do not. 

I don’t really go in for conspiracy theories though, and as this data is critically important for my job I know enough about it to discount this one.

It's absolutely critical for my job, too and I can't think of a single person I know in my industry who believes inflation is 10.%. So let's drop the lazy 'conspiracy theory' tag and talk about supermarket prices shall we? 

It’s not lazy. The methodology and calculations are all public data, you could point out the iffy business if it existed.

If it were critical to your job you’d not have claimed above that it’s the government who produces this data, so I don’t believe you.

You can believe what you like. What seems to have escaped you is that the calculations are based on a basket of goods and services of the ONS's own choosing. And that is where the room for fiddling the figures lies, as should be perfectly obvious. 

Meanwhile, here's an article from the Times by an economist agreeing that the official inflation figures aren't accurate. I suppose he's a 'conspiracy theorist' too?

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/inflation-is-higher-than-official-figures-state-claims-economist-7m9ljj238

Chrysalis

Yeah supermarkets are taking advantage, on one of their frozen products . on the box they have the picture of the old product, but inside they cut a chunk out so its smaller, but its clear what they did as they forgot to change the picture.

Morrisons do seem one of the worse, e.g. check the price of their paracetamol.

I also noticed my bill has a circa £5 surcharge that "might "be applied on delivery, I googled what this is, and apparently it seems substitutions are no longer price matched.

Chrysalis

Chrysalis said:

Yeah supermarkets are taking advantage, on one of their frozen products . on the box they have the picture of the old product, but inside they cut a chunk out so its smaller, but its clear what they did as they forgot to change the picture.

Morrisons do seem one of the worse, e.g. check the price of their paracetamol.

I also noticed my bill has a circa £5 surcharge that "might "be applied on delivery, I googled what this is, and apparently it seems substitutions are no longer price matched.

No subs, 80p of the £5 was added.  No idea what for though.

Chrysalis

A._Badger said:

LunaLater said:

A._Badger said:

LunaLater said:

A._Badger said:

In response to Luna:Later (as I seem to be having trouble with the quote function) if you like to believe the ONS acts independently of government when it defines the inflation figure, fine. I in common with many others, do not. 

I don’t really go in for conspiracy theories though, and as this data is critically important for my job I know enough about it to discount this one.

It's absolutely critical for my job, too and I can't think of a single person I know in my industry who believes inflation is 10.%. So let's drop the lazy 'conspiracy theory' tag and talk about supermarket prices shall we? 

It’s not lazy. The methodology and calculations are all public data, you could point out the iffy business if it existed.

If it were critical to your job you’d not have claimed above that it’s the government who produces this data, so I don’t believe you.

You can believe what you like. What seems to have escaped you is that the calculations are based on a basket of goods and services of the ONS's own choosing. And that is where the room for fiddling the figures lies, as should be perfectly obvious. 

Meanwhile, here's an article from the Times by an economist agreeing that the official inflation figures aren't accurate. I suppose he's a 'conspiracy theorist' too?

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/inflation-is-higher-than-official-figures-state-claims-economist-7m9ljj238

No argument from me on this, the basic costs of living, food shelter, energy, fuel are easily up 40+%.  Having junk in their like holidays and fashion clothes drags it down.

diystarter7

Hi

We onlienTescos and foot visit Morrisons - its up , up and up. By often 20%

TBH, I can recall what has come down in price other than when they put on special offers.

Thanks

MikeJXE

I can't see the point in thinking about inflation 

Businesses will put prices up in order to survive or to see what they can get away with.

I'm a Tesco shopper and will rarely go anywhere else because I live almost next to Tesco extra and it's easy

I notice i Tesco some of own brand are not available or are i a smaller pack

However I did have a walk around Morrisons in another town and was shocked how more expensive the items I m buy are 

Vote with you feet and only the best will survive 

pumpkin89

Chrysalis said:

Morrisons do seem one of the worse, e.g. check the price of their paracetamol.

I agree Morrisons seem to be raising their prices faster than others, but not sure I'd consider 39p for 16 caplets to be excessive!

Chrysalis said:

No subs, 80p of the £5 was added.  No idea what for though.

Probably carrier bags?  They are usually charged at 10p each.

A._Badger

pumpkin89 said:

Chrysalis said:

Morrisons do seem one of the worse, e.g. check the price of their paracetamol.

I agree Morrisons seem to be raising their prices faster than others, but not sure I'd consider 39p for 16 caplets to be excessive!

Chrysalis said:

No subs, 80p of the £5 was added.  No idea what for though.

Probably carrier bags?  They are usually charged at 10p each.

And you get the 10p per bag back if you hand used bags to the Morrisons delivery driver. 

On the general point, I do agree that Morrisons is starting to look expensive, while Sainsbury's appears to have made more of an an effort. The prince of overpricing remains, Waitrose, though. I like their range of products and their stores are quite pleasant to shop in but they can be eye-wateringly  expensive.

MrsStepford

I have noticed that manufacturers are tweaking products, not just in terms of size/weight, but also ingredients eg products which used to be 100% beef  burgers, now have potato starch, wheat flour etc to bulk the product out and save them money. 

Also, whole product ranges are disappearing. Unless M&S sells it, Waitrose is the only food store selling wild Alaskan salmon. It has disappeared from the rest. It's all farmed and if cheap shop stuff, can be farmed in China. 

Whereas supermarkets often seem to up prices weekly if not daily, I'm finding that delivery services seem to up prices less frequently. I'm currently saving 20p per pack on 250g unsalted farm-made organc butter, compared to Waitrose own label organic. Also saving £2 per pack on organic beef mince compared to Waitrose from another. 

I was shocked to see that canned tomatoes in a cheaper supermarket are now £1, same prce as organic ones in Waitrose. 

I am wondering whether supermarkets are upping prices of non-organic, because they make a killing on organic and if they were to up organic prices hugely, sales would drop.