I wish tesco would vary the colour of it's Value range!!

GreyPilgrim

I've got dim memories of shopping with me mum at a supermarket, and that particular shops 'own brand' stuff being bright yellow...

Can't think what the shop was...maybe it was a local chain. Anyway, there was no way you could hide the fact you were buying the cheap stuff. you might as well have had a neon 'LOOK AT ME' sign above your head and a car alarm in your pocket.

theunknownstuntman

Ahhhh. "My Mums" range, wonderfully cheap and totally obvious. lol.

I read an interesting article the other day about "shopping snobbery" about all this value range v finest range for example. I buy the value range and i dont care. I buy ASDAs version too, depends on where i go to shop that week.
I do recommenmd Tescos value chicken fillets, they're just the same as the more expensive stuff! (and about half the price)

trying-very-trying

cuddlymarm wrote: »

Does anyone remember Finefare supermarkets? Their value ranges were a really bright yellow (Tescos is quite tasteful compared to that)

Funny that we were just discussing "Fine Fare" at the weekend. I think it was the first supermarket where we got non foodstuffs, like towels. Oh I remember the novelty.
Ooops, am I just showing my age :rotfl:

But back to value labels, my 17yo dd came home after visiting her 19yo sister, and said "mum you'd be real proud of Mel, her cupboards are full of Asda green labels.:T"

Alisonbel

I live in a posh rural area,couldn't afford to move here now saying that really struggling to stay here but thats another story. Recycling day today, boxes have to go at the end of the road, looking at the boxes olive oil bottles, champange bottles, balsamic bottles etc you get the picture. Mine value beans, value toms, value sweetcorn and value vodka, BOTHERED! Have to say value vodka, blah

Burlesque_Babe

GreyPilgrim wrote: »

I've got dim memories of shopping with me mum at a supermarket, and that particular shops 'own brand' stuff being bright yellow...

Can't think what the shop was...maybe it was a local chain. Anyway, there was no way you could hide the fact you were buying the cheap stuff. you might as well have had a neon 'LOOK AT ME' sign above your head and a car alarm in your pocket.

were you in Grimsby back then GP??? Was it Grandways - that might have been yellow?? Presto was red I think and I can't remember what Hillards was but i'm pretty sure it wasn't yellow.

I remember in the late 80s when Tesco first started the Value range - it was white with black writing. God, it looked like prison rations back then!!

I don't care anymore about what I'm buying - to my shame I used to be one of the £100 trolley full of Finest stuff and nothing 3 days later types but if anyone said anything now about most of my shopping being Value I'd just say - 'well at least I won't still be paying for it in 5 years time on my credit card and at least the cost won't have doubled due to the interest being charged! '

itsgototstop

I am a recent convert to value range (last nights online shop), can't belive how cheap it is compared to my usual brand shop...

Interestingly the only person who has called me a !!!!! for buying it is one of my relatives who owes 40k on cc and only shops at waitrose....

Rather have lower debt than fancy food labels

rog2

I think people would be surprised at how much 'smart-price' product people buy 'on-line'. I suppose it's people like me, who deliver it' that 'absorbs' the shame from them. :rolleyes:
On a more serious front, often the cost of the 'packaging' can be more than the actual cost of the product - and the addition of an exra 'colour' can increase packaging costs by up to 50% - I'm surprised they don't use white packets, with black labelling - but someone, possibly Sainsbury's probably already does.

itsgototstop

rog2 wrote: »

I think people would be surprised at how much 'smart-price' product people buy 'on-line'. I suppose it's people like me, who deliver it' that 'absorbs' the shame from them. :rolleyes:
On a more serious front, often the cost of the 'packaging' can be more than the actual cost of the product - and the addition of an exra 'colour' can increase packaging costs by up to 50% - I'm surprised they don't use white packets, with black labelling - but someone, possibly Sainsbury's probably already does.

Some of the value lines eg mint sauce for 8p and noodles for 10p are astounding, I really can't see how they have much of a margin on it at all?.

Not doing a huge value drop tomorrow are you? twill be mine:rotfl:

Burlesque_Babe

I saw (or read) something that said that sometimes the product in the (for example) Tesco 'normal' range is the same as in the Value range but there is more of a mark up because of the fancier packaging - people pay a premium because they think it will be better.

Yes, 1 or 2 colour will make a difference to the basic cost price. I was suprised to see that Tesco now have full colour images on some stuff - their tinned tomatoes is one example. Unless they have put the price up by a penny or so, they must be absorbing the extra print costs elsewhere.

However, after seeing Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall say last night that farmers are paid 2p per chicken that then becomes a 2 for £5 chicken, maybe they don't have to absorb an extra few pennies on full colour printing.......

mbaz

Sassers wrote: »

OH is addicted to Value Custard Creams so much so his `Christmas pressie' to himself was not a packet of them but an entire case................:eek:

Worked out at about £4-odd..
If you're worried about funny looks at the till, you should have seen the ones we got....it also means `tea girl' here will be busy with the kettle.:eek:

Oh well, the huge box will last him until at least.............hmm next week?:rotfl: :rotfl:

:rotfl:

I cant even tell you how funny that is!! Just being so unashamed! He is my hero!