Supermarket stealth pricing

RHYSDAD

deanos wrote: »

You seem to fail to mention BOGOF's and promotions, not everything is going up in price, and its hardly stealth prices are clearly displayed on the shelves

I didn't say they don't do good offers either, did i? Just price increases without the courtesy of saying so. THAT is the issue.

deanos

RHYSDAD wrote: »

I didn't say they don't do good offers either, did i? Just price increases without the courtesy of saying so. THAT is the issue.

So you want them to put up a notice next to every price increase :rotfl:

RHYSDAD

uktim29 wrote: »

What industry do you work in? I bet it has a higher profit margin than Supermarket retail at around 4/5%!

So does that mean your industry has stealth profits?

Has it occured to you that sometimes wholesale prices change that frequently so this is why the retail price is changing?

I work in the chemical industry and if we just raised our prices to our customers without any forewarning, at least 80% of our customers would bellowing down the phone threatening to take thier custom elsewhere. It's the point of having the courtesy of letting the customer know. All i request is that supermarkets do the same.

RHYSDAD

deanos wrote: »

So you want them to put up a notice next to every price increase :rotfl:

No. If you read my original post then a notice at the door would suffice.

pulliptears

deanos wrote: »

You seem to fail to mention BOGOF's and promotions, not everything is going up in price, and its hardly stealth prices are clearly displayed on the shelves

The problem with BOGOF's and Promotions is that usually Mr Tesco increases the price of the items about to go on offer a week before, so the BOGOF's aren't actually as good a deal as you think they are.

RHYSDAD

pulliptears wrote: »

The problem with BOGOF's and Promotions is that usually Mr Tesco increases the price of the items about to go on offer a week before, so the BOGOF's aren't actually as good a deal as you think they are.

Well, that's another topic of conversation but thanks pullip!;)

LittleVoice

Hi, RHYSDAD

I agree - price rises are done quietly, the price reductions ("roll backs" or whatever) are trumpeted because they are the good news to get you to spend. However I do wonder what could possibly be gained by announcing the increases - other than making you think they were being upfront about it. Really it would only go to making the rest of us feel even worse!

Enjoy the holiday.

LV

uktim29

RHYSDAD wrote: »

No. If you read my original post then a notice at the door would suffice.

:rotfl:

Say 1% of their 100,000 items had gone up/down do you know how long that note would be!

I hope they've got big doors!

uktim29

RHYSDAD wrote: »

I work in the chemical industry and if we just raised our prices to our customers without any forewarning, at least 80% of our customers would bellowing down the phone threatening to take thier custom elsewhere. It's the point of having the courtesy of letting the customer know. All i request is that supermarkets do the same.

But if all your competition had such a small margin like Supermarket retail and had to changes their prices to avoid making a loss what would your customers do then?

The prices of supermarket products are communicated via shelf edge labels.

RHYSDAD

uktim29 wrote: »

:rotfl:

Say 1% of their 100,000 items had gone up/down do you know how long that note would be!

I hope they've got big doors!

That doesn't make sense to do though, does it? I don't want every item distinguished, merely a summary that ALL goods are likely to be increasing in price. No need to be so pedantic as to list EVERY item.