Supermarket stealth pricing

uktim29

RHYSDAD wrote: »

Supermarkets don't exist on 5% profit margins by any stretch of the imagination.

That is their average profit margin across all products, just look at their financial statements.

Ah good, just read recent posts and someones proved me right so I don't have to go searching for links again.

uktim29

RHYSDAD wrote: »

Well they should. It's about common courtesy or does it not bother you as a consumer?

The prices are put infront of the products!

uktim29

RHYSDAD wrote: »

I ranted about this topic and i don't recall asking for opinions or comment.

What did you think happens on a forum?

deanos

dazco

deanos wrote: »

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Bogof_Babe

Try Asda, I find their prices are fab. I don't work for them or hold shares either.

Surely anyone who has turned on a radio, TV or opened a newspaper in the last few months will be aware that food prices are going up . We don't need it rammed down our throats, no pun intended.

brazilianwax

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

Which don't impact on the supermarket at all - the producer takes the hit.

BOGOFs on strawberries last year put several growers out of business. The supermarket forced them to sell double the strawberries for the same price. :mad: :mad:

The obsession with cheap food is driving food production into the ground.

deanos

Thats the Supermarket doing it to the growers not the consumers, i think thats another thread altogether.

faerie_girl

I don't see what your problem is. Supermarkets don't raise their prices by stealth. As others have already said product prices are clearly visible on the edge of the shelves. It is not hard to see which products have gone up in price. If you don't like the price rises grow your own. Are you expecting supermarkets not to make a profit? To do a good deed and absorb any extra costs so not to upset the customers who choose to shop there?

Why do you want a sign on the door to say prices are going up? You know that prices are going up so why do you need to be told again. You have obviously made that observation by yourself.

And can I suggest you have a nice cup of tea to calm yourself down. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions and just because they don't reflect those of your own doesn't mean you are right and everyone else is wrong.