Tesco price warning
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seraphina
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Not sure if this is in the right place or not - maybe the mods could move it if it's more suited to the shop but don't drop boards or something?
Anyway, I was in Tesco's the other day and they are in the middle of extending and refurbishing the store. Beside the new extra large organic section there is a section devoted to their Ingredients range. Basically they have bagged up things like spices, rices, pulses, vanilla pods in packaging labelled "Tesco Ingredients" so there is a common style of packaging to this entire section. So far so good.
BUT the "Ingredients" Arborio/Carnolli (sp?) risotto rice was about £1.50 more expensive than the normal Tesco Arborio/Carnolli risotto rice which is found in the pasta/ready made sauce aisle. This was true for pretty much every item that had been repackaged in the "Ingredients" range - the herbs, spices etc could all be found cheaper in the indian section, the lemon juice cheaper in the baking section etc.
Just a heads-up - it's worth shopping around even within a supermarket!
Anyway, I was in Tesco's the other day and they are in the middle of extending and refurbishing the store. Beside the new extra large organic section there is a section devoted to their Ingredients range. Basically they have bagged up things like spices, rices, pulses, vanilla pods in packaging labelled "Tesco Ingredients" so there is a common style of packaging to this entire section. So far so good.
BUT the "Ingredients" Arborio/Carnolli (sp?) risotto rice was about £1.50 more expensive than the normal Tesco Arborio/Carnolli risotto rice which is found in the pasta/ready made sauce aisle. This was true for pretty much every item that had been repackaged in the "Ingredients" range - the herbs, spices etc could all be found cheaper in the indian section, the lemon juice cheaper in the baking section etc.
Just a heads-up - it's worth shopping around even within a supermarket!
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Hi seraphina,
Your post should be useful to all MSE's so I've moved it over to the Shop but Don't Drop board where it should get more response.
Pink0 -
Supermarkets love to con us with smart packaging don't they ? Waitrose and Sainsbury's have similar ranges.
I find it particuilarly annoying when Tesco are banging on about reusing their carrier bags when they would be better employed in reducing the amount of packaging on their goods.0
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