alcazar

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Just been in for a SMALL 100g jar of Carte Noire instant coffee for my lad at work. I noticed that it was only £1.99 whereas the 200g jars are £5.19.

So........£3.96 against £5.19, or a saving of £1.23 per 200g.

Unluckily, they only had 4 jars.

But here's the question.....WHY?

Surely it's more economical to move larger jars? And they take up less shelf space. So why sell for dearer?

mgcvk

I've noticed that on a few things.

STi wanna Subaru

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happens on a few things. supermarkets are robbing *******s. always check your bill as they always get at least one thing wrong on mine.

mgcvk

Fruit and veg sometimes cheaper per kg pre-packed than loose items which you wouldn't expect though it changes every week.

Gary WRX

might be they are heavy on stock on the 100g and need to shift some units?

Lee247

I think they must thinks folks are always in a hurry and don't notice.

3 packs of meat last week, for £10. Closer inspection, said packs were £2.99 each

shaunywrx

Was you wearing a hoodie, and did you get followed by the security guard?

StickyMicky

It was the same with the beer last week in my local asda

It worked out cheaper to buy 4x 330ml bottles of beer, than it did to buy 2x 660ml ones

alcazar

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Tesco? They are FULL of that sort of cheat.

alcazar

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Yes, and yes...........why?

alcazar

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Loads of 200g, only 4 jars of the 100g, I aksed for more, was gonna buy about two dozen, but none more in stock.

sharpy2010

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I noticed a box of Oxo Cubes in Tesco at £1 each, or 2 for £2 the other day. What a bargain the "offer" is, eh!

dpb

Actually i was in Sainsburys and noticed that a some 'offer' (lol) left you 5 pence worse off when buying 2 packets instead of 1 of the same thing , when counting the weight

Must admit im disappointed ,with them

PaulC72

Its the same with tea bage we noticed it allot at ASDA.

LeeMac

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How about Waitrose is now the same price-wise as Tesco

Is that supposed to be good

Says to me they have been ripping people off

Lisawrx

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You are quite intolerant of people making such mistakes, aren't you..

There can be a few reasons why this sort of thing happens, and I'm sure at some points it could be done to catch people out, not that any retailer would admit to that. Rightly or wrongly, there is nothing to say one larger product has to be cheaper than two smaller as stupid as that may be.

Generally it can just be down to a mistake on the part of those responsible for pricing, also what can (and does) happen is that a product may be 'on offer' but due to bad planning the POS hasn't been sent to the stores. Therefore, you end up with a product being priced up (leading to such above situation) but with nothing to suggest an offer being in place.

Mistakes do happen in retail like any other field of business, but even if we want to assume the worst, all of the information is in front of us. If we are caught out, bad luck. As far as supermarkets go, the prices are there, better still the unit prices, so misleading or not they are not hiding info, as much as I feel Mr.Hutton is a little blunt, he's not wrong.

Maybe the combination of me working in retail, us not being too well off and the other half being quite on the ball too, we don't really get caught out in this way.

Lisawrx

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Possibly, but different retailers will be appealing to different customers. As far as I'm aware, Waitrose appeals to a 'higher standard' of customer. Now if they are adjusting their pricing, they are most likely doing so as times are tough and they don't want to lose existing customers, or they are tapping into a bigger market.

All retailers are out to make a healthy profit, some want more than others, but I suppose in tough times we notice that change more some places than others.

snowy95wrx

in tesco the coffee in the eco friendly packs was 80p dearer than the coffee in a glass jar

alcazar

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And what about Chavsda?

When WalMart took over, they announced that ALL Asda prices would be the same as in the USA within 6 months, which would lower UK prices in other supermarkets.

Anyone seen any evidence of them doing even ONE price, yet?

Liars, cheats and thieves.

Terminator X

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I guess you weren't the only one that noticed then Think of it as a test ... the fools end up paying more than they need to!

TX.