Tesco’s Big Price Drop

I shop at Tescos and will be looking carefully at the "price drops" to see if they are genuine or not i do my shopping online and Tesco delivers right to my Flats front door so no complaints,i agree with yesman i think who said the clubcard is a bit of a sham like all suprmarkets its real use is to gather infomation on your shopping habits,so they can market to you.

I would consider switching to sainsburys,but not to the Asda in our town as i disagree with their parent company Walmarts buisiness methods so refuse to do any shopping there.

[alferret]

Originally Posted by Ken W

Offers are very often a con to make you buy items you don't need, most super markets are the same.

Yup!

[colin25]

I shop at Sainsbury, because it is closest, not because i prefer them..still haven't forgotten that they reduced the reward scheme to 1 point per £1 in Scotland only for a year (as a trial).

[Zee]

Well i've just seen the latest prices updated, and tesco price drop is disgusting. 4 pints of milk reduced from £1.49 each with 3 for £3 to £1.25 each with no offer, and free range eggs reduced by as little as 8p, with this little drop and no multi-buy offers i'll be definitely switching to Asda with their 10% price guarantee.

Also just saw jazz apples reduced by just 10p, its a joke and Tesco better get their act together with this rubbish or they will lose customers for sure

[Ignitionnet]

It's disgusting, how dare they reduce prices by less than you'd wish for. They'll lose customers hand over fist for not discounting enough.

I think Tesco will be fine, if Asda end up relying on their sugar daddy Walmart as they aren't making any profit that's their call but how much more room there is left to compete on price is an interesting thought.

EDIT: I've just noticed that you picked on the price of milk, eggs and fruit. Tesco chew the nuts off farmers quite enough already with their buying practices. With animal welfare being more of an issue milk and eggs are products that shouldn't be too cheap else it suggests corners are being cut and/or farmers are being stitched up.

I'd rather pay more knowing the hens and cows were treated with some essence of humanity, and the farmers got at least something like a decent price for their work, rather than having Tesco pay them nothing and their relying on subsidies from the CAP.

Just an alternative viewpoint.

[roger skillin]

Originally Posted by Zee

Well i've just seen the latest prices updated, and tesco price drop is disgusting. 4 pints of milk reduced from £1.49 each with 3 for £3 to £1.25 each with no offer, and free range eggs reduced by as little as 8p, with this little drop and no multi-buy offers i'll be definitely switching to Asda with their 10% price guarantee.

Also just saw jazz apples reduced by just 10p, its a joke and Tesco better get their act together with this rubbish or they will lose customers for sure

OOooo apples only reduced by 10p, how is that a joke? it's still a reduction and over the course of a whole weeks shop it will all add up.
4 pint milk reduced to £1.25 from £1.49, that's really good, as for the 3 for £3 offer they had, that was an offer, they change these offers about veery 2 weeks anyway what normal family would ever need to buy 12 pints of milk? those sort of offers should be scrapped as all they do is make you buy extra when you don't need it and then you throw it away when it goes off because you have too much of it.

[Zee]

Try to use your sense. people who multi buy will lose out.

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So let me give an example of multi buy. i usually buy 12 pints of milk per week, which would cost me usually £3 at Tesco, now after this "price drop" it'll cost me £3.75 for the same amount.

Originally Posted by Zee

Try to use your sense. people who multi buy will lose out.

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So let me give an example of multi buy. i usually buy 12 pints of milk per week, which would cost me usually £3 at Tesco, now after this "price drop" it'll cost me £3.75 for the same amount.

But that's just how things work out. If you have a problem paying the extra every week, all you have to do is go elsewhere, its not that difficult nowadays.

[Zee]

Originally Posted by Jameseh

But that's just how things work out. If you have a problem paying the extra every week, all you have to do is go elsewhere, its not that difficult nowadays.

It isn't about that. This whole thing was to make things cheaper for customers not more expensive.

[Welshchris]

well i did my shopping earlier which i do usually monthly and no lie all i saved with these so called savings and buy one get one free etc was £1.44.

I have saved more in the past when doing my shopping.

[Ignitionnet]

Originally Posted by Zee

It isn't about that. This whole thing was to make things cheaper for customers not more expensive.

The deals will have reduced the cost of a basket of goods somewhere else. Seriously, you're behaving like a politician picking on the specific bit that proves your point. Inevitably you'll be able to find combinations of foods that have gone up in price as a result of removing some offers and replacing them with lower standard pricing.

You'll have saved 10p back, for example, on the cost of apples even if you consider the discount derisory.

Someone who doesn't but the 3 to get the deal will benefit from the lower prices. You'll probably have saved the money back on some other products within the shop. Can't please everyone all the time.

[Pog66]

Originally Posted by roger skillin

4 pint milk reduced to £1.25 from £1.49, that's really good, as for the 3 for £3 offer they had, that was an offer, they change these offers about veery 2 weeks anyway what normal family would ever need to buy 12 pints of milk? those sort of offers should be scrapped as all they do is make you buy extra when you don't need it and then you throw it away when it goes off because you have too much of it.

You can freeze milk

but I do agree with the sentiment

[Taf]

Bakers Soft bread was 2 for £1.80, now 2 for £2.10

Where i live we basically have three choices Tesco, Sainsburys and Co Op out of those i do not shop at Tesco because i cannot support a company that hits it's suppliers as hard as they do and turns a blind eye to some shocking animal welfare conditions. Co Op is simply too expensive for us couldn't afford to shop there even if we wanted too although out of the three they appear to have better ways of dealing with their suppliers and treatment of animals used by them.

So for us we go to Sainsburys who seem middle of the road in all ways the quality is always good even on their basic range of which we have a fair bit. Prices whilst not the best are certainly not the worst and the staff are always cheerful and helpful another thing that cannot be said of the other two many of their staff look as though they lunch on lemons most of the time.

These gimmicks do not and never have swayed me what they give with one hand they are taking with the other somewhere all of them, not one of them is better or worse then the others in that regard so shopping based on that is a bit of a smoke and mirrors thing in itself.

[roger skillin]

Originally Posted by Taf

Bakers Soft bread was 2 for £1.80, now 2 for £2.10

Let me guess the 2 for £1.80 was a special offer? am i right
if so then what you're saying is pointless as these offers come and go all the time.
Just checked the website, Bakers soft bread is not even one of the price drop items and i believe that is what this thread is about, correct?

Kingsmill toasty thick white bread £1.10 in the price drop, Sainburys price is £1.25 so that's a saving right there