Revealed: The truth about supermarket 'bargains'

Originally Posted by danielf

The bigger pack bigger price was the only one I found acceptable, at least in cases where the bigger pack was more expensive due to smaller ones being on offer, and the producer providing the labelling. The rest is unacceptable in my book.

I was shocked by the fruit/veg examples from Sainsbury's. Packed bananas are priced per unit, loose bananas per weight. Five loose bananas were 42p, five packed bananas 89p or something of that order, and the only way to find out was to weigh them.

It's not a game, it's a bloody outrage, and it's time something is done against it.

You could always just buy the loose bananas save some money and the enviroment ,don't forget pre packed fruit and veg has a overhead attached to it ...someone has to be paid to package it ,so it's understandable that it will cost more .I do agree that the pricing should be clearer it would be preferable for the packed bananas to still be priced by weight which is possible because i did notice on sunday that all the punnets of mushrooms in our morrisons where 89p and all weighed 250g so it is possible to sell pre packed by weight the same as loose produce is sold by weight...as long as the consumer accepts that packaging costs money so it won't be the same price

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by Pierre

I hope when I reach pensionable age people don't start treating me like some imbecile, or automatically like someone that has dementia.

When you hit 67 does your IQ suddenly hit the floor?

No but in a lot of cases people's eyesight starts to go around then, last thing people need with the pensions most have in store is to have a supermarket helping themselves to a couple of quid extra per shop.

[danielf]

Originally Posted by martyh

You could always just buy the loose bananas save some money and the enviroment ,don't forget pre packed fruit and veg has a overhead attached to it ...someone has to be paid to package it ,so it's understandable that it will cost more .I do agree that the pricing should be clearer it would be preferable for the packed bananas to still be priced by weight which is possible because i did notice on sunday that all the punnets of mushrooms in our morrisons where 89p and all weighed 250g so it is possible to sell pre packed by weight the same as loose produce is sold by weight...as long as the consumer accepts that packaging costs money so it won't be the same price

Sure, I understand that packaging will cost (just not that much), but the point is that it should be clearer. Supermarkets will use every dirty trick in the book to confuse people. You shouldn't have to go to the supermarket with a clear idea of what the regular price of an item is in order to be able to determine if an item is actually in order, or if they've simply bumped the price up for a month in order to make something look like an order. It's downright devious, and they're all at it. Thieving gits...

[Tim Deegan]

Originally Posted by Gary L

And what excuse would Tesco's give to gran when gran says I feel like you conned me out of my pension pittance.

probably a tough, it's not our fault that you trusted us and you're too stupid.

That's probably exactly what they think, but I'm sure they don't put it quite that way to her.

The trouble is that although many of the large companies are often breaking the law in the way they mislead people, it is very unlikely that they will be prosecuted because they are so big, and probably have a lot of political influence.

The supermarkets can probably make an excuse of making a mistake (feeble I know), because most of their misleading offers are short term. However the furiture stores deliberately set out to mislead customers on a long term basis. I actually have a mattress advice web site that exposes the hype and gimmicks used in the bed industry. So as you can imagine, this is an issue very close to my heart.

Originally Posted by danielf

Sure, I understand that packaging will cost (just not that much), but the point is that it should be clearer. Supermarkets will use every dirty trick in the book to confuse people. You shouldn't have to go to the supermarket with a clear idea of what the regular price of an item is in order to be able to determine if an item is actually in order, or if they've simply bumped the price up for a month in order to make something look like an order. It's downright devious, and they're all at it. Thieving gits...

I shouldn't have to take a magnifying glass to read the damned labels..It's not as if a cereal box has limited space.Tins maybe but even then there are ways to provide the info via promotional leaflets so I can read it.

[Saaf_laandon_mo]

It's not my eyesight I need to worry about, it's my wife. She never bothers checking the cost per unit of the offers, or looking for the equivalent products in larger sizes. I on the other hand always look at cost/unit and check around.

Food shopping is always cheaper when I do it, and less wasteful as a result.

[Tim Deegan]

Originally Posted by Saaf_laandon_mo

It's not my eyesight I need to worry about, it's my wife. She never bothers checking the cost per unit of the offers, or looking for the equivalent products in larger sizes. I on the other hand always look at cost/unit and check around.

Food shopping is always cheaper when I do it, and less wasteful as a result.

Unfortunately this is what the stores rely on. They don't want people to check, and most people don't.

[Digital Fanatic]

Originally Posted by Tim Deegan

Unfortunately this is what the stores rely on. They don't want people to check, and most people don't.

Totally agree.

[Tim Deegan]

THis thread has prompted me to add a new page to my mattress advice website.

I was really too busy to do it, but once I got my teeth into it (thanks to this thread)

Why, are supermarkets selling mattresses as well now?

[Pauls9]

Does Tim sell beds by any chance?

I thought he was a fireman

[Gary L]

All I know is his wife is cute

Anyway. that mince that used to be 1000g and they dropped it to 900g for the same price. well they've dropped it to 800g now. still the same price.

Originally Posted by Chris

Why, are supermarkets selling mattresses as well now?

Tesco Asda and Sainsbury's do.....

I wonder if they BOGOF

[Gary L]

Originally Posted by Hugh

I wonder if they BOGOF

Getting bored with the sofa?