Revealed: The truth about supermarket 'bargains' - Page 5

**Hugh** · 07-12-2011, 19:33

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Originally Posted by Gary L

Getting bored with the sofa?

We have four bedrooms, Gary - if my wife kicks me out of bed, I just go to the guest bedroom (or if that is occupied, the sofa-bed in the dining room)....

Gary L · 07-12-2011, 19:37

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Originally Posted by Hugh

(or if that is occupied, the sofa-bed in the dining room)....

Same here, but it all depends who's occupying it before I head for the last option

Pierre · 07-12-2011, 20:33

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Originally Posted by martyh

I thought he was a fireman

All fireman have several jobs

**Hugh** · 07-12-2011, 20:43

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Originally Posted by Pierre

All fireman have several jobs

Bit of a sweeping statement there,Pierre.

I know a few firefighters, and some have part-time occupations, some don't....

**Maggy** · 07-12-2011, 20:59

Could we stick to the topic please?

Tim Deegan · 08-12-2011, 10:50

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Originally Posted by Chris

Why, are supermarkets selling mattresses as well now?

If you read some of my earlier posts in this thread you will see that all the big chain stores are guilty of misleading customers. And obviously the bed retail trade is my area of experience.

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Originally Posted by Hugh

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

I wonder if they BOGOF

Yes they do. But the brands they sell are terrible quality.

Nugget · 08-12-2011, 13:31

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Originally Posted by Stuart

What? Have you ever dealt with a supermarket as a supplier? I know people who have, and let me tell you how it happens. You don't set them a price. They come to you and tell you that they will pay such and such a price. If you make a loss, that's your problem. You nominally have the option to agree to sell to them at that price, or disagree and not sell to them. I say "Nominally" because you can do it, but they trade on the fact that very few companies (whether small, medium, large or huge) can afford to ignore the extra sales that the likes of Tesco and Sainsburys will bring them. So, no, they don't have to do it (or if they do, they are massively incompetent). If you think any of the supermarkets trade as honestly as they make out, you are, frankly, naive.

One of the large retailers is currently selling a salmon side that was retailing for 20 quid when it launched, but is now selling at Â£10 (or half price, folks!). Does anyone really think that they're now losing 10 quid a pop for every sale?

All of the pricing strategies involve telling the supplier what price will be paid - as Stu says, they can disagree with the price, but they either work to it or don't supply...

Can anybody else work out why Tesco take in Â£1 out of every 8 spent in the UK?

**Maggy** · 08-12-2011, 13:33

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Originally Posted by Nugget

One of the large retailers is currently selling a salmon side that was retailing for 20 quid when it launched, but is now selling at Â£10 (or half price, folks!). Does anyone really think that they're now losing 10 quid a pop for every sale?

All of the pricing strategies involve telling the supplier what price will be paid - as Stu says, they can disagree with the price, but they either work to it or don't supply...

Can anybody else work out why Tesco take in Â£1 out of every 8 spent in the UK?

No But I'm sure you could tell us..

berkut · 08-12-2011, 14:13

For what it is worth Tesco are up to their old tricks again. I have 2 cats so buy a lot of cat food and always looking for bargains. The cats are fussy so I buy a range of different brands dependant on price and swap between them.

Noticed this week that Felix is on offer at Â£3.00 with 49p off it used to be Â£3 per box of 12 sachets normally. The cheaper Claude stuff we buy as well is now priced 40p per box of 12 sachets more expensive than 2 weeks ago.

Tim Deegan · 02-01-2012, 15:18

I think that as this is the busiest time of year for the retail trade. Which also means that many people will be ripped off by false sales etc, that it might be a good time to bump this thread.

Hope that is ok mods?

Chrysalis · 05-01-2012, 14:22

this practice has gone on for a whiile, the media are so slow to catch on.

the washing up liquid prime example.

week1 Â£1
week2 Â£1.20
week3 Â£1.50
week4 advertised sale Â£1.40

even the multi buy offers are getting very stingy. I am seeing things like Â£1 each or 2 for Â£1.90 a silly 5% discount. Not to mention still seeing things like normal price Â£1.80 sale price Â£2 on tescos website or Â£1 each or 2 for Â£2.50.

denphone · 05-01-2012, 15:37

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy

I keep seeing "cheats" on BOGOF an example being Jumbo Frozen prawns that were Â£2.50 for weeks suddenly being Â£5 for a week and then the next week: Hey presto! BOGOF at Â£5. Do they really think we're that stupid.

There are also so many labels on the shelves proclaiming some deal or other it's really difficult to spot the real bargains among the fakes.

Yes they do seem to think that some of us are stupid but l think they will find that many of us are price savvy and not fooled by their so called clever BOGOF offers.

tweetiepooh · 05-01-2012, 18:17

Noticing recently that cans of beans while more expensive now have less product in than before but only if you read the label as the gross weight is same. It's cheats like this that most people won't spot or even notice but can make a big difference to the supplier. It may only be a small per unit drop but that adds up over millions of units.

Or changing "formula" to cheaper ingredients or higher percentage of cheaper ingredients.

Tim Deegan · 05-01-2012, 19:48

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Originally Posted by Chrysalis

this practice has gone on for a whiile, the media are so slow to catch on.

the washing up liquid prime example.

week1 Â£1
week2 Â£1.20
week3 Â£1.50
week4 advertised sale Â£1.40

even the multi buy offers are getting very stingy. I am seeing things like Â£1 each or 2 for Â£1.90 a silly 5% discount. Not to mention still seeing things like normal price Â£1.80 sale price Â£2 on tescos website or Â£1 each or 2 for Â£2.50.

I don't think it's really a case of the media catching on. You have to remember that most media companies make money from advertising in one way or another. So apart from Watchdog, they like to keep quiet about it.

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy

I keep seeing "cheats" on BOGOF an example being Jumbo Frozen prawns that were Â£2.50 for weeks suddenly being Â£5 for a week and then the next week: Hey presto! BOGOF at Â£5. Do they really think we're that stupid.
There are also so many labels on the shelves proclaiming some deal or other it's really difficult to spot the real bargains among the fakes.

Yes they do. And that's because most people aren't as observant as you, and don't notice. So they fall for it all the time.

Nugget · 07-01-2012, 15:25

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy

Just saw a must have (not) bargain in my Sainsbury's today: Packs of veg at Â£1 for 500g on the aisle ends yet just along the sides parsnips etc are Â£1.55 for 1kg. Even allowing for a deal of buy 2 for Â£1.50 the packaged veg is not the bargain it first appears especially if you only want a smaller quantity.

If you're not on the ball they'll mug you at any oppertunity.

I'd be interested to know if they were the same brand - you tend to find that the 'named' brand usually costs more, whereas the supermarket brand (Sainsburys in this case), are kept lower to try to encourage the buyer to have them