Tesco clubcard pricing differential...
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cheesejunkie said:
P-p pickup a penguin. I haven’t eaten one in years.
Polo mints are where I’ve noticed most shrinkage. They’ve just given up now and upped the price.
Anyone who eats a trio without trying to get the chocolate off first? Hmm, there are probably worse crimes but you’re committing one.
Are fruit polo's still available?. Polo mints are where I’ve noticed most shrinkage. They’ve just given up now and upped the price.
Anyone who eats a trio without trying to get the chocolate off first? Hmm, there are probably worse crimes but you’re committing one.
Definitely not guilty of getting the chocolate off the Trio first. That was step #1, much like checking how soft the Texan bar was before biting into it.
gregs656 said:
okgo said:
My French neighbour swears the UK has been dirt cheap for food for as long as he’s lived here and this just brings it more inline with other countries. He right?
I am in Ontario. The cost of food here is significantly higher than the UK.
CoolHands said:
retty meaningless though, perhaps your property prices are lower, property taxes are less, or vehicle costs, income tax or.. any number of things. Perhaps pay rates are better etc. too many variables.
He’s Parisian. So his comparison was directly to another leading world city. I’ve no idea as I don’t shop in Paris but it seems plausible, lots of things have been laughably cheap in the UK in food aisles for years. But if if you bring that more in line, you would have to say the same for other things. They might pay more for food, which we would be happy to if we weren’t being reamed sideways by all our other green bulls
t & other taxes that perhaps they don’t suffer or their higher pay, earlier pensions etc. there’s a myriad of things that make comparisons very dubious.
t & other taxes that perhaps they don’t suffer or their higher pay, earlier pensions etc. there’s a myriad of things that make comparisons very dubious.CoolHands said:
retty meaningless though, perhaps your property prices are lower, property taxes are less, or vehicle costs, income tax or.. any number of things. Perhaps pay rates are better etc. too many variables.
Meaningless if you’re comparing total cost of living. I was comparing food prices. It would be good if someone did an in depth study on the actual savings from Tesco when using the clubcard in with a whole trolly shopping trip.
The reason I say this is that I am convinced that all the savings you make on the club card are negated by higher pricing on other none club card products. This is just a general observation from certain products I buy at Tesco compared with pricing at other supermarkets.
So my very limited survey conclusion is that you need the club card just to stand still.
The reason I say this is that I am convinced that all the savings you make on the club card are negated by higher pricing on other none club card products. This is just a general observation from certain products I buy at Tesco compared with pricing at other supermarkets.
So my very limited survey conclusion is that you need the club card just to stand still.
Skyedriver said:
Two weeks ago a pack of 8 penguin biscuits were £1.50
This week a pack of Penguin biscuits is £1.50 or £1.00 on Clubcard. Except this week there are only 7 in a pack.....
Watch out for butter in supermarkets. Lurpak and Anchor are now in 200g packs instead of 250g packs. The price is the same though but Tesco at the weekend had the "Clubcard price" of £1.80.This week a pack of Penguin biscuits is £1.50 or £1.00 on Clubcard. Except this week there are only 7 in a pack.....
Nearly got stung as it would have been cheaper than own brand butter until i picked it up and realised the difference. The shelf edge labelling was all still for 250g so not sure if this is Arla or Tesco being less than honest
Bright Halo said:
It would be good if someone did an in depth study on the actual savings from Tesco when using the clubcard in with a whole trolly shopping trip.
The reason I say this is that I am convinced that all the savings you make on the club card are negated by higher pricing on other none club card products. This is just a general observation from certain products I buy at Tesco compared with pricing at other supermarkets.
So my very limited survey conclusion is that you need the club card just to stand still.
It's a very difficult to compare. Tesco currently have 1001 shelf labels where they claim to pricematch Aldi. But are Aldi any cheaper? I sometimes find that Aldi packs and weights are smaller than Tesco equivalent, so you may need to buy 2 packs from Aldi.The reason I say this is that I am convinced that all the savings you make on the club card are negated by higher pricing on other none club card products. This is just a general observation from certain products I buy at Tesco compared with pricing at other supermarkets.
So my very limited survey conclusion is that you need the club card just to stand still.
Aldi copy many products belonging to other supermarkets from Colin the Caterpillar, Freddos and biscuits. I find many of the Aldi products to taste inferior - for example for work I bring in Nescafe Azerro Americano and the equivalent identikit Aldi coffee tastes s
te.pavarotti1980 said:
Skyedriver said:
Two weeks ago a pack of 8 penguin biscuits were £1.50
This week a pack of Penguin biscuits is £1.50 or £1.00 on Clubcard. Except this week there are only 7 in a pack.....
Watch out for butter in supermarkets. Lurpak and Anchor are now in 200g packs instead of 250g packs. The price is the same though but Tesco at the weekend had the "Clubcard price" of £1.80.This week a pack of Penguin biscuits is £1.50 or £1.00 on Clubcard. Except this week there are only 7 in a pack.....
Nearly got stung as it would have been cheaper than own brand butter until i picked it up and realised the difference. The shelf edge labelling was all still for 250g so not sure if this is Arla or Tesco being less than honest
Glosphil said:
Similar to Tesco's lower prices with a Club card, Sainsbury's now have dual pricing for Nectar cards. Some of the differences are staggering. Tenesee Whisky - usually £33 but if a Nectar card used then £22!
It's probably £22 in all the other supermarkets. Not really a saving. More of a punishment for not having a nectar card.Bright Halo said:
It would be good if someone did an in depth study on the actual savings from Tesco when using the clubcard in with a whole trolly shopping trip.
The reason I say this is that I am convinced that all the savings you make on the club card are negated by higher pricing on other none club card products. This is just a general observation from certain products I buy at Tesco compared with pricing at other supermarkets.
So my very limited survey conclusion is that you need the club card just to stand still.
Isn't this the same as it's always been though. A shop has prices which are lower than competitors on some products but not on others. In theory the way to do it is shop accordingly at various businesses.The reason I say this is that I am convinced that all the savings you make on the club card are negated by higher pricing on other none club card products. This is just a general observation from certain products I buy at Tesco compared with pricing at other supermarkets.
So my very limited survey conclusion is that you need the club card just to stand still.
If unable or unwilling to do that then put up with the swings and roundabouts for convenience regardless of how the offering from the store is presented.
After the purchase decisions have been made then either the shopper has to put up with it or if other knowledge on alternative pricing comes to light that can be used on future decisions whether or where to purchase. Various surveys of total cost of a 'standard' basket of goods indicates there may be some difference between different businesses, but in reality how much of those differentials depend on the selection of the products making up that 'standard' basket.
Realise you aren't saying this but the conditional offers based on a 'free' loyalty card don't alter any of that which has been the case for a long time, but the wittering from others that this is so unfair or a rip off is just baseless twaddle.
What's interesting though, only mentioned as a thread tangent, are the price differences across a single business between those in the large stores and their smaller local outlets. Again that's the same across several different companies. There's an argument that a smaller store is more expensive to run per unit sales area, longer hours, and so on. Some of the pricing differences quoted do seem quite surprisingly large, though no doubt there's an element of cherry picking the data there.
CoolHands said:
Yes it’s outrageous. But no one seems to care.
It's almost like folks have better things to worry about than whether tesco know how many curly-wurlys they buy...This whole thread is mental. I am stunned that there are such strong opinions on this. God knows how some of you will react if you have to apply for an ESTA or a visa for travelling.
Colonel Cupcake said:
Glosphil said:
Similar to Tesco's lower prices with a Club card, Sainsbury's now have dual pricing for Nectar cards. Some of the differences are staggering. Tenesee Whisky - usually £33 but if a Nectar card used then £22!
It's probably £22 in all the other supermarkets. Not really a saving. More of a punishment for not having a nectar card.The key, also, to ANY price reduction, is to consider whether it's good value at that price, or at least better value than elsewhere. Where it becomes foolish is when customers buy "reduced" items simply because they are reduced, without comparing them to alternatives. One off the top of my head was Anchor Spreadable. There was a clubcard reduction on it, but when I did the mental maths to compare it gram-for-gram with a smaller tub of Country Life next to it on the shelf, the Country Life was cheaper per 100 grams, even though it wasn't reduced. And I prefer Country Life to Anchor antway, so a bonus.
MrBig said:
CoolHands said:
Yes it’s outrageous. But no one seems to care.
It's almost like folks have better things to worry about than whether tesco know how many curly-wurlys they buy...This whole thread is mental. I am stunned that there are such strong opinions on this. God knows how some of you will react if you have to apply for an ESTA or a visa for travelling.
No one is being forced to do anything, pay extra, shop somewhere they don't want etc.
Nothing onerous involved in getting the extra discounts if you want.
No draw backs in doing so other than a tiny bit of effort in acquiring the loyalty card in the first place.
People are completely free to shop and do what they want, yet some loons are making a massive issue out of it!
if Tesco or whomever reduce the rewards available as well, so what, its their scheme, they don't have to offer rewards - its a nice bonus.
Shop a, charges more than shop b, if that bothered shop around. If for some insane reason you refuse the loyalty card more fool you.
Its not even a debate yet here we are 50million pages on.
People with too much time on their hands getting frothed over non issues.
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