Demand/Surge pricing coming to supermarkets soon
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Seriously. f
k off.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/24/exclusi...
Want a sandwich at lunchtime? 3 quid. Buy it two hours earlier? 2 quid.
Want petrol during rush hour or on a bank holiday? 125p a litre. During the afternoon? Call it 115p.
Oh look the sun is out. That Solero which was £1.50 an hour ago is now £2.50. That bottle of Evian has just gone up from 80p to £1.20.
SERIOUSLY. fk OFF. S.
k off.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/24/exclusi...
Want a sandwich at lunchtime? 3 quid. Buy it two hours earlier? 2 quid.
Want petrol during rush hour or on a bank holiday? 125p a litre. During the afternoon? Call it 115p.
Oh look the sun is out. That Solero which was £1.50 an hour ago is now £2.50. That bottle of Evian has just gone up from 80p to £1.20.
SERIOUSLY. f
k OFF. S.hornetrider said:
Seriously. fk off.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/24/exclusi...
Want a sandwich at lunchtime? 3 quid. Buy it two hours earlier? 2 quid.
Want petrol during rush hour or on a bank holiday? 125p a litre. During the afternoon? Call it 115p.
Oh look the sun is out. That Solero which was £1.50 an hour ago is now £2.50. That bottle of Evian has just gone up from 80p to £1.20.
SERIOUSLY. fk OFF. S.
Wasn't there a pub that did something similar - unpopular beer got cheaper etc?!k off.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/24/exclusi...
Want a sandwich at lunchtime? 3 quid. Buy it two hours earlier? 2 quid.
Want petrol during rush hour or on a bank holiday? 125p a litre. During the afternoon? Call it 115p.
Oh look the sun is out. That Solero which was £1.50 an hour ago is now £2.50. That bottle of Evian has just gone up from 80p to £1.20.
SERIOUSLY. f
k OFF. S.Petrol prices shifting is common in other parts of Europe.
Electronic shelf pricing is more to do with reducing overhead from maintaining the labels and to make sure the shelf is consistent with the sales systems. Suppliers aren't going to support dynamic pricing on products, it takes enough effort just sorting out the prices and offers as is.
Electronic shelf pricing is more to do with reducing overhead from maintaining the labels and to make sure the shelf is consistent with the sales systems. Suppliers aren't going to support dynamic pricing on products, it takes enough effort just sorting out the prices and offers as is.
Turn7 said:
Article said:
A Tesco spokesman said: “We are always looking at ways to improve the shopping experience forcompletely shaft our customers and are currently trialling electronic shelf edge labels in one of our stores.
Tesco would be bonkers to do this, the st storm I created over the milk-gate fiasco was apocalyptic. Milk-gate was an offer, any 2 mix and match £3 (4 pints was £1.54, 6 pinters more) but I bought 2 pints for me and a single one for someone else who only wanted 1 pint. Charged £3 under the offer. Should have been £1.30 or so. Raised hell.
I stopped shopping at Tesco when I saw an offer for mixed seafood - £3 each or 3 for £10.
t storm I created over the milk-gate fiasco was apocalyptic. Milk-gate was an offer, any 2 mix and match £3 (4 pints was £1.54, 6 pinters more) but I bought 2 pints for me and a single one for someone else who only wanted 1 pint. Charged £3 under the offer. Should have been £1.30 or so. Raised hell.I stopped shopping at Tesco when I saw an offer for mixed seafood - £3 each or 3 for £10.
Personally, I think it's a great idea, as the chances are most of the impact of this will be to bring prices down if you get smart about when you shop, rather than putting them up.
Yes, you might pay £3 for a sandwich at lunchtime and £2 for it at 11:00, but I suspect that at the moment, you'd be paying £3 for it at 11:00 as well. If shops can spread their customer load out more across the day, it works out better for them, as they're not paying more staff than they need for a couple of hours either side of the lunchtime rush just to make sure they're sufficiently staffed for said rush.
Where I could see prices increasing is if/when they get round to linking the pricing not only to time of day, but also to real time stock levels. That way, if something is starting to run low, they can do real time supply and demand based pricing, which increases the chance you'll get what you need if you're willing to pay a bit extra for it, but still have the option to walk away if you don't want to pay the increased price.
As for petrol pricing, if it's 5p a litre to fill up, let's say, at 23:00 Sunday-Thursday, then great! I'll avoid the peak price and just fill up when it's cheaper.
Yes, you might pay £3 for a sandwich at lunchtime and £2 for it at 11:00, but I suspect that at the moment, you'd be paying £3 for it at 11:00 as well. If shops can spread their customer load out more across the day, it works out better for them, as they're not paying more staff than they need for a couple of hours either side of the lunchtime rush just to make sure they're sufficiently staffed for said rush.
Where I could see prices increasing is if/when they get round to linking the pricing not only to time of day, but also to real time stock levels. That way, if something is starting to run low, they can do real time supply and demand based pricing, which increases the chance you'll get what you need if you're willing to pay a bit extra for it, but still have the option to walk away if you don't want to pay the increased price.
As for petrol pricing, if it's 5p a litre to fill up, let's say, at 23:00 Sunday-Thursday, then great! I'll avoid the peak price and just fill up when it's cheaper.
sidicks said:
Wasn't there a pub that did something similar - unpopular beer got cheaper etc?!
the Berlin Republic does this with the beer prices after 6. the price varies by 10-90 cent over the evening.http://www.die-berliner-republik.de/en/
there is also the stockmarket crash every evening when they knock about 50-60cent off the price.
Kermit power said:
Personally, I think it's a great idea, as the chances are most of the impact of this will be to bring prices down...
Yes! Because the corporations running supermarkets want to make less money! They are very charitable and the implementation of this technology at great cost is to reduce prices for the consumer! All hail the benevolent corporate overlords!
ian in lancs said:
what if the price displayed changes between taking the item off the shelf and passing through the checkout?
That's probably why some Tesco stores have been testing out scan as you shop systems, which at present seems a bit pointless compared with the normal/self service checkouts. lord summerisle said:
sidicks said:
Wasn't there a pub that did something similar - unpopular beer got cheaper etc?!
the Berlin Republic does this with the beer prices after 6. the price varies by 10-90 cent over the evening.http://www.die-berliner-republik.de/en/
there is also the stockmarket crash every evening when they knock about 50-60cent off the price.
They want to gradually mix & mix & mix all the prices so in the end the customer has no baseline for what is good value. IMO it's one reason all the supermarkets introduced all these stty 3 for 2 offers etc that are constantly changing. Should a bottle of 'Flash' bathroom cleaner be £1.50 or £1.99? fked if know, and neither will you be able to know, and compare, in the future either.
tty 3 for 2 offers etc that are constantly changing. Should a bottle of 'Flash' bathroom cleaner be £1.50 or £1.99? fked if know, and neither will you be able to know, and compare, in the future either.hornetrider said:
Seriously. fk off.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/24/exclusi...
Want a sandwich at lunchtime? 3 quid. Buy it two hours earlier? 2 quid.
Want petrol during rush hour or on a bank holiday? 125p a litre. During the afternoon? Call it 115p.
Oh look the sun is out. That Solero which was £1.50 an hour ago is now £2.50. That bottle of Evian has just gone up from 80p to £1.20.
SERIOUSLY. fk OFF. S.
Otherwise known as profiteering.k off.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/24/exclusi...
Want a sandwich at lunchtime? 3 quid. Buy it two hours earlier? 2 quid.
Want petrol during rush hour or on a bank holiday? 125p a litre. During the afternoon? Call it 115p.
Oh look the sun is out. That Solero which was £1.50 an hour ago is now £2.50. That bottle of Evian has just gone up from 80p to £1.20.
SERIOUSLY. f
k OFF. S.Gassing Station | News, Politics & Economics | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff