Demand/Surge pricing coming to supermarkets soon

[Cold]

What does this mean for the 24hr shopper who shares the aisles with the shelf-stackers at 3:30AM?

[neilr]

This is about squeezing as much money as possible from their customers without their customers realising. If anyone thinks otherwise they are totally delusional.. The sad thing is most wont realise or, as has been seen on this thread will be cheerleading the idea.

Cutting their overheads is just a handy bonus for them. You could electronically display prices etc without having it linked to some kind of wheel of fortune pricing scam.

The derision for an poster earlier on who had stopped using Tescos was laughable. Good! If more people stopped using these corporate temples of greed they might get the message.

Along with face recognition from cameras on shelves and wifi hotspots detecting your smart phone while you are in there so they can bombard you with advertising for in-store 'deals' (already being trialled in some supermarkets) it's not surprising they want to implement this.

I actively avoid the big supermarkets and i have to say my life regarding shopping is far less stressful.

[PositronicRay]

neilr said:

This is about squeezing as much money as possible from their customers without their customers realising. If anyone thinks otherwise they are totally delusional.. The sad thing is most wont realise or, as has been seen on this thread will be cheerleading the idea.

Cutting their overheads is just a handy bonus for them. You could electronically display prices etc without having it linked to some kind of wheel of fortune pricing scam.

The derision for an poster earlier on who had stopped using Tescos was laughable. Good! If more people stopped using these corporate temples of greed they might get the message.

Along with face recognition from cameras on shelves and wifi hotspots detecting your smart phone while you are in there so they can bombard you with advertising for in-store 'deals' (already being trialled in some supermarkets) it's not surprising they want to implement this.

I actively avoid the big supermarkets and i have to say my life regarding shopping is far less stressful.

I've worked for a number of business, from manufacturing though to retail. Pretty much making money from their customers was key.

Even the local guys on the local market all have little tricks to sell more and generate a few more bob. (incidentally quality no better than supermarket, prices often higher and some of them downright rude)

[neilr]

PositronicRay said:

I've worked for a number of business, from manufacturing though to retail. Pretty much making money from their customers was key.

Even the local guys on the local market all have little tricks to sell more and generate a few more bob. (incidentally quality no better than supermarket, prices often higher and some of them downright rude)

Of course it's about making money. I run my own business, one of the reasons i do it is to make money. However, i don't treat my clients with contempt and don't rob them of every last penny (even when the opportunity shows itself). in short, I try to show them some respect and treat them as I'd want a business to treat me. But treating us with utter contempt and squeezing every last penny is what these large corporates do on a daily basis, that's why it annoys me so much.

I don't agree re the quality of food. I've found far better quality of fresh produce away from the big supermarkets Granted that might be not as easy living in the middle of a big city.

[PositronicRay]

neilr said:

PositronicRay said:

I've worked for a number of business, from manufacturing though to retail. Pretty much making money from their customers was key.

Even the local guys on the local market all have little tricks to sell more and generate a few more bob. (incidentally quality no better than supermarket, prices often higher and some of them downright rude)

Of course it's about making money. I run my own business, one of the reasons i do it is to make money. However, i don't treat my clients with contempt and don't rob them of every last penny (even when the opportunity shows itself). in short, I try to show them some respect and treat them as I'd want a business to treat me. But treating us with utter contempt and squeezing every last penny is what these large corporates do on a daily basis, that's why it annoys me so much.

I don't agree re the quality of food. I've found far better quality of fresh produce away from the big supermarkets Granted that might be not as easy living in the middle of a big city.

I've been squeezed by one man bands, small businesses, medium sized businesses and corporations. Mrs PR's favorite supermarket has always been very good TBH, never quibbled and resolved any issues quickly and efficiently.

Sometimes owner operators are the worst, you can't escalate an unresolved problem.

[thegreenhell]

Cold said:

What does this mean for the 24hr shopper who shares the aisles with the shelf-stackers at 3:30AM?

What does this mean for the person who, possibly through inflexible working hours, or reliance on public transport for example, has no choice but to shop at what might be considered peak times?

[oyster]

King Herald said:

oyster said:

As to the issue of basket re-pricing - I have never ever seen this, so not sure why people are making a point about it.

Maybe because it hasn't happened yet? I know of no store that changes its prices regularly during the day.

When I buy things I look at the price. What I buy is dependent a lot on the price. Not because I'm skint, but I want to know what sort of cost things are. I won't pay £9 for a block of cheese when one a metre away that tastes almost the same is £4

So getting to the checkout and finding a bunch of prices have changed and my shopping has gone up £18 or whatever, will see quite a few baskets and trolleys left at the checkout unpaid, I reckon.

I was talking about online baskets. A few posters on here are suggesting that online baskets have their prices changed between entering items in the basket and checking out. This simply doesn't happen.


(unless you're leaving items in your basket until the next day or later, when of course prices can change (just like in physical stores))

[oyster]

neilr said:

This is about squeezing as much money as possible from their customers without their customers realising. If anyone thinks otherwise they are totally delusional.. The sad thing is most wont realise or, as has been seen on this thread will be cheerleading the idea.

Cutting their overheads is just a handy bonus for them. You could electronically display prices etc without having it linked to some kind of wheel of fortune pricing scam.

The derision for an poster earlier on who had stopped using Tescos was laughable. Good! If more people stopped using these corporate temples of greed they might get the message.

Along with face recognition from cameras on shelves and wifi hotspots detecting your smart phone while you are in there so they can bombard you with advertising for in-store 'deals' (already being trialled in some supermarkets) it's not surprising they want to implement this.

I actively avoid the big supermarkets and i have to say my life regarding shopping is far less stressful.

The temples of greed with their obscene 3% profit margins???