Morrisons price cut.
- Thread starter Grumpy71
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Steevo
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- Gloucestershire
Or they are just putting the price up on 1000 others…..!
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Of course they are. All the supermarkets are sharp, ruthless businesses. They are ALL only interested in market share and profit, not being a friend to their suppliers.
It’s not a new phenomenon, which is why the remaining players are still in business, whilst others have been swallowed up.
It’s not a new phenomenon, which is why the remaining players are still in business, whilst others have been swallowed up.
Tarw Coch
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- Bottom of Wats Dyke
Bet they don’t name the 500 products and how much they’ve been cut by though. The message to the consumer is that they’re looking after them keeping prices down, the reality might not be quite the same. Supermarkets are well known for pushing prices up for a short while so that they can then make claims about cutting prices.
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- 200 miles N,NW of New York
£1.50 each, or deal of the day is 3 for a fiver, Hurry only while stocks last
Yup, standard practice with supermarkets. Put prices up for a few weeks then you can claim price cutting in the knowledge that no one’s particularly noticed the original increases. Media falls for it every time.
Chae1
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Same with Asdas drop and lock.
How are they ever going to see it through?
How are they ever going to see it through?
Chae1
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Does the fact that nobody notices when they put the prices up the few weeks before and nobody notices not tell us something?
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Perhaps we could somehow monitor prices for a selection of goods....
Steevo
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- Location
- Gloucestershire
Their usual tactic is to reduce the price on for example a six pack of crisps, and put the price up on a 12 pack. People just buy whatever they are used to, and don’t look at the £/kg price.
They especially like doing a high price “buy one get one free”, followed by “half price”. Looks like they have cut the price but nothing has really changed.
matthew
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- Location
- Cornwall, SW England
Did McColls own the sites their premises occupied? If they did, they would be a valuable asset.
- Location
- Cumbria
They are in the Premier League when it comes to how to confuse/mislead/misrepresent !!
Sadly, their suppliers have also joined the party with varying pack sizes, however containing different size containers/packages/bottles/cans etc.
'12 x Beers for £9.99', the alternative being '10 x Beers for £10.99' so of course the 12 looks great value. You buy the 12, get home open the pack to find they are smaller bottles than the 10 pack, and based on volume more expensive.
Secondary education is soon going to need an addition to the curriculum "how to shop in a Supermarket"
Tarw Coch
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- Location
- Bottom of Wats Dyke
Agree but to be fair to the supermarkets, they do tend to put out pence per kg/pence per litre information on display, I did notice the very point you are making about Christmas time in Morrisons , different packs of bud at different prices, they were crafty enough to secrete it in various locations around the store though so it wasn’t easy to make a direct comparison
matthew
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- Location
- Cornwall, SW England
Hidden persuaders.
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
I think they are legally obliged to present that information, albeit in tiny, weeny print.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Morrisons it seems will mix price per kilo, 100g, litre etc all along the same shelf.
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