Discussion thread on Supermarket prices

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Last night I was in Asda buying the usual suspects and was horrified to notice a price increase of 13 pence on a pack of bakery granary rolls!!! These rolls used to be 52p AND on the 3 for Ј1 offer. So now if I buy 12 rolls I'll have to pay Ј1.95 instead of Ј1
I called Asda customer care and asked for an explanation - I was told it was a supplier issue, despite it being an instore bakery item. Asda are all for their roll back promotions but the way I see it they can roll back 12 items by a penny and knock it all out by adding 13p onto a pack of four rolls. This is a 25% increase but in real terms if you take the old price and the offer into consideration it is a 95% increase on the purchase. I'm not impressed
Has anyone else noticed back door increases? I had been thinking that my shopping bill was creeping up.

Best answers:

• How can Asda do a Roll Back without increasing the prices first?
  If all roll backs had been off a single price Asda would be paying customers to remove items from the shelf!
• tesco do the same
• Hi all,
  I usually do my online shop with Tesco, when I can find a code that offsets the delivery cost, and sometimes also with Asda. I ususally do my "non-online" shopping with either of the two as well.
  A few months ago I saw that they did an offer of Ј10 off your first shop, so I thought I'd gicve them a go, but when I started filling my basket, everything seemed a lot more expensive than Tesco and Asda, and the difference seemed to "eat up" the whole tenner discount, so I gave up. Now with Martins email, highlighting the Ј15 off Ј60, I thought I might try again - surely it must be worth it now? But I still think it seems dearer. Saying that, i'm usually quite flexible with my shopping, and buy whatever is on special offer, not a slave to brand names or anything like that, but there just doesn't seem to be that many good offers at Waitrose, but maybe their usual prices are ok? I'm sure it's cheaper than shopping at Sainsbury's, but if you're more of a budget end shopper like myself - is Waitrose worth it or not?
• I shop at Morrisons, as it's by far the most convenient (closest by a long way and have no car). To me, Waitrose is indeed quite expensive.
• There's their own brand essential range https://www.waitrose.com/food/product...essential.aspx
• Waitrose is far better quality, I'm not sure I would be 'comparing' it with places like Asda or Tesco, it's just a different shopping experience all round..
  They seem to price match Tesco and Morrisons on a lot of things like essentials veg. I have noticed some items actually cheaper as well and some items I will go especially to buy there. The reduced price veg there is also really good quality, reduced price veg in other supermarkets seems about to or partly going off.
  Just pays to shop around, compare prices, check offers and that goes for any supermarket. I don't do all of my shopping in any one shop.
• Waitrose is more expensive than Tesco, Asda or Morrisons. Yes, they do have offers but I consider it a bit like doing a food shop in M&S. Very good quality though.
• I've been trying to split a big online shopping order into two smaller orders, one with Asda and one with Tesco as each is cheaper for certain things.
  I'm using mysupermarket.co.uk which is great for comparing the prices of things but i'm finding that the supermarkets are being really really sneaky in stopping me comparing prices.
  Many of the branded things i'm buying such as Tilda Basmati rice, Hellmans Mayo come in different sizes in the two supermarkets im comparing. I think that is really sneaky as it means that mysupermarket wont find a comparable item to compare against so Tescos is always coming out cheaper as it substitutes the Asda item for a more expensive product.
  I know this is all a bit over the top moaning about this but it just struck me that that they must have done it on purpose.
• it's not the supermarkets that are doing this, it's the mysupermarket site.
  The supermarkets just supply a list of items with price/size etc. mysupermarket decides which items it will show you and when.
  The reason Tesco comes up cheaper is because mysupermarket gets paid more by tesco when someone makes an online order for the first time by going through their site.
  Any comparison site is only there to make money, and they will do what is best for them, not you.
• What is disgusting is people cheapening the value of real food. To be outraged at the prospect of paying 16p for a roll is crazy. And to want to pay 8p is obscene.
  It is because of customers like you it is more and more difficult to buy real food on the high street. Hang your head in shame. Quality, not quantity. Or price.
• Whatever else is said about who the supermarkets look after, I would agree with geordie joe totally, not only about comparison sites but also most institutions we deal with.They are only there for themselves so how we deal with it is up to ourselves.
  Kim, also so much truth in what you say, and anyone who does any amount of shopping (as I do) should soon get to know how to deal with it.
  I live in a small town on the south coast by Portsmouth and our High Street does not have a food outlet on it, apart from bakers shops with "snacks" etc and Charity shops and, of course, McD and BK
• i think that the prices of what shouldbe classed as essentials..bread, milk, eggs, and fruit and veg are way too much. WRT other goods, i think they can charge what they want as it is choice which motivates us to buy them.
  I wish that fruit and veg was less expensive as far too many people put off by the price and so much is thrown out by the supermarkets at the end of the day. Not to mention it might motivate people to cook from scratch more if the ingredients were less than buying the ready meal!!
• If Fruit and Veg is expensive for you, perhaps consider switching to items that are in-season. That is to say, not flown in from Kenya or grown in temperature-controlled greenhouses over here.
  https://www.eattheseasons.co.uk - is what I use to check. I always relish the onset of sprout season!
• Yes - And it is becoming far far far worse in recent weeks.
  The prices of things like meat, fruit and veg in supermarkets are plain stupid - as a student I simply cannot afford them (and do that isn't because I am extravagent in other areas) and so have basically been living off sprouts and carrots for weeks.
• having just got back from a self catering break in tenerife, I am surprised at how much food costs over there, and the quality of the veg in the supermarkets eg potatoes, tomatoes - locally grown) was poor. I spent Ј315 over 2 weeks for a family of 4, only eat out once. Admittedly that included some stuff you wouldn't normally buy very often, and a small amount of booze (2 bottles of wine and some beer). I would normally spend about Ј180-200 for 2 weeks here, for better food. We ate pasta a lot!
  Tried 4 different supermarkets - Hyperdino, Hypertrebol, Mercadona, Lidl and same story in each. Lidl dearer over there, I thought.
  I know food prices have gone up, but we still have a pretty good deal here and lots of choice. I try to keep costs down by cherry picking and eating what is on offer, buying own brands or occasionally basics.
• We only have Tesco, Lidl and Coop up here and local shops.
  When I am off the island I love stocking up from Asda (def. cheaper), and Morrisons (also cheaper). Go to Sainsbury's for some treat stuff, and also Home Bargains, B and M, Poundland etc so see what goodies they have for me this time!
  If something is too expensive I don't buy it, and try to find an alternative if at all possible, not always easy though!