Tesco slowly increasing prices again

snaps

Ive noticed a lot of stuff i buy in tesco is slowly rising. Cat food pouches is one and also even after the tax reduction on booze, booze is creaping up.

A 1l bottle of tesco scotch was reduced to 19.99 after the budget reductions, now i the past week its crept up to 20.99.

Cat food pouches i buy were 3.49 for 12 and now 3.85.

I havent really seen any price reductions in beer.

Wine.....Well there just seems a lot more promotions, but while tesco have 2 bottles for 10e here, you can get the same wine i the north for 3 bottles for £10!

I stopped shopping up the north late last year, but im deciding to re start my trips along with my neighbours (We take turns in driving up)

We really have had the wool pulled over our eyes!

Jip

And why haven't you noticed any of newly reduced items ? For example I noticed some form of shaving soap that's usually not far off €4 reduced to €1.99.

You can't expect things to remain static.

snaps

Yes but drink was suppossed to come down due to VAT/Tax reductions?They seem to have reduced it at the start of Jan and now increasing it again.

Im not talking about special offers either, many things are on offer, but soon enough they'll go up to the normal price, which is still mch inflated.

Marmite is one product, i love marmite (People will cringe) but i'll never pay 3.99e for a jar here when in the north its £1.79 (Less than half price)

ejmaztec

snaps wrote: »

Ive noticed a lot of stuff i buy in tesco is slowly rising. Cat food pouches is one and also even after the tax reduction on booze, booze is creaping up.

A 1l bottle of tesco scotch was reduced to 19.99 after the budget reductions, now i the past week its crept up to 20.99.

Cat food pouches i buy were 3.49 for 12 and now 3.85.

I havent really seen any price reductions in beer.

Wine.....Well there just seems a lot more promotions, but while tesco have 2 bottles for 10e here, you can get the same wine i the north for 3 bottles for £10!

I stopped shopping up the north late last year, but im deciding to re start my trips along with my neighbours (We take turns in driving up)

We really have had the wool pulled over our eyes!

Still one hell of a lot cheaper than our local SuperValu, I'm happy to say.:P

washiskin

A lot of the new stuff they got in is starting to rise alright - President Unsalted Butter has gone up 10c and they stopped getting in some of the great new home-bake lines too. I stayed out of the North on principle but.....

rubadub

snaps wrote: »

A 1l bottle of tesco scotch was reduced to 19.99 after the budget reductions, now i the past week its crept up to 20.99.

That is still €14.70 per standard 700ml bottle which is very cheap compared to other shops.

snaps wrote: »

Im not talking about special offers either,

The best offers in tescos are not advertised, I mentioned this in several threads and could not understand it at first. The theory I came up with is that some independent price surveys ignore advertised offers when comparing supermarkets. This is a illogical practise of course, but the idiots in the National Consumer Agency do this. So in one report tesco did not top the list, though they should have.

washiskin wrote: »

A lot of the new stuff they got in is starting to rise alright - President Unsalted Butter has gone up 10c.

There are lots of new brands and they seemed incredibly cheap to me, I often thought it was mistakes. Many have since gone up but are still relatively cheap compared to other supermarkets own brands of similar quality. My second theory is they did not want stuff to appear to be on offer so maybe people would think this will always be the regular price and be more likely to go away from their usual brands.

The stuff is still very cheap in many cases, you could see this in other threads where people resorted to using percentages to say how much stuff had gone up. They knew fine well it was still dirt cheap but wanted it to sound more dramatic, along with the classic line "it went up OVERNIGHT!!"

91011

snaps wrote: »

Ive noticed a lot of stuff i buy in tesco is slowly rising. Cat food pouches is one and also even after the tax reduction on booze, booze is creaping up.

A 1l bottle of tesco scotch was reduced to 19.99 after the budget reductions, now i the past week its crept up to 20.99.

Cat food pouches i buy were 3.49 for 12 and now 3.85.

I havent really seen any price reductions in beer.

Wine.....Well there just seems a lot more promotions, but while tesco have 2 bottles for 10e here, you can get the same wine i the north for 3 bottles for £10!

I stopped shopping up the north late last year, but im deciding to re start my trips along with my neighbours (We take turns in driving up)

We really have had the wool pulled over our eyes!

Grocery prices have increased in the UK - Inflation in the UK including the return of the 17.5% vat rate is at 4.4% (Financial Times figure)

With tesco sourcing many items in the UK, this inflation combined with strenghtening sterling (current official rate €1.15 / $1 - consumer rate €1.175 / £1) it comes as no surprise that some prices are rising - but if you check UK prices against Irish prices, they still seem to be very close to each other.

e.g. Whiskas 12 pack pouch £3.47 UK, €4.10 Ire. Martell Cognac £21.78 sainsburys, €26.79 Supervalu. Jameson £17.86 Sainsburys, €21.99 Supervalu.

Overall, you may find your trip up north not near as good value as you are expecting.

Most UK prices can be checked on mysupermarket.com

jimoc

I'm highly disgusted by Tesco's blatant price ripoff.

I buy soup for my lunch and it has gone up from 29 cent to 35 cent!!!!

Pretty soon I may have to pay over 10 cent per day for my lunch.

Blatant profiteering that is !!!

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newman10

Went to buy Baby Food on Saturday and it had gone from €2.05 to €2.19 :mad:

ejmaztec

newman10 wrote: »

Went to buy Baby Food on Saturday and it had gone from €2.05 to €2.19 :mad:

You'll just have to reduce the baby's pocket-money to compensate.:(

thesandeman

Some things have dropped in price as well. Eg- Tesco value toilet tissue/sandpaper was 1.19 before the change. It went to 55cent after and has now dropped to 50cent. Its all swings and roundabouts just people dont post when things get cheaper.

jimoc

ejmaztec wrote: »

newman10 wrote: »

Went to buy Baby Food on Saturday and it had gone from €2.05 to €2.19 :mad:

You'll just have to reduce the baby's pocket-money to compensate.:(

Or just buy food made from baby substitute, its cheaper

lau1247

i noticed that too.. recently i started to take on salad and i bought tesco's crisp salad which were 1.49 and now it's 1.99.. That is quite a significant rise..

I guess it's a balancing act where they reduce stuff (advert everywhere) and creep up prices elsewhere.. where the price goes up unnotice, it'll be advertise as reduce again in the near future.. cycle of grocery store tactic..

In the end they look good and we get screwed! (Majority of the time)

CringerII

Noticed the price increase too, and today a couple more into the mix and these ones ended up in my basket:

Tescos own brand firelighters were €0.99 cent now €1.09 cent.

Dragon firelogs were €1.79 now €1.99

In both cases that's an increase of over 10% and that price increase has happened in the last four weeks.

Also, Ballyfree Very Large Freerange eggs are normally €2.15 but today in Tescos Maynooth there were two labels on the shelf for the same product;€2.15 and €2.60

I got my 2.60 back for the eggs but am awaiting a phone call as to the reason why the huge increase in Dragon firelog and Tesco own brand firelighters.


Tescos do still have some very good offers like two bottles of 2lt Ballygowen for the price of one.

Jip

So you ring to complain about a small price increase and whinge here that you never heard anything back from them yet, but while on the phone to them did you mention how happy you are with the 2 for 1 on the water ?

CringerII

Jip wrote: »

So you ring to complain about a small price increase and whinge here that you never heard anything back from them yet, but while on the phone to them did you mention how happy you are with the 2 for 1 on the water ?

Get off your high horse Jip, no whinging just stating.

My custom should be enough reason for them to be happy.

storybud1

if only people would shop in lidl/aldi..ok,some of their stuff is not the best..but it will give superquinn/tesco/dunnes etc. a kick in the ass and make them keep their prices in line..people power always works..just see how cheap cars are now,coz people just did not buy them.. pubs now give out free food to keep the punters in..cd's getting slightly cheaper..we are the customers..the people with the money..they need us..we do have choices..

Barracudaincork

CringerII wrote: »

Get off your high horse Jip, no whinging just stating.

My custom should be enough reason for them to be happy.

Couldnt agree more!

Cringer dont bother calling them, i did exactly that when the price of red bull went from 1.45 a can to 1.49, then 1.69 and now 1.89 all in a space of 2 months! and I got a letter back saying nothing but thanks for making contact.

CringerII

And when I complained about a pack of Tescos Finest furry tomatoes to the grocery manager on duty - I wasnt overwhelmed with confidence that they were going to be removed from the shelf.

My quick call to the EHO this morning should at least make Tescos aware that consumers are watching the quality of goods.

Jip

CringerII wrote: »

My quick call to the HSE this morning should at least make Tescos aware that consumers are watching the quality of goods.

No it wouldn't, it would have no affect what so ever.

CringerII

Jip wrote: »

No it wouldn't, it would have no affect what so ever.

If enough people did then perhaps it might.

No point in "shopping around" as these problems seem to persist in a number of supermarkets. I've seen (and made the managers aware of) rotten/mouldy food in Superquinns and Dunnes and so far find Aldi and Lidl's to offer the freshest looking vegetable produce, whether wrapped or loose.

John_Mc

Jip wrote: »

No it wouldn't, it would have no affect what so ever.

And how do you know that oh wise one, you seem to know it all - work for Tescos by any chance? :rolleyes:

Jip

Because the Health Service Executive don't give a crap what happens in a supermarket. A call to the EHO would be much more affective.

And again there's the tired old refrain of accusing someone working for Tescos because he or she is not jumping on the anti-Tesco bandwagon when they're simply pointing out the ignorance of some people.

CringerII

Jip wrote: »

Because the Health Service Executive don't give a crap what happens in a supermarket. A call to the EHO would be much more affective.

And again there's the tired old refrain of accusing someone working for Tescos but he or she is not jumping on the anti-Tesco bandwagon when they're simply pointing out the ignorance of some people.

If anyone is ignorant it's the way in which you compose and come across in your posts, which I am sure many will agree on from looking at some of your past comments on threads.

And, my mistake, I meant the EHO rather than the HSE whom I phoned and lodged my complaint with.

Fighting Irish

Tesco prices go up and down, deal with it, they exsist to make money not to make you happy

liamwhite

Fighting Irish wrote: »

Tesco prices go up and down, deal with it, they exsist to make money not to make you happy

I take it you have shares in tesco???????!! :pac: Of course they are here to make money, they have good prices in tesco that stick up north and they make great money as it is, a few miles down the road they have another tesco in the republic and the prices hike up! why cant they sell stuff just as cheap up north and still make there profit???

Ill answer that for you.... GREED!!!! and dont give me all the import bull ect, because its an extra hour down the road to bring it not realy a huge difference?!

rubadub

liamwhite wrote: »

why cant they sell stuff just as cheap up north and still make there profit???

Ill answer that for you.... GREED!!!!

If you want to call the most basic of business practises -maximising profits- "greed" thats fine, you wouldn't do well in a junior cert economics exam though.

Why WOULD they sell stuff just as cheap as up north and make a lower profit than is feasible?? I'll answer that, becuase they would be utter idiots without a clue of how business works.

Gallagher5

Lidl/Aldi only place to go. I was very much of the "Buy Irish" mentality in the past but times have changed and I need to get the best value I can.

Jip

liamwhite wrote: »

I take it you have shares in tesco???????!! !

FFS, are comments like this the now stock reply to anyone not in the anti-Tesco brigade ?

Fighting Irish

liamwhite wrote: »

I take it you have shares in tesco???????!! :pac: Of course they are here to make money, they have good prices in tesco that stick up north and they make great money as it is, a few miles down the road they have another tesco in the republic and the prices hike up! why cant they sell stuff just as cheap up north and still make there profit???

Ill answer that for you.... GREED!!!! and dont give me all the import bull ect, because its an extra hour down the road to bring it not realy a huge difference?!

:eek: Oh my god, you're right!
I think i'm gonna ring my boss and tell him i could get by on €20,000 a year so from now on he doesn't have to pay me €40,000 a year

foggy_lad

Fighting Irish wrote: »

Tesco prices go up and down, deal with it, they exsist to make money not to make you happy

aldi and lidl can make the same money without taking anywhere as much from customers pockets! their prices when they do go up are still way cheaper than tescos lowest price for their awful tesco value crap.

Fighting Irish

foggy_lad wrote: »

aldi and lidl can make the same money without taking anywhere as much from customers pockets! their prices when they do go up are still way cheaper than tescos lowest price for their awful tesco value crap.

That's great, but i bet aldi/lidl could lower their prices even more if they wanted to, but why don't they? Greed? No, they're just like Tesco, out to make money.

HxGH

A lot of stores are now putting up posters like "Our brand products cost 1/3 the price of leading brands"

And with prices increasing, these inferior goods will increase in demand.

Emerson

Evian/Volvic were 69c, then 79c, then 99c last week. Today's price €1.09!

Note Ballygowan promo €1.08 - 1 cent cheaper and 2 for 1. Clear price maniuplation to favour suppliers that co-operate to their pressure. It's inline with their current "Love Irish" pseudo theme.

Tesco Value water up a smaller amount from 39c last week to 49c.

I see games being played on all their ranges constantly. All suppliers are played along for a while on rotation. The small reduction in value of the Euro was hugely amplified as expected. Also VAT in the UK should not effect Tesco Ireland prices.

ando

Tesco tinfoil, up from €0.80 to €2.18 ??? Nearly THREE times the price, disgraceful

munchkin_utd

ando wrote: »

Tesco tinfoil, up from €0.80 to €2.18 ??? Nearly THREE times the price, disgraceful

Nope, its a work of genius. :cool:

so long as they never raise the price of a loaf of bread, and have a 2 litre jug of milk for cheap, a lot of consumers wont notice the difference with everything else!
And people who shop in tesco will marvel and wonder at how their grocery bill is 100s of euros when their neighbour that shops at Aldi boasts of a bill a fraction of that.

When living in Belfast I noticed this problem with the UK supermarkets before Tesco even came on the scene in the south.
Sainsburys had dirt cheap bread and meat, 2 for 1 offers and the lot. But christ their bog roll was brutal dear. And same for a lot of other household stuff and toiletries. At times it was pick a number from the air stuff.
But a pound of mince was 99p and the shop always mobbed with people with very full trollies!

Lidl and Aldi though have cheap prices across the board.
(And affordable quality bog roll!)

owenc

you should just shop in asda our shopping in tesco is usually £120 or so but now we shop in asda and its only £50! tesco used to be cheaper but now they are getting really expensive and they arnt doing the cheap deals like buy one get one free etc anymore...

snubbleste

ando wrote: »

Tesco tinfoil, up from €0.80 to €2.18 ??? Nearly THREE times the price, disgraceful

Yeah I noticed this about a month ago about the tesco value tinfoil, the price just over a year ago was 49c, a rise of 445%. Sent Tesco a nice email. General response was: prices go up and down but overall aren't we the best supermarket ever..

The exact same product was and still is 45p in the UK.

jor el

Noticed a few strange prices in Tesco last week. First was a 1kg bag of frozen sweetcorn. The Tesco Value brand one was 30c more expensive than the regular Tesco brand. The other was Crunchy Nut cornflakes, where the "Best Value" 1kg box is 25% more expensive than the 750g box (when comparing gram for gram prices). I think it was €3.70 for 750g and €5.40 for 1kg.

Watch the SELs closely, especially when sizes and quantities vary, and always compare the per unit prices.

ando

ando wrote: »

Tesco tinfoil, up from €0.80 to €2.18 ??? Nearly THREE times the price, disgraceful

Ok I think its only fair, The price has now been reduced to €0.99. I sent an email a few days ago but didnt get any reply

channelsurfer2

one thing to note with tesco is their intrepation of the scanning code policy where if it scans wrongly they had/have a policy of giving you the item for free. thing is it depends who you talk to in tesco. I had 4 examples of the scanning incorrectly the biggest one being southern comfort that said 20.99 on the shelf but scanned at 22.99. I asked should I get it free and the girl said I must be joking i only get the difference in price after she spent 5 minutes telling me that i should have really paid 22.99 as thats what it was coming up on the system and the system is always right... anyway went in yesterday and bought a box of porridge that said in big writing on the shelf 2.20 but scanned at 3.15. didnt notice it till i checked my receipt but when i went back in a different girl gave me the full money back straight away and said thats whay normally happens...who is right?

jimoc

Whoever is telling you what is written in the big signes the have is the one who is right.

snubbleste

The refund + free item only applies after you have bought the mispriced item and have a receipt, not when you point it out at the till.

ch750536

Yep, always allow payment to be made then point out the issue.

jor el

channelsurfer2 wrote: »

I had 4 examples of the scanning incorrectly the biggest one being southern comfort that said 20.99 on the shelf but scanned at 22.99.

If you paid for it, and still have the receipt, then you can go to the customer service desk and get a full refund. Some employees in some stores do seem to deny that this policy exists, but it is Tesco's policy. It applies country wide, and not on a store to store basis.

Another multi-pack con I've seen is chocolate covered Hob-Nobs. The "Big Value" twin pack is 10% more expensive than the single packs, when comparing the per kg prices. The singles are not on special offer of anything, just another fake bulk buy bargain.

fashionpassion

i still would not shop in Tesco the shop i do in the north for 200.00 sterling would cost me 300.00 down here with 5 kids i have no choice to shop in the north

channelsurfer2

thanks for that. to think i could have had a free bottle of southern comfort from it!!!

Ghandee

thesandeman wrote: »

Some things have dropped in price as well. Eg- Tesco value toilet tissue/sandpaper was 1.19 before the change. It went to 55cent after and has now dropped to 50cent. Its all swings and roundabouts just people dont post when things get cheaper.

Eh, yes we do.

Click on biz,consumer,bargain alerts. Loads of posts with items in supermarkets on offer, price reductions etc.

91011

fashionpassion wrote: »

i still would not shop in Tesco the shop i do in the north for 200.00 sterling would cost me 300.00 down here with 5 kids i have no choice to shop in the north

That is rubbish.

There may be a price difference of 10% but not 50%. -

BTW - any chance you would swap your Irish children's allowance to the UK equivalent?

Not a chance I suspect as its 60% lower

3DataModem

snaps wrote: »

A 1l bottle of tesco scotch was reduced to 19.99 after the budget reductions, now i the past week its crept up to 20.99.

Cat food pouches i buy were 3.49 for 12 and now 3.85.

I believe there is cheap cat food and scotch available in LIDl.

91011

owenc wrote: »

you should just shop in asda our shopping in tesco is usually £120 or so but now we shop in asda and its only £50! tesco used to be cheaper but now they are getting really expensive and they arnt doing the cheap deals like buy one get one free etc anymore...

yet another false claim totally unsubstantiated by anything.

check mysupermarket.co.uk and you'll find that on a basket of items asda is about 3% cheaper than tesco who are about 2% cheaper than sainsburys.

this bullsh1t that people go on about with NI supermarket 30% 40% & 50% cheaper than the south is just that. Total and utter crap.

For business reasons I go through NI about once every 2 weeks en route to letterkenny - up til early last year I would hove done a fair bit of shopping in the north, but as prices increased up there and came down down here, I almost stopped and at this stage I would do zero shopping in the north as I can't see any savings that make it worth while, not even on alcohol - aso i prefer to have fresh food and tend not to do "weekly" shops.