Tesco

francie81

Has anyone noticed abit of a hike in alot of things with tesco? Have being going to the 24hr tesco extra in drogheda now not long just after it opened but for the first time in all the years I've done food shopping I was actually short forcing me to leave stuff behind albeit I probably did get the few extra things but I do always keep a close eye on prices as am soo used to getting about the same list as we all do but I have to say some of the products have took some jump soo much soo am thinking of doing half & half aldi/tescos, its a disgrace this country.

Joey the lips

Bang on... Only saying it the other day... Even there own brand stuff is gone up...

and in some cases a lot.


I now shop 70% lidl 20%tesco and 10% local spar

francie81

Joey the lips wrote: »

Bang on... Only saying it the other day... Even there own brand stuff is gone up...

and in some cases a lot.


I now shop 70% lidl 20%tesco and 10% local spar

Think I'll follow suit joey.

miss5

I have actually heard numerous people saying this, They advertise bargains
then rise the prices!

Trampas

I noticed it recently.

Hardly ever shop in Tescos anymore.

Lidl and then supervalu for whatever Lidl don't have

rubadub

miss5 wrote: »

They advertise bargains

the best bargains in tesco are not advertised, I have noticed this ever since the change for good campaign.

I still find them far cheaper than other supermarkets, though I NEVER have a shopping list and have very little brand loyalty. A few weeks back I had to keep going back putting back stuff on the shelves as the deals just got better and better going around the shop.

6x330ml stellas & a large chicago town pizza for €6. Many ice creams are on offer too. Recently it was 74cent for 5 full size bounties

no panic

Prices in tescos have defo gone up overall, but as said, bargains can still be had in the store. I suppose it depends on the products you buy, are you brand loyal etc? I shop probably 50/50 Lidl and Tesco and weeekly shop seems to be about the same each week. Obviously boils down to what you purchase.

Ghandee

no panic wrote: »

Prices in tescos have defo gone up overall, but as said, bargains can still be had in the store. I suppose it depends on the products you buy, are you brand loyal etc? I shop probably 50/50 Lidl and Tesco and weeekly shop seems to be about the same each week. Obviously boils down to what you purchase.

God bless Aldi and Lidl is all I can say!
Was up home at the weekend (co Derry) and popped into Lidl for curiosity, 6x Perlenbacher beer was 5.50 in sterling, it's 6.29 here in Naas, no massive price differences like some of the other stuff!

Tescos? Mmm they do me for some stuff I can't but anywhere else, but on the whole I find Aldi and Lidl (especially Aldi) to have much better value, and in most cases superior quality to Tescos!
Aldis fruit and veg just can't be beaten, and if you ever eaten a sirloin from Aldi (all Irish meat beef btw) you'd be v reluctant to go back to Tescos!

Ghandee

Just popped into Tesco today for some egg noodles (tescos own brand) as I think their unbeatable stir fried with chicken, ginger, honey and Chinese five spice.
Noodles costing me €1.99, now I couldn't swear this on the bible, but I am almost certain that these cost 1.80 just last week (could be wrong though)

HOWEVER........


Looking at Tesco.co.Uk website and the same noodles sell for a pound (1.20€)
what happened to the change for good Tescos?

Giving us so called Bargains in one hand, and fleecing us in the other!

Swarlez

too right

JTMan

Tesco have hiked the price of branded products as well.

They have put up nappy prices by about 10% in the last week or so.

Shocked.

K-9

Fungus wrote: »

Tesco have hiked the price of branded products as well.

They have put up nappy prices by about 10% in the last week or so.

Shocked.

With the drop in the value of the Euro, to be expected tbh.

g32

K-9 wrote: »

With the drop in the value of the Euro, to be expected tbh.

It still pays to go north.

Ghandee

K-9 wrote: »

With the drop in the value of the Euro, to be expected tbh.

But how come when sterling was weak, products didn't go up in price to the UK costumers?
We Irish tend to find any way we can to justify price increases and ripoffs instead of challenging them!

As I've posted earlier, (just a tiny example) egg noodles on tescos.ie €1.99
same product on tesco uks site = £1 (1.20 €) but sure it's only 80cent difference, us Irish don't mind! Sure it's only 40% More were being charged!

K-9

Gucky wrote: »

But how come when sterling was weak, products didn't go up in price to the UK costumers?
We Irish tend to find any way we can to justify price increases and ripoffs instead of challenging them!

As I've posted earlier, (just a tiny example) egg noodles on tescos.ie €1.99
same product on tesco uks site = £1 (1.20 €) but sure it's only 80cent difference, us Irish don't mind! Sure it's only 40% More were being charged!

More too it than just exchange rate as well, higher cost to operate here. I find most of the stuff I buy competitive compared to the North, but yes, you need to be careful with them.

As for rip offs, didn't Asda increase their prices in the North?

Boxoffrogs

rubadub wrote: »

the best bargains in tesco are not advertised, I have noticed this ever since the change for good campaign.

I still find them far cheaper than other supermarkets, though I NEVER have a shopping list and have very little brand loyalty. A few weeks back I had to keep going back putting back stuff on the shelves as the deals just got better and better going around the shop.

6x330ml stellas & a large chicago town pizza for €6. Many ice creams are on offer too. Recently it was 74cent for 5 full size bounties

I definitely find this to be the case. I think if you're prepared to go with the offers, so to speak, and not stick rigidly to a list, you can do a very reasonably priced shop in Tesco.

Ghandee

diddledum wrote: »

I definitely find this to be the case. I think if you're prepared to go with the offers, so to speak, and not stick rigidly to a list, you can do a very reasonably priced shop in Tesco.

I think were Tesco catch us out, is by displaying certain brand products that are on offer with them (half price offers etc) while they stealthily increase other, everyday items without us noticing.

I personally recall one week when I was charged 3 different prices on the exact same pack of tesco rashers (no special offers etc applied)
I think prize rose by twenty cent, then restored to previous price and was increased again.
How many times a week/month need to do sneaky things like this without us noticing, while at the same time making fanfares about their other halfprice offers for them to still end up with huge profits!

Aldi all the way!

Incidentally I was in Aldi today and got Broccolli, Courgettes, cherry tomatoes and Ginger for less than 4€!

Try that trick with Tescos! It would prob come to seven or eight euro!

Full_TiltKeith

Fungus wrote: »

Tesco have hiked the price of branded products as well.

They have put up nappy prices by about 10% in the last week or so.

Shocked.

Baby formula has gone up about 15% also

bryanw

If I may play Devil's Advocate here, but if we as a country want to continue to be paid high wages compared to other countries, charge more for utilities and rates, then we can continue to expect high prices.

Tesco are entitled to charge what they wish for a particular product in a free economy, they are entitled to make a profit and I'm sure shareholders are entitled to see a return on their investment. They are after all subject to one of the highest minimum wages in Europe. It's whether or not people will buy it that will make the difference. I do notice price fluctuations in Tesco, but I find it hard to believe that Tesco are alone in the practice or are the only ones ripping people off. If you don't want to pay for the price, you are entitled to shop elsewhere, incl. Northern Ireland.

That said, I don't find either Aldi or Lidl ever have a satisfactory range of products and I would struggle to do a weekly shop there without needing to augment my purchases elsewhere, especially fresh food.

Gucky wrote: »

Incidentally I was in Aldi today and got Broccolli, Courgettes, cherry tomatoes and Ginger for less than 4€!

Try that trick with Tescos! It would prob come to seven or eight euro!

Just a quick check on tesco.ie gives:

Root ginger loose (0.27 kg): € 1.00
Value cherry tomatoes (250 g): € 1.19
Courgette loose: € 0.57
Tesco Broccoli (335 g): € 1.39

TOTAL: € 4.15

(No need for the hyperbole)

Ghandee

bryanw wrote: »

If I may play Devil's Advocate here, but if we as a country want to continue to be paid high wages compared to other countries, charge more for utilities and rates, then we can continue to expect high prices.

Tesco are entitled to charge what they wish for a particular product in a free economy, they are entitled to make a profit and I'm sure shareholders are entitled to see a return on their investment. They are after all subject to one of the highest minimum wages in Europe. It's whether or not people will buy it that will make the difference. I do notice price fluctuations in Tesco, but I find it hard to believe that Tesco are alone in the practice or are the only ones ripping people off. If you don't want to pay for the price, you are entitled to shop elsewhere, incl. Northern Ireland.

That said, I don't find either Aldi or Lidl ever have a satisfactory range of products and I would struggle to do a weekly shop there without needing to augment my purchases elsewhere, especially fresh food.



Just a quick check on tesco.ie gives:

Root ginger loose (0.27 kg): € 1.00
Value cherry tomatoes (250 g): € 1.19
Courgette loose: € 0.57
Tesco Broccoli (335 g): € 1.39

TOTAL: € 4.15

(No need for the hyperbole)

The courgettes I bought (note, courgette's) was a pack of two for 89c
Tomatoes 300g, 89c
Broccoli 500g, 1.29
Ginger, I didnt weigh, and to be honest cant remember the price (bought it was 3 x thumb sized pieces (should last me a month)

So, all in all Tescos dont really compete?


Tesco are entitled to charge what they wish for a particular product in a free economy

Of course they are!
But its a bit contradictory launching a change for good campaign and STILL charging us way over the odds compared to folk in the north.

Ghandee

bryanw wrote: »

If I may play Devil's Advocate here, but if we as a country want to continue to be paid high wages compared to other countries, charge more for utilities and rates, then we can continue to expect high prices.

Tesco are entitled to charge what they wish for a particular product in a free economy, they are entitled to make a profit and I'm sure shareholders are entitled to see a return on their investment. They are after all subject to one of the highest minimum wages in Europe. It's whether or not people will buy it that will make the difference. I do notice price fluctuations in Tesco, but I find it hard to believe that Tesco are alone in the practice or are the only ones ripping people off. If you don't want to pay for the price, you are entitled to shop elsewhere, incl. Northern Ireland.

That said, I don't find either Aldi or Lidl ever have a satisfactory range of products and I would struggle to do a weekly shop there without needing to augment my purchases elsewhere, especially fresh food.



Just a quick check on tesco.ie gives:

Root ginger loose (0.27 kg): € 1.00
Value cherry tomatoes (250 g): € 1.19
Courgette loose: € 0.57
Tesco Broccoli (335 g): € 1.39

TOTAL: € 4.15

(No need for the hyperbole)

Oh, and also....

I presume this is ALL from Tesco Market value range?
Whereas the products I bought were all Aldis normal range. (2 xHUGE courgettes for 89c?) granted the courgettes and cherry tomatoes were part of Aldis super 6, but on a weekly basis the size and price of Aldis goods is much better.
And there is noone in Ireland will tell me, ALDI's fruit and veg is inferior to Tescos, quite the contrary actually!

bryanw

But to Aldi have a "value" equivalent? I don't see how the value range in any way diminishes the quality of the vegetable, whereas a "value" tag may indicate a not so great processed product. I don't see much difference between lets say a Tesco "value" pack of tomatoes grown in Ireland and a "normal" Tesco pack of tomatoes of the same variety grown in Ireland. Usually supermarkets will request veg which are reasonably appealing in terms of appearance etc. even for their value range. The difference with the value ranges is that not so much money goes on the bells and whistles associated with the product.

I would bet Tesco have a much larger product range in terms of fresh veg at various price points. Fair enough if you can source your item cheaper in Aldi, I'm afraid there isn't an Aldi close to me. I'm not trying to be an apologist for Tesco. I mean I have yet to discover the logic behind Tesco (previously) charging € 2.15 for a 200 g box of Carr's table water biscuits and € 3.00 for a 125 g pack, or charging € 1.19 for a pack of biscuits that have 99c printed on the pack.

jimoc

2 different examples

Tesco Own Brand Soups (4 x Satchets)
3 months ago : 29 cent
2 months ago : 35 cent
now 49 cent

Tiger Bread : 1 euro since forever.

Churchy

Lidl's beside me in the North has been doing 18 x 330ml Stella for 6.99 STG.
Now thats value!

K-9

Churchy wrote: »

Lidl's beside me in the North has been doing 18 x 330ml Stella for 6.99 STG.
Now thats value!

That's is bloody cheap. Tesco are doing 6 bottles and a nice Chicago town pizza for €6, but that is hard to beat.

ccyy123

I went to Tesco (Limerick) this morning to get some stuff, I was buying some bananas I didn't put them the clear plastic bag (you know those small clear plastic bags that are for vegs and fruits) but I had one in my hand, was going to put my loose bananas in it after I checked out. So, when I was paying for my stuff at the self-service checkout, the woman station at the checkout area saw the bag in my hand, came over and told me that they are charging for those bags now!!! Anyway, I gave the bag back to her, didn't know if she was being a b*tch, or Tesco really are charging for them.

Anyone knows anything about this?

loyatemu

Tesco prices definitely increasing - even their special offers have become less "special" - they were doing finest sausages @ 2 packs for €5, now its 2 for €6, ditto Kilmeaden cheese. They've changed the packaging on all the Tesco Brand salamis and have at the same time raised the prices (chorizo which was €1.20 a pack is now €3.50!) - there's examples all over the store.

JTMan

Tesco have clearly made a decision to hike a large amount of their prices.

Dunnes have not yet matched the price increases. In fact, there are some vast price differences to Dunnes at the moment.

Time to shop with your feet.

Ghandee

loyatemu wrote: »

Tesco prices definitely increasing - even their special offers have become less "special" - they were doing finest sausages @ 2 packs for €5, now its 2 for €6, ditto Kilmeaden cheese. They've changed the packaging on all the Tesco Brand salamis and have at the same time raised the prices (chorizo which was €1.20 a pack is now €3.50!) - there's examples all over the store.

I emailed and called Tesco demanding an explanation on how the vast price differences on grocery goods can be explained, still no answer!

Anyone registered on tesco.co.Uk and tesco.ie should open both sites at the same time, and check out some examples! one that has still got me a bit annoyed is tescos own brand soft egg noodles.

Up north, £1
tescos in Naas €1.99 (£1.65)????? 65% more here?

No doubt someone will come running to their defence, vat rates operating costs and blahdy blahdy blah! But is it REALLY 65% more expensive to operate in the south Tesco?

changed for good my @rse!

Ghandee

Churchy wrote: »

Lidl's beside me in the North has been doing 18 x 330ml Stella for 6.99 STG.
Now thats value!

Mmmmm

heading up home (north) for my Dads birthday party this weekend, suddenly Aldis Staroslav at 1.09 a bottle just doesn't sound as good anymore lol!

Though it is dam good beer and it's in 500ml bottles!

Ghandee

Found these brief examples after a 10 minute search on both websites.
Were getting a deal alright folks, pity its a raw one!

Tesco Ireland, Tesco Beansprouts 335G €1.99
Tesco UK, Tesco Beansprouts 335g £0.50p :eek::eek::eek:

Tesco Ireland, Tesco Rocket Salad 100G €1.98
Tesco UK, Tesco Rocket Salad 100G £1

Tesco Ireland, Tesco Thin And Crispy Oven chips, 1.81Kg €1.89
Tesco UK, Tesco Thin And Crispy Oven chips, 1.81Kg £1

Tesco Ireland, Tesco Value Cheese & Tomato Pizza 150g €1.09
Tesco UK, Tesco Value Cheese & Tomato Pizza 150g £0.48p :eek::eek::eek:

Thats just a very brief example lads.
Im gonna enjoy your defence of this......................

Tesco SHAFT the Irish man! Not on EVERYTHING, but on a LOT of stuff.
TBH I'm still in shock at the beansprouts 50pence versus our two euro like WTF?

Is their vat on beansprouts or what?

Oh, and btw NONE of the items from Tesco UK are on special offer before you ask. Seems everyday normal pricing by tesco UK

pleasant Co.

Gucky wrote: »

Im gonna enjoy your defence of this......................

Tesco SHAFT the Irish man!

Thank goodness we have supervalu and dunnes stores ever driving prices down, ensuring that healthy competition in this capitalist market of ours continues to go strong?

EDIT: On a more serious note, what I see from your post is that Tesco UK is probably cheaper than every one of our supermarkets (including lidl/aldi).

Millicent

ccyy123 wrote: »

I went to Tesco (Limerick) this morning to get some stuff, I was buying some bananas I didn't put them the clear plastic bag (you know those small clear plastic bags that are for vegs and fruits) but I had one in my hand, was going to put my loose bananas in it after I checked out. So, when I was paying for my stuff at the self-service checkout, the woman station at the checkout area saw the bag in my hand, came over and told me that they are charging for those bags now!!! Anyway, I gave the bag back to her, didn't know if she was being a b*tch, or Tesco really are charging for them.

Anyone knows anything about this?

She's not being a b*tch. Staff are supposed to charge for any bag which isn't used for loose fruit and veg, baked goods, meat, fish or poultry.

I know you had yours for your bananas so it's possible she never realised and made a mistake but anyone who uses them for washing powder, firelighters etc. is supposed to be charged. You shouldn't have been though.

91011

Lets get a few things right about pricing & groceries

1. NOBODY is forced to shop in Tesco. They DO NOT have a monopoly. (I far prefer the local owner & convienence of supervalu)

2. Ireland has 4.2 million people. Economies of scale come into play. If a product does not sell in large quantities retailers will buy it from a local distributor. - Same happens in most countries especially those with smaller populations. This can add 30% to costs - if you wnat added choice, you need to pay for it.

3. NOBODY is stopping anyone from shoping in NI, moving to NI or moving to britain. - Though if you do move expect lower wages, lower social benefits and higher direct & indirect taxes. Though NI gets the benefit of being park of UK and having the same pricing as a country of 60million - if this wasn't the case, prices would be higher.

4. NOBODY is stopping anyone from opening their own store - it is not a secretive trade and you can even find wholesale prices online or by dropping into Musgraves or any other wholesaler.

5. Despite what the rip-off merchants want you to believe, costs of operating a business IS more expensive in ireland, always has been because of our tax system which make business pay very high commercial rates instead of residents paying council taxes. - On one of my businesses I pay approx 5% of my turnover in council rates, if I had the same store in NI, it would be less than 2%.

6. Many Irish bsuinesses sell to NI & UK - Why - because we offer value. In the past 2 weeks, the bulk of my sales came from the UK. Why? - Because I'm cheaper than my UK competitors for a product thats made in China. - On another product that is about 30% of my sales, I'm cheaper (as are msot retailers of the product) than stores in USA where the product is made.

7. - Of course there are price differences - up and down. The UK has had 7% inflation over the past 18 months - we've had 8% defaltion. Official figures not crap taken from mid air. So prices have changed, but UK product are rising in price, products sourced in US dollars are rising in price, local produced products are falling in price.

Shop local, buy local produce.

p.s. - I have no business in the grocery trade or any trade associated with groceries / alcohol / foodstuffs

g32

91011 wrote: »

Shop local, buy local produce.

Shop local = pay more = Rip-Off = vote with your feet.

TheInquisitor

Gucky wrote: »

But is it REALLY 65% more expensive to operate in the south Tesco?

Just to play devils advocate a bit.

Vat difference 4%
Wages difference (minimum wage) Ire £7.22 UK 5.80 Difference 24.5%
Rates Multiplier Ire 59.92 UK 41.40 Difference 44.73%
Exchange rate Ire 1 UK 83.527 Difference 19.73%

So I mean it could easily overall cost 25-35% more to do business here and when you add in 20% for the exchange rate there are going to be huge differences between Irish and English prices . Obviously anything costing £1 in England and E1.99 in ireland is a rip as if things were right it should be Maybe E1.59 but the Irish group is a separate entity and they can charge whatever they want.

91011

g32 wrote: »

Shop local = pay more = Rip-Off = vote with your feet.

Are you unemployed?

If not, then you are paid Irish wages which even after recent reductions would be at least 25% higher than the UK.

Do you have kids? - If you do your childrens allowance is 40% higher than the UK

At some stage you'll be over 65 - then you'll have free transport nationwide & a pension that is 30% higher than the UK.

I presume you drive a car - your petrol & diesel whilst expensive is far cheaper than NI.

In exchange for all the extras including your higher salary, your company and other companies must charge a little extra to ensure you and others are paid a good wage.

Its all swings and roundabouts - if you want to buy UK produced stuff and buy up north and refuse to contribute to the local economy, then go ahead. But when the comapny you are working for decided to outsource your job becasue they have to rediuce their prices further you may look at it differently.

There will always be a small premium to buy locally produced product as its usually of a higher quality, you'll always pay apremium for convience too (same in EVERY country.) If your time is cheap and you are close enough to the border you might save a tenner on your weekly shopping, but is it REALLY worth it????


P.s. - I see you have still not responded to any post that proves both your wrong quotation of irish prices and proves the higher costs of operating here. - Is this because there is no response?

TheInquisitor

Mactard wrote: »

Thank goodness we have supervalu and dunnes stores ever driving prices down, ensuring that healthy competition in this capitalist market of ours continues to go strong?

EDIT: On a more serious note, what I see from your post is that Tesco UK is probably cheaper than every one of our supermarkets (including lidl/aldi).

Its funny because tesco in the UK are seen now as expensive. Asda are dirt cheap compared to them. Lidl and Aldi well they speak for themselves

Ghandee

91011 wrote: »

Lets get a few things right about pricing & groceries

1. NOBODY is forced to shop in Tesco. They DO NOT have a monopoly. (I far prefer the local owner & convienence of supervalu)

2. Ireland has 4.2 million people. Economies of scale come into play. If a product does not sell in large quantities retailers will buy it from a local distributor. - Same happens in most countries especially those with smaller populations. This can add 30% to costs - if you wnat added choice, you need to pay for it.

3. NOBODY is stopping anyone from shoping in NI, moving to NI or moving to britain. - Though if you do move expect lower wages, lower social benefits and higher direct & indirect taxes. Though NI gets the benefit of being park of UK and having the same pricing as a country of 60million - if this wasn't the case, prices would be higher.

4. NOBODY is stopping anyone from opening their own store - it is not a secretive trade and you can even find wholesale prices online or by dropping into Musgraves or any other wholesaler.

5. Despite what the rip-off merchants want you to believe, costs of operating a business IS more expensive in ireland, always has been because of our tax system which make business pay very high commercial rates instead of residents paying council taxes. - On one of my businesses I pay approx 5% of my turnover in council rates, if I had the same store in NI, it would be less than 2%.

6. Many Irish bsuinesses sell to NI & UK - Why - because we offer value. In the past 2 weeks, the bulk of my sales came from the UK. Why? - Because I'm cheaper than my UK competitors for a product thats made in China. - On another product that is about 30% of my sales, I'm cheaper (as are msot retailers of the product) than stores in USA where the product is made.

7. - Of course there are price differences - up and down. The UK has had 7% inflation over the past 18 months - we've had 8% defaltion. Official figures not crap taken from mid air. So prices have changed, but UK product are rising in price, products sourced in US dollars are rising in price, local produced products are falling in price.

Shop local, buy local produce.

p.s. - I have no business in the grocery trade or any trade associated with groceries / alcohol / foodstuffs

p.s. - I have no business in the grocery trade or any trade associated with groceries / alcohol / foodstuffs

lol, I take it your just Tescos 'pal' then, and doing the pally thing by not letting anyone slag them, or tell it how it Really is?
The fact you went to the trouble of logging on to the Uk website and use different weights as an excuse to justify their much higher costs would suggest otherwise to me.

As you said your self, it costs a lot more to operate here than Tescos in Newry.

But Beansprouts in Newry at 50p vs our price in Dublin of €1.99????

Could it really be THAT more expensive?

I agree, vote with your feet! I bought cheese and 7up today from my local Spar, rather than Tesco!
Did it cost more? Probably.
But at least I know that by supporting my local spar it's going to a family run business, not to a multi BILLION pound empire like Tescos who are STILL shafting the Irishman!

ejmaztec

Gucky wrote: »

Did it cost more? Probably.
But at least I know that by supporting my local spar it's going to a family run business, not to a multi BILLION pound empire like Tescos who are STILL shafting the Irishman!

So, you prefer to get shafted by Irish businesses instead?:P

91011

Gucky wrote: »

p.s. - I have no business in the grocery trade or any trade associated with groceries / alcohol / foodstuffs

lol, I take it your just Tescos 'pal' then, and doing the pally thing by not letting anyone slag them, or tell it how it Really is?
The fact you went to the trouble of logging on to the Uk website and use different weights as an excuse to justify their much higher costs would suggest otherwise to me.

As you said your self, it costs a lot more to operate here than Tescos in Newry.

But Beansprouts in Newry at 50p vs our price in Dublin of €1.99????

Could it really be THAT more expensive?

Personally I don't like shopping at Tesco, but I won't attack them just because I far prefer a mix of Supervalu / Aldi.

Tesco is a public company and has a huge number of shareholders including hundreds of thousands of Irish people via their pension funds. TBH, dunnes are the worst as the profits stay within a single family who just like amassing loads of money. Supervalu are by far the best as their pricing is very competitive, are VERY convienent and in most of them, the owner himself / herself is around the store ensuring good service.

You seem to have targeted one single produt from a line-up of in excess of 30,000 products stocked in a standard tecso store. - Maybe, just maybe its a pricing error as from memory, beansprouts are a cheap product and sell for under a euro. I might even drop by a tesco to check.

Pricing errors work both ways too. - A while ago a tray of mixed veg (mangetout, brocolli & babycorn) was price marked at £1.79 but was priced at 99c. It lasted about 2/3 months before it suddenly changed to €2.39. On the other hand at the same time Frozen Cumberland sausages were price flashed at £2 but were being charged at €3.80, then these changed to €2.50 ish.

Ghandee

ejmaztec wrote: »

So, you prefer to get shafted by Irish businesses instead?:P

Gucky don't like to be shafted by anyone!



(except my Mrs Gucky, occasionally!)

rubadub

g32 wrote: »

Shop local = pay more

+1 People are asking for "defence" of standard sound business practice, are they insane?
Tesco would be fucking idiots not to charge inline with what other shops do, it doesn't matter what nationality the owner is. FFS I understood this when I was 7 years old and spent my pocket money in the supermarket rather than the newsagents, I knew fine well how newsagents could get away with charging more.

If I won a dvd player in an auction for €2 should I sell it for about the same?

ejmaztec wrote: »

So, you prefer to get shafted by Irish businesses instead?:P

Some might well do, and not just particular to Ireland. I bought a device for weightlifting, it is made by a single company in the US and I bought direct from them, €35 incl delivery, shipped from the UK. On a UK forum lads were saying not to buy from the actual company, but rather buy from a UK shop, telling them to "support their own". So this company was charging about £70 incl delivery, the UK company was obviously buying from that shop in the US anyways, no doubt getting a bulk discount and lads were just glad to line the pockets of this UK business as it was "local". Utter madness, the price difference was huge, instead of paying £70 they could have bought it for about £30 delivered, and then sent a donation of £30 to the shop if they consider them to be such a charity case, they would have saved £10 in the process too.

91011

Gucky wrote: »

Gucky don't like to be shafted by anyone!



(except my Mrs Gucky, occasionally!)

well Gucky, the bad news is the beanspouts are 1.99 in Ireland, the good news is you are getting Irish grown beansprouts:D

My guess is simple economies of scale on this one as beanspouts are not exactly the most popular veg on the aisle over here.

One of my part time students needed a project for a college course, so she is going to do up a typical shopping list of 250 grocery items and do a unconfirmed order online with tesco irl, tesco uk and sainsburys, find out info about business costs in both juristictions including costs of transport etc and come up with a result.

- Don't hold your breath for the result as she's off on hols next Tuesday for 2 weeks, but I'll post it when she's finished.

Students - loads of time, nothing to do

Luckycharm

Definetly noticed prices going up - I buy far too much confectionary - homebrand winegums gone up from 57c to €1.30!!

Glenalla

Why do Tesco in Carlow charge more than Tesco in Letterkenny????
"Because they can" is the simple answer. Irish consumers are being ripped off.

borderlinemeath

Glenalla wrote: »

Why do Tesco in Carlow charge more than Tesco in Letterkenny????
"Because they can" is the simple answer. Irish consumers are being ripped off.

I've heard or read somewhere that Tesco can and will charge different prices depending on the outlet.

The Tesco express is supposed to be more expensive than a Tesco extra - based on overheads as they tend to be on "high street" destinations rather than an extra which is either out in a retail park/industrial estate type setting which costs about 80% less per square foot to rent than high street or shopping centre.

g32

Luckycharm wrote: »

Definetly noticed prices going up - I buy far too much confectionary - homebrand winegums gone up from 57c to €1.30!!

Don't allow those prices go up - don't buy from Tesco. Otherwise, you are feeding into their predatory prices. I believe Lidl, Aldi or Asda will offer you more value.

Colonel Sanders

Head and shoulders shampoo, last time I bought it was 4.69. Was 5.49 when I was in yesterday

Looks like I may have to return to bulk buying toiletries in the North

Ghandee

I think what we all seem to be forgetting here, is that it's not Tescos who control the pricing, ultimately it's us, the consumers!
If they put toiletries up in price, don't buy them in Tescos!
If they put confectionery up in price, don't buy your confectionery there either!
Less people buy the stuff from them, the more they'll be forced to lower prices!

Tescos are not just ripping us Irish off, they're actually trying to take the piss out of us!
You can just imagine them....(ah sure let's bump the price away up by 80c this week To the Irish consumers, while we knock 50p of the same product in the UK Market... The Irish still buy it regardless)

Vote with your feet folks, let's show them who exactly is boss!

K-9

Colonel Sanders wrote: »

Head and shoulders shampoo, last time I bought it was 4.69. Was 5.49 when I was in yesterday

Looks like I may have to return to bulk buying toiletries in the North

€1 = .83p Stg now, what was it then?