Tesco UK V ROI - still an average of 21.96% difference on there own brand goods !!

rubadub

rubadub wrote: »

One other huge factor is manufacturers pricing, e.g. pampers are meant to charge a huge amount more to retailers at the wholesale price here than in the UK so to match prices a Irish retailer might have to sell at a loss.

At the moment eurospar have 24x500ml cans of heineken at 5% for €26, this is intended for the Scottish market, I have no doubt Heineken are charging far lower wholesale price there for a higher % beer- which means more ingredients, and more duty.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0204/retail-business.html

Cormac Tobin, head of the largest pharmacy chain Unicare, claimed that some biscuits cost more than twice as much here as in Britain. He said McVities biscuits here cost 220% of what they would cost in Britain, while the price of a Colgate toothbrush was 74% dearer and Pampers baby wipes were 40% dearer.

Mr Tobin said had tried to persuade Irish distributors to cut prices following the fall in the value of sterling, but most had refused. He believed the only way prices would come down was when retailers named and shamed the distributors responsible for the high prices.

Retailer group RGDATA told the committee a tin of baby food - SMA Gold - made in Dublin costs a retailer €11.24 - but it can be bought in England for €8.72. Jim Marshall, a director of the group, said other prices here were also much higher.

He said a packet of Mach 3 razor blades cost €9.88 from the Irish distributor - but can be bought for €6.87 abroad.

John Foy, president of RGDATA, said he had been buying bottles of 7Up - which is produced in the Republic - in the North for 40 cent a bottle cheaper than he could get here. But he claimed the supply was cut off after the Northern agent came under pressure for selling into the Republic.

I think tesco have started to get stuff intended for the UK market -of course this will lead to more complaining.

celticbest

:eek: Now that's a suprise........:rolleyes: NOT !!

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0329/1224293299271.html

TESCO INCREASED the prices of some well-known products significantly just weeks into the new year before reducing them as part of a 1,000-product price promotion launched yesterday.

Some of the products which the retail giant has highlighted in its new price-cutting campaign are now more expensive than they were at the beginning of the year.

At the end of December, a range of Tropicana orange juice was selling for €2.28. Its price went up to €2.59 at the end of January before being marked down to €2.49 as part of the new price campaign, making it 21 cent dearer now than it was 12 weeks ago.

Flahavan’s Progress Oatlets cost €1.95 at the end of last year. The price increased to €2.05 in the middle of January and then fell to €1.99 as part of the promotion. The product now costs 6 cent more than it did the beginning of the year.

At the launch of the campaign at the weekend, a Tesco spokesman said the price reductions would “deliver very tangible savings and customers will see the benefit in their pockets”. He said the price cuts would be clearly highlighted in all Tesco stores along with the thousands of other products that are cheaper than our competitors. “We are determined to offer the very best value for consumers and we will not be beaten on price.”

Bonne Maman Strawberry Conserve was being advertised in Tesco outlets this week as having a reduced price of €2.79, down from €2.95, but at the beginning of this year it cost €2.79.

In store today, 500g boxes of chunky cod from Donegal Catch cost €5.99, which, Tesco says, is down from €6.59. However at the beginning of this year, the product cost €5.99. It increased in price in the middle of February.

An 18-wash packet of Ariel Excel Febreze is selling for €6.15, down from €6.19. It was selling for €5.99 in early December before increasing in price to €6.19 in February.

Tesco is now selling Brennan’s Sliced Batch, claiming it has been reduced from €2.06 to €1.97. However, the bread was selling for €1.98 at the end of last year, before going up in the middle of February.

Jacob’s Creek Semillon Chardonnay costs €8.85, which Tesco says is marked down from €9.79; it cost €8.85 at the beginning of the year. A 100ml tube of Colgate Regular toothpaste, which Tesco says is down from €1.39 to €1.19, cost €1.19 in November before climbing in the new year.

A Tesco statement said the 1,000 price reductions were “real and meaningful”.

It said there had “invariably been some price increases in recent months due to inflationary pressures from world commodity markets which have been well documented. These changes have impacted on all retailers and consumers worldwide, not just Tesco. The post-Christmas period has also seen the ending of a number of promotional cycles with consequent increase in all retailers.”

Tesco’s UK parent launched a similar price promotion at the beginning of the month. According to the influential industry magazine the Grocer, more than a third of prices highlighted by the retailer in its promotional material had increased in price shortly before coming down.

Consumers Association of Ireland chief executive Dermott Jewell said he was not surprised by the price fluctuations. The big supermarket chains used “so much smoke and mirrors to confuse consumers”, he added.

“They are not clear with people about how they manage their prices and it is all but impossible for people to track what is going up and down but a lot of the time, the pricing is done in a calculated way to create an illusion of better bargains.”

sandin

Doesn't every large retailer use the same cheating tactics including Dunnes and the Carpetrights & Right price tiles of this world.

I'd love to see the german retail rules apply here. Very strict on advertising sale & special offers.

celticbest

sandin wrote: »

Doesn't every large retailer use the same cheating tactics including Dunnes and the Carpetrights & Right price tiles of this world.

I'd love to see the german retail rules apply here. Very strict on advertising sale & special offers.

So that makes Tesco claims in this case okay? They are the supermarket that run the biggest add campaigns on price reductions..... there claims are going to be scrutinized the most.

wmpdd3

rubadub wrote: »

At the moment eurospar have 24x500ml cans of heineken at 5% for €26, this is intended for the Scottish market, I have no doubt Heineken are charging far lower wholesale price there for a higher % beer- which means more ingredients, and more duty.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0204/retail-business.html


I think tesco have started to get stuff intended for the UK market -of course this will lead to more complaining.

I was in the local cash and carry and I couldn't believe the prices of stuff there. i'd know the prices for health and beauty and baby stuff off the top of my head and there wasn't one item in the cash and carry cheaper than the discounters and supermarkets.

We had the card for a party and we left and went to a supermarket instead.

sandin

celticbest wrote: »

So that makes Tesco claims in this case okay? .

How on earth can you come to that conclusion on my post????

I DESPISE these type of pricing tactics, I hate with a vengence the likes of Carpet Right, Right price tiles, Reids and all other stores that have a perma sale on and would never under any circumstances buy from them.

Tesco are getting a rollicking in the press over this and rightfully so. Its cheating. Nothing positive about that word but whilst retail advertising laws remain as is, they and other retailers will continue doing it.

deelite

1000 price cuts - is there somewhere that all the products are listed as in a before and an after price on these price cuts.

I was in there yesterday and saw Lyons tea bags used to 2.89 price cut 1.99 (however on the other side the price in Supervalu was listed as 2.00)

celticbest

sandin wrote: »

Doesn't every large retailer use the same cheating tactics including Dunnes and the Carpetrights & Right price tiles of this world.

sandin wrote: »

How on earth can you come to that conclusion on my post????

Sorry.

Your original post was very ambigious, I took it that you thought Tesco's were right to advertise this way as other retailers currently do......

rubadub

sandin wrote: »

Doesn't every large retailer use the same cheating tactics including Dunnes and the Carpetrights & Right price tiles of this world.

Many do and I expect many shops, such as independent furniture shops are breaking the law.

celticbest wrote: »

So that makes Tesco claims in this case okay? They are the supermarket that run the biggest add campaigns on price reductions..... there claims are going to be scrutinized the most.

I expect their case is okay in the eyes of the law, especially as they know they will be scrutinized. Laws were introduced for these pricing practises, so if you do not agree with them perhaps you should contact your local TD.

Here is some info on it http://www.nca.ie/eng/Research_Zone/Consultation/Advertising/Draft_guidelines_on_price_discounts_part_3.html

sandin wrote: »

I DESPISE these type of pricing tactics, I hate with a vengence the likes of Carpet Right, Right price tiles, Reids and all other stores that have a perma sale on and would never under any circumstances buy from them.

I just ignore these pricing tactics, only gullible suckers will fall for them, I can evaluate good value with my own brain thanks very much, I do not need a sign to make up my mind for me.

I certainly would not boycott a store which could end up in my biting off my nose to spite my face -i.e. paying over the odds in some store who do not have "yo-yo pricing". If easily led people are paying over the odds for certain items then the shops can afford to price the stuff I do buy at good prices -I have often said that the some of the best deals in tescos are not highlighted as offers at all.