€1.25 for bueno, €1.15 small twix

Atomicjuicer

Topaz petrol station off quincentennial bridge Galway.

camel jockey

Ridiculous prices. What about Starbar?

Vinz Mesrine

Id never buy a chocolate bar in a Topaz station. I saw a Wispa in one yesterday for €1.15, i doubt you can get any regular chocolate bar for under €1 in a Topaz nowadays, its scandalous.

Anybody else remember getting a Twix for 28p?

Weathering

Fookers should burn

road_high

Think you want to be off your head to buy bars in those places. Great offers in the supermarkets all the time these days.

padma

I can remember twix being 18p

rubadub

Vinz Mesrine wrote: »

Anybody else remember getting a Twix for 28p?

Thats 36cent. I'd hope to get it for that or less nowadays in mulitpacks. Years ago there was nowhere near the difference between multipacks & singles bars.

A week or so ago I got full size chunky kit kats, I think it was €1.24 for 8, 15.5cent.

Lucena

rubadub wrote: »

Thats 36cent. I'd hope to get it for that or less nowadays in mulitpacks. Years ago there was nowhere near the difference between multipacks & singles bars.

A week or so ago I got full size chunky kit kats, I think it was €1.24 for 8, 15.5cent.

The petrol stations have obviously twigged that when people see a Twix, people will want a Twix and won't be too pushed about the price.

pajor

Topaz are expensive. Period.

maximoose

3 Buenos for 1.50 in euro2 shops.

Petrol stations are always pricier

Stinicker

€1.08 for a can of Fanta recently in Topaz, extremely expensive and left it at the counter.

rubadub

Stinicker wrote: »

€1.08 for a can of Fanta recently in Topaz, extremely expensive and left it at the counter.

Seems normal to me, what did you expect it to be? It was 1.20 a can in a chipper I was in last night, most are at least €1

In tesco this can/bottle? is 350ml for €1
http://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=274571595

brian_gall85

Slightly pricey, but hardly extremely expensive. The retailer is probably paying around 50 cent plus 21% VAT for the item to start with, then has to factor in the cost of keeping the can chilled until you decide you want it.

We charge €1 a can, baring in mind that Soft drinks and confectionery is where retailers make a large proportion of their profit to balance out the now -3% we make on call credit.

ScouseMouse

Stinicker wrote: »

€1.08 for a can of Fanta recently in Topaz, extremely expensive and left it at the counter.

Sorry, I disagree. I think thats at the higher end of the scale but not a rip off.

Wait till everyone sees what cadburys is about to do. Then you will have something to complain about

Sofiztikated

Stinicker wrote: »

€1.08 for a can of Fanta recently in Topaz, extremely expensive and left it at the counter.

That's about right for a chilled can of anything, really.

brian_gall85

This the removal of a finger from the Pink Snack and the ever shrinking Moro/Twirl bars?

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/cadbury-gives-two-fingers-to-irish-chocolate-fans-29397167.html

"Kraft by Name and Kraft by nature..."

ScouseMouse

brian_gall85 wrote: »

This the removal of a finger from the Pink Snack and the ever shrinking Moro/Twirl bars?

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/cadbury-gives-two-fingers-to-irish-chocolate-fans-29397167.html

"Kraft by Name and Kraft by nature..."

I hear through the grapevine, cadbury are putting up the price of chocolate by upto, 10%. This will add 10c to a bar that is currently a euro and more on others.

I hope boards has enough server space for this forum :pac::pac::pac::pac:

brian_gall85

Better start stocking crash helmets, retailers up and down the country will soon need them. This will bring the price of the Diary Milk "block bar" to almost €2 in Dublin....

Surely it'll be more than 10c when we "greedy shopkeepers" keep our margins level...perhaps we should just stop stocking chocolate?

padma

I think perhaps we should just stop buying chocolate and fizzy drinks altogether.

Stinicker

padma wrote: »

I think perhaps we should just stop buying chocolate and fizzy drinks altogether.

Nah, just buy them in Lidl instead where they won't gouge you on everything.

ScouseMouse

Stinicker wrote: »

Nah, just buy them in Lidl instead where they won't gouge you on everything.

Just remember who is doing "the gouging" as you call it.

ScouseMouse

superscouse wrote: »

I hear through the grapevine, cadbury are putting up the price of chocolate by upto, 10%. This will add 10c to a bar that is currently a euro and more on others.

I hope boards has enough server space for this forum :pac::pac::pac::pac:

OK folks. Just an update.

Was in the cash and carry today and the new stock is appearing. Not only is it going up by about 10%, THE BARS ARE SMALLER AS WELL.

Gonna take the other Brians advice and get a helmet.....

brian_gall85

And to think I was told that €1.10 was expensive earlier this week. We this all bars that are shrinking even the block bars ?

Iamkipper

Yes some shops are robbing you when it comes to their prices, especially Topaz but alot are offering great value for money. Some products are cheaper than they have been in years except prices are going up but all supplers. But how many mars bars making 50c per bar do you have to sell to make a living if your a small sop keeper. People think lidl and aldi are cheap but they are here to make money and send their profits out of ireland, the problem with all the supermarkets including discounters is that they price match the top 5 supermarkets have it nice and cosy, they do not beat each other. Multipack chocolates are generally expensive in Lidl/Aldi unless they are on promotion, most shop keepers could beat them and the supermarkets if they wanted too and bought from the right suppliers and advertised that they were cheaper than the multiples.

kumate_champ07

rubadub wrote: »

Thats 36cent. I'd hope to get it for that or less nowadays in mulitpacks. Years ago there was nowhere near the difference between multipacks & singles bars.

A week or so ago I got full size chunky kit kats, I think it was €1.24 for 8, 15.5cent.

that was some deal, got it too! the packs were 100% extra free and half price if I recall. they changed the price the next day tho. ate them in 1 night

Id never buy a single bar when I can buy 4 for an an extra 40cent usually, good value but not good for the waistline

brian_gall85

The multi pack bars are almost always smaller bars, apart from some nestle packs.

Can't wait to see just how small the multi pack bars become in the next few months.

Iamkipper

Multipacks are not always smaller only a select few, mainly cadburys lines but with standard Cadburys bars been made smaller at the moment they will be full size.

V.W.L 11

Vinz Mesrine wrote: »

Id never buy a chocolate bar in a Topaz station. I saw a Wispa in one yesterday for €1.15, i doubt you can get any regular chocolate bar for under €1 in a Topaz nowadays, its scandalous.

Anybody else remember getting a Twix for 28p?

i remember buying a dairy milk for 30p back in 1997 oh happy days

GerardKeating

padma wrote: »

I can remember twix being 18p

I remember (when as part of decimalization) they rounded up the price of Mars bar to 5p

ScouseMouse

GerardKeating wrote: »

I remember (when as part of decimalization) they rounded up the price of Mars bar to 5p

You shouldn't be saying things like that on here - you are really showing your age :pac::pac:

Iamkipper

just to let you know standard Mars and snickers are now coming in their new smaller sizes like twix has already done. They are moving to "european" sizes :eek: