Supermarket Price Increases [Groceries]

Noticed the Natural Confectionery company, the brand that do the lovely jelly snakes reduced their packets from 130g to 110g

Far sneakier approach to take in my opinion, as less people will notice the weight versus the increase in cost.

Obviously that's the brand doing that across all stores.

Tesco have hiked most/all of their toilet paper products. Previously you could get 9 roles of soft 2 ply 200 sheets for 2.29 EUR price matching Aldi. The same now costs 4 EUR or more in some Tesco stores. Aldi still charge 2.29 EUR.

Tesco sandwich iceberg lettuce from.89c up to €1.09 (still 89c in Aldi)

Tesco pedal bin liners 50 litres from .85c up to €1

I was abroad last week, meaning there was a two week gap between shops. In those two weeks:

Tesco white bread: from 75c to 90c

Tesco Pork and Apple Sausage: from €2.38 to €2.99 (though it's still two packs for €4, for now)

Tesco baby potatoes: from 99c to €1.09

Tesco fresh cream 250ml: from €1 to €1.49

Tesco smoked streaky bacon: from €1 to €1.31

Batchelors baked beans 225g 6 pack: from €5 to €5.79

Tesco Italian finely chopped tomatoes 400g: from 45c to 55c

Tesco 20 battered chicken dippers: from €1.39 to €1.55

What is Tescos game here? Tesco seem to be the worst of the supermarkets with price increases, and don't offer weekly vouchers like SuperValu and Dunnes.

Are Tesco trying to lead the whole market towards higher prices?

Do Tesco simply feel that they will get away with it now that everyone knows that inflation is a problem?

The more we all vote with our feet and shop elsewhere the better. Aldi don't seem to be hiking prices like Tesco are.

I have not noticed any change in Aldi quantity not quality and shop there a lot.

Not shopped in Tesco but in 2 supermarkets

Kerrygold large block 3.99 and in Costcutters 5 .20 and a month or 6 weeks ago Tesco same brand of butter 4.20.

Deffo need to bring glasses to read prices.

We get a weekly delivery of groceries and I've checked the cost of the items in the oldest confirmation email I retained (2 March 2022) and compared them to today's prices. The first figures are the March prices with the second figures being today's prices.

Tesco Butter 454G  €2.49 … €2.99

Tesco Finest British Chunky Oven Chips 1.5Kg   €2.00 …€2.20

Kelloggs All Bran Cereal 750G  €3.50 … €4.59

Tesco Toaster White Thick Sliced 800G  €0.75 … €1.15

Slimsters Wholemeal Square Breads 4 Pack  €1.49 … €1.59

Tesco Deli Style Crumbed Ham 200G  €2.29 … €3.30

Domestos Original Bleach 750Ml  €1.25 … €1.50

Ocean Spray Cranberry Classic Light Juice Drink 1 Litre  €1.99 … €2.29

Tesco Pancakes 8 Pack  €0.89 … €0.99

Tesco Kitchen Towel White 4 Roll  €1.19 … €1.50

Tesco Low Fat Milk 3L  €2.29 … €2.59

Tesco Frozen Chicken Burgers 680G  €2.70 … €3.00

Brennan Vitamin D Wholemeal 800G  €2.25 … €2.40

Tesco 30% Reduced Fat Mature Cheese Slices 250G  €2.00 … €2.15

Tesco Luxury Soft Toilet Tissue 9 Roll White  €2.79 … €4.49

Quite the increase, scrolling through my Tesco favourites tonight. Doing about one shop a month there now as opposed to at least 4

This week in Tesco Rathfarnham, a huge number of items have Dual pricing, depending on whether you have a clubcard or not. Effectively it forces you to get their clubcard and let them know your buying habits. One example is a bottle of Domaines Arnaud wine: €17 without card and €8.50 with a card. There are many other examples (not all of them drink related!).

Made a complaint at Customer Service: needless to say the manager was "at a meeting" and therefore unavailable.

I'm off to Aldi now.

I have nothing to be ashamed of, but object to the sheer intrusiveness of retailers knowing all about me. OK, I'm willing to forego all those clubcard points, but this latest Tesco wheeze is orders of magnitude more costly.

There is such a thing as GDPR, and while it does not cover Clubcards, I have seen much less significant breaches of privacy being hammered by GDPR rules.

If Tesco's pricing involves data privacy issues, then imho this is the place for it. What has happened is a new departure in Tesco's pricing policy, and there is no need for you to be so dismissive

There are 2 prices listed on a lot of products in my local Tesco. Standard one, and there is then a blue box below it, which can have a greatly reduced price. It is worth having a clubcard for, if you shop in Tesco often. You'll save plenty on a weekly shop.

That was point I was making. We all give out so much of our data and details these days, to get all up in arms about Tesco asking you to get the card to avail of lower prices is a tad silly. You don't have to get the card if you don't want to, thats your own call.

And if you pay by card at any shop, yes even Aldi and Lidl, they already know your buying habits. You don't think they are keeping your purchase history? Everyone is keeping all the data on you that is possible. Get over it.

Tesco don't have even make it all that easy online to find the full list of Clubcard discounted products... which seems self defeating.

Go to the Tesco website and without knowing there was a clubcard discount on Domaine Arnaud, how would you find out?

It looks easy enough to me.

It is the full list on Tesco Ireland website of Clubcard discounted beer \ wine \ spirits that I'm drawing a blank on.

Are Tesco similar to dunnes now for strawberries?

Its was 2 x punnets for €5 but now it’s 2 for €5.50. Another 10% increase