Supermarket Price Increases [Groceries]

it really shows in their shops and how they’re run. Pretty awfully

I'm always interested in the narrative of this from businesses. So minimum wage increasing by 80cent an hour. Round it up to a euro with employers prsi etc added.

If in a quiet hour, 100 items pass through a checkout (keeping in mind could be close to that in one large family shop trolley, I'm surmising more than 100items an hour go through) it's an extra 1cent an item.

Any business seriously impacted by the increase didn't have a productive workforce or efficient business to begin with.

I go into my local chipper, there's usually 4 or 5 waiting at any given time (weekday afternoons included) Presuming absolutely nobody else shows up for a whole hour and it just so happens we're all in there at the same time, it's an extra 20cent on my 10quid order. A 2% rise but the worker gains a near 7% increase. If it were applied fairly.

Could be argued, what if people are only buying a bag of chips. Then I'd expect numerous orders of bags of chips per hour. If you've a chipper open and you're selling bags of chips and nothing else, the minimum wage increase isn't what your problem was. It was a bad business.

Workers are also consumers too. In well run businesses, spread across volume, the percentage increase in price, should in theory be way lower than the gain to the employee. Adding on bigger sums really isn't about cost, it's being able to do so because of demand, but using the poor mouth excuse.

and don't forget commercial rates increase, C-19 warehoused debt needs payment, energy & food inputs costs not falling, etc. This will feed into ↑ customer price points

It may not belong in this thread but single cans of Pepsi Max. Specifically the 440ml the ones with the white ring that states the price. They used to be €1, they've increased over the years & are now €1.35, However, I noticed in 2 or 3 different shops that they no longer have them - they have 330ml cans now & these are now showing with the €1.35 white price ring.

I think the convenience stores had them for e1.35 well before the sugar tax or deposit tax.

Folks beware shopping in Tesco and their club card prices vs there more expensive non club card prices when you are using the scan as you shop method.
I usually shop online with Tesco.ie but over the Xmas I dropped in on two separate occasions to get a few bits using the scan as you shop method.

On both occasions I was charged more than the club card price that was on the shelf than the price when I scanned it:

3 for 2 special on spices didn’t register and I almost got charged for all 3.
3x 2ltr Coke Zero 3 for the price of 2 didn’t register and I almost got charged for all three.
XXL bag of fairy washing liquid tablets €13 on club card prices but I was almost charged non club card price of €16.

May as well get a cow at this stage..whats with milk? Price rises everywhere

e2.25 and e2.95

Please post your petrol station.

Was charged €5 today in a fruit and veg shop for 4 pears and 2 clementines - feck that - I put 2 of the pears back - still, €3.30 for the rest - never again..

Had I been more assertive I wudda left without anything

It's been that for a few months. I thought they might have sneaked in another increase while people were snowed in.

45c in Tesco, bought some yesterday - the mammy loves them!

Ahhh that's different!😁

Ah no- That takes the biscuit! 🍪

Not applying to any particular supermarket.Mondelez are applying a 20% increase on their chocolate products next week.Who will take advantage of it and up the price of their existing stock?