Lion Bar = €1.05

Chocolate bars will forever be 36p in my mind.

Name and shame!

Was it in an airport or on a train, in a museum, or any other place that hikes the price?

Think they're around 80c in the shops near me.

The_Minister wrote: »

I was charged €1.05 for a Lion Bar today. I was shocked at the price, I can remember them at 50p or less.
I was so surprised that I even asked the staff member sering me about it.
I am never buying another Lion Bar.

Problem here is that you BOUGHT it. In more ways than one.

Was once charged 2.40 for a half litre of lucozade sport. I shook my head and left on the chocolate bars on the counter.

nevaeh-2die-4 wrote: »

stop collecting the dole & get a job & u will be able to afford a bar of chocolate!!

Learn the simple aspect of spelling and punctuating a simple sentence in English and you too might get a job!

Centra tried to charge me for a ham roll with 4 fillings when I only had 3? He tried to tell me that the pre-mixed tuna and sweetcorn was counted as meat plus one filling? I had tuna, lettuce, cheese and onion. They did not have tuna without the corn...!

I left everything at the till and walked out....t'was a few years back....was I wrong?

There really should be some sort of link between After Hours and Joe Duffy so these outrages can be brought to the internetless masses !

NTM galaxy bars. They used to be my fave, they can **** right off now.

The_Minister wrote: »

It was Centra. Must be a store-wide policy.

No, centra managers are not subject to price policies, they can charge whatever they want. And this makes perfect sense. If you have a shop in a prime location your overheads/rent/lease will be far higher. They are convenience stores, nobody forces people to buy from them, they pay extra for the convenience. Just based on supply & demand. Obviously there is the demand, so WTF would they charge less?

The OP bought it, and said he would not buy another. If the shop sees a fall off in sales then they might reduce prices to get the same overall profit again. High pricing leads to fewer customers, this leads to shorter queues, which in turn is attractive to potential customers. Many supermarkets have newsagents beside them or on the premises which sell stuff far more expensive. Time is money, some people value quick service. How much are you paid an hour? if you take 10mins browsing and queuing to get a bar 20C cheaper is it worth it?

...if you don't do anything about rising prices then your gonna get screwed more and more, that's why prices are out of control in Ireland, we're too nicey-nice to say otherwise.

cop on and stand up for yourselves, if it's too expensive then say it and don't just buy it and come on here telling us about it.

Virgil° wrote: »

I remember when chips were 1 pound a bag(generous helping)

50p when I was young, I rememeber searching for 5p on the ground when they went to the ridiculous price of 55p