Price of gum

skinny90

has anyone noticed this??...price of wrigleys extra gum was 85c in topaz yesterday.fair enough we only talking a couple of cents in the difference but why such a percentage increase??:S
gone are the days when we were charged 40-45 cent

you can get a six pack of any gum in aldi 90 cent

07438991

Heard they're made out of cats' guts.., eewwww! :eek:

Nodin_

I know for a fact that 5 years ago, gum was 60cent. If it's 85cents today, that's an incredible 70% increase. Gum is one of those items you'll find at the check-out of most supermarkets and that people buy on impulse, which is why they charge what they like. They know the consumer will still pay it. Yes it's a rip-off, so don't buy it.

bcirl03

Shop on Bachelors Walk beside the Bachelors Inn sells gum for 60 cent - always buy from there.

skinny90

ya its a balls....dey charge what ever they want,i didn even realise hw much it was until i read the receipt when i went home.my local shop(a tiny shop at that has everything from grocerys to hardware) from has always managed to sell cans of coke for 60c and a bottle for 1E and gum there is still 45c

ScouseMouse

skinny90 wrote: »

ya its a balls....dey charge what ever they want,i didn even realise hw much it was until i read the receipt when i went home.my local shop(a tiny shop at that has everything from grocerys to hardware) from has always managed to sell cans of coke for 60c and a bottle for 1E and gum there is still 45c

I bet its a shop thats there years. No big rent/mortgage, no fancy uniforms, quite basic.

shocksy

Buy them in tesco or dunnes where its mid 40's

waterfordgirl

54c in centra

lau1247

pound shop sells 7 packs * 5 per pack for 1.50Eur

Melion

I refuse to pay the price in Topaz, the same thing in Tesco is 45c

yuppies

I just noticed this the other day actually; there has been a huge percentage increase in the price of chewing gum found at the tills of shops/supermarkets.

About 4 years ago, it was like 42 cent or 48 cent, with the fancier brands being 52 cent. Now, following 3 or 4 years of low general inflation, I'm seeing chewing gum has risen about 70 per cent in price... not cool!

I just buy multi-packs in lidl now instead.

saa

Multipacks in lidl as well
the own brand gum doesn't last.

But here is it just me but when I buy a 5 pack I usually loose or misplace one or a few packs, literally in my house its like an easter egg hunt with gum.

Run_to_da_hills

Wasn't there talk of an extra tax on gum to put towards cleaning up the mess that this stuff makes on our paths.

Skopzz

skinny90 wrote: »

has anyone noticed this??...price of wrigleys extra gum was 85c in topaz yesterday.fair enough we only talking a couple of cents in the difference but why such a percentage increase??:S
gone are the days when we were charged 40-45 cent

Irish people are happy to pay those high prices. Wages need to be lowered in order to change people's spending habits in places like Tesco, Topaz, etc.