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Tesco outrageous price hikes

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    #122
    RUCKING FETARD
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,455 ✭✭✭RUCKING FETARD


    And cheap can openers don't work.


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    #123
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    RUCKING FETARD wrote: »
    And cheap can openers don't work.
    I'm a proud owner of a 2011 edition of the Tesco Value Butterfly can opener.
    It works.


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    #124
    RUCKING FETARD
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,455 ✭✭✭RUCKING FETARD


    snubbleste wrote: »
    I'm a proud owner of a 2011 edition of the Tesco Value Butterfly can opener.
    It works.
    How long have you got it?

    I went through a load of cheap ones, they all rust or break in no time.


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    #125
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    RUCKING FETARD wrote: »
    How long have you got it?
    I went through a load of cheap ones, they all rust or break in no time.
    About 13 months, used on average every second day.


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    #126
    DesperateDan
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    snubbleste wrote: »
    About 13 months, used on average every second day.

    Who's using can openers anymore, do they not all come with ring pulls now?! :D


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    #127
    Our man in Havana
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    DesperateDan wrote: »
    Who's using can openers anymore, do they not all come with ring pulls now?! :D
    Sadly not everything has those yet.


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    #128
    Nanazolie
    Registered Users Posts: 867 ✭✭✭Nanazolie


    Tesco croissants went from 60 cents to 75 cents, a box of 4 was 2.30 (on special for a while at 2.00€), now 2.75.
    I thought it was due to an increase in the price of flour and/or butter, but all other danishes and breads are still the same price :confused:


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    #129
    snubbleste
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    DesperateDan wrote: »
    Who's using can openers anymore, do they not all come with ring pulls now?! :D
    I refuse to pay the extra few cents per can for ring pulls.


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    #130
    DesperateDan
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    Our man in Havana wrote: »
    Sadly not everything has those yet.

    I suppose if I cooked more than beans I would notice :P


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    #131
    StudentDad
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    snubbleste wrote: »
    I refuse to pay the extra few cents per can for ring pulls.

    I agree - I don't use one of those butterfly tin openers - I use Mr. Stabby :) - it never breaks - old fashioned tin opener :)

    SD


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    #132
    Hank_Jones
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    Used to buy Tesco's tropical juice for €1.99, might have been cheaper come to think of it.

    447%5C5000119128447%5CIDShot_225x225.jpg

    Anyway, the price for the product has now risen to €2.69.
    Stopped buying it as soon as it went over €2, just not worth it,
    shame really, quite liked it.

    Same product is £1.39 on the UK tesco site.


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    #133
    Skuxx
    Registered Users Posts: 2,370 ✭✭✭Skuxx


    KY Jelly has gone up in price recently, used to be 4.99 and it's 5.49 now I think!!
    Tesco taking advantage of the fact people have to entertain themselves at home more nowadays instead of going out :p


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    #134
    homer simpson
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    alan1990 wrote: »
    KY Jelly ...entertain themselves at home

    :eek::o:pac:


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    #135
    matt-dublin
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    Hank_Jones wrote: »
    Used to buy Tesco's tropical juice for €1.99, might have been cheaper come to think of it.

    447%5C5000119128447%5CIDShot_225x225.jpg

    Anyway, the price for the product has now risen to €2.69.
    Stopped buying it as soon as it went over €2, just not worth it,
    shame really, quite liked it.

    Same product is £1.39 on the UK tesco site.
    probably because the price of fuel is skyrocketing and the sterling is beginning to hammer the euro again:
    1.39 GBP = 1.77205 EUR throw in the the irregularities between vat here and there and the higher cost of employment here and you've probbaly made up the difference?


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    #136
    snubbleste
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    Tesco wine gums 250g was 56c, now 59c. An increase of 5% (they are 89p in UK, but don't tell them!)
    Kelloggs Cornflakes 750g was €3.45 last year, now €3.79


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    #137
    Nanazolie
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    A few prices have gone up in the last few days. I shopped there on Tuesday, then again on Sunday and a lot of the items I bought on both occasions have gone up. 5 cents here, 10 cents there. It all adds up


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    #138
    snubbleste
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    I noticed that too Nanazolie.
    A few little cents on products I buy occasionally, all rising the same week.


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    #139
    endofrainbow
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    was doing an order online today and some of my faves have gone up 10/20c in the last 2 weeks - back to school prices perhaps?


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    #140
    matt-dublin
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    endofrainbow wrote: »
    was doing an order online today and some of my faves have gone up 10/20c in the last 2 weeks - back to school prices perhaps?
    euro getting weaker / petrol becoming more expensive methinks


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    #141
    thesandeman
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    matt-dublin wrote: »
    endofrainbow wrote: »
    was doing an order online today and some of my faves have gone up 10/20c in the last 2 weeks - back to school prices perhaps?
    euro getting weaker / petrol becoming more expensive methinks

    youthinks correctly. You will see it everywhere that imports stuff in the next week or so. Some locally produced products may drop slightly though. I see Lidl water (Limerick) has dropped 4cent already.


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    #142
    Lplated
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    18 Tesco eggs [category: small] - used to be 2.59 for the pack, last week rose to 2.85.

    Read elsewhere that grain shortage in U.S. and crop problems here and in Eastern Europe would push up price due to cost of feeding chickens.

    Just waiting for bread and other cereal based products to shoot up on same basis.


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    #143
    snubbleste
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    Indo has a survey of branded goods that Irish shoppers buy.
    A survey conducted by the Irish Independent, tracking prices for top-selling branded family favourites, found a basket of goods rose in price from €84 to €95 in the past two years. That's a 13% increase and is heading back towards the Celtic Tiger high of €96 which was charged for a similar basket of goods in 2008.
    http://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/surviving-the-recession/families-paying-500-a-year-more-for-topselling-brands-3213311.html


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    #144
    rubadub
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    snubbleste wrote: »
    Tesco wine gums 250g was 56c, now 59c. An increase of 5% (they are 89p in UK, but don't tell them!)
    Now this one is genuinely outrageous!
    snubbleste wrote: »
    Indo has a survey of branded goods that Irish shoppers buy.
    You have to be careful with these surveys. You need to read all the fine print and see if you agree with it. Some shopped in the complete opposite way that I do, i.e. the ignored all special offers in one survey I saw. Instead they used the "before" price, which most will know is often ridiculously high to make the offer appear better.

    In the 80's it was far more rare to see "half price" and "buy on get one free", these surveys should be done in some better way. I don't know what rules to have but its stupid to have a mindless survey robot picking up the likes of "Coca Cola and 7-Up rose 10pc to €2.39", when I don't think I have paid over €1.75 for bottles of it in years.


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    #145
    wishwashwoo
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    Wait for this one tesco 10 meter of coaxial cable white 20 cable clips and an rf plug
    Wait for it. 27.99 for that. it was in a blister pack. Jesus Christ this is 945 per cent profit for tesco as I can buy 100 meters of rg6 cable witch by the way is a far far better cable spec for 15 euros and a box of proper clips for 1.35 euros. when are the Irish people going to stop talking this **** up the arse and do something about it march march and let them know we're the leaders of our own country start a movement
    Take our country back from the turkeys that run it


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    #146
    matt-dublin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,468 ✭✭✭matt-dublin


    wishwashwoo wrote: »
    Wait for this one tesco 10 meter of coaxial cable white 20 cable clips and an rf plug
    Wait for it. 27.99 for that. it was in a blister pack. Jesus Christ this is 945 per cent profit for tesco as I can buy 100 meters of rg6 cable witch by the way is a far far better cable spec for 15 euros and a box of proper clips for 1.35 euros. when are the Irish people going to stop talking this **** up the arse and do something about it march march and let them know we're the leaders of our own country start a movement
    Take our country back from the turkeys that run it
    How much would the same Tesco cable cost in woodies and power city?


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    #147
    Dawn Rider
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    The Tesco in Rathfarnham (beside the Dodder) really has gone downhill in terms of the quality and selection of goods over the last 12 months or so.
    Even though the prices have risen.

    The only thing I buy in there now is their Lemon & Lime Zero, which tastes just like Sprite. 2 liters will set you back 79c.

    My fruit and veg is bought in Aldi. Cornflakes in Lidl are €1.68 for a kilo box.

    Every little helps ;):p


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    #148
    Chris_5339762
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    Tesco Rathfarnham is quite good for the bargains though... got a total of €36 of fish for €6 in the reduced section a few weeks ago... monkfish, cod and ray wings.


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    #149
    ejmaztec
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    wishwashwoo wrote: »
    Wait for this one tesco 10 meter of coaxial cable white 20 cable clips and an rf plug
    Wait for it. 27.99 for that. it was in a blister pack. Jesus Christ this is 945 per cent profit for tesco as I can buy 100 meters of rg6 cable witch by the way is a far far better cable spec for 15 euros and a box of proper clips for 1.35 euros. when are the Irish people going to stop talking this **** up the arse and do something about it march march and let them know we're the leaders of our own country start a movement
    Take our country back from the turkeys that run it

    Buy it from where?:confused:


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    #150
    Trampas
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    I noticed a can of red bull has gone up from 1.50 to 1.75.

    Bottles of water gone up a few cent also.

    Seems to be price rising time for tesco


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    #151
    maddragon
    Registered Users Posts: 590 ✭✭✭maddragon


    Tesco brand 250 pack white sticker labels €4. Price in Porters Newsagent for same quantity of sticker labels of superior quality €1.99.


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