Tesco outrageous price hikes

Glenbhoy

There's multitudes of products I could mention on here, but a funny one I noticed this morning was their Tesco Baguettes (French Sticks whatever). As anyone who frequents Tesco probably knows, these have been going at €1 a pop for a few years now. This morning I noticed that they have a new label saying that they are actually €1.10 each, but are currently on special for €1!!!

You gotta love them;)

JTMan

Glenbhoy wrote: »

There's multitudes of products I could mention on here, but a funny one I noticed this morning was their Tesco Baguettes (French Sticks whatever). As anyone who frequents Tesco probably knows, these have been going at €1 a pop for a few years now. This morning I noticed that they have a new label saying that they are actually €1.10 each, but are currently on special for €1!!!

You gotta love them;)

Classic Tesco misleading trick. Hike price, but cut price back to original price for a short period to mislead people into thinking they are getting a bargain and get them used to the new hiked price at the same time. Disgusting marketing.

Glenbhoy

My local Tesco have a big sign up on the way in referring to a number of half price products. Tonight, I noticed that a 20pk of Youngs Fish Fingers (100% fillet) were (according to the sign, half price). Thinks me to myself, that could be tasty (late home, tired and haven't had a fish finger sambo in yrs). Could I find them, no, but I did find them at a rather staggering €5.79 for 20. A quick google at home and it turns out that they are half price, in the UK (£2 a pop).

Tesco, you gotta love them, eh!!

matt-dublin

The label on the shelf could have been the old one. Why didn't you bring them to the register have them scan the finger in and point out that they're supposed to he half price if they scan in at full price?

Or do like some others here, pay for them and go get double your money back

foggy_lad

My last tesco shopping with about 50 items had a few issues:D

1. Several items out of stock, on a tuesday. Rarely happens in Aldi
2. Several items with very short dates, not listed on the sheet.
3. Tesco Bananas, 2/5 were bruised so much i had to throw them out.
4. Tesco 1kg Onions were soft and smelly so I threw them out.
5. Tesco Easy peelers advertised as 600grams but only weigh 500grams
6. Tesco leeks were more like spring onions.
7. Yoghurts, one pack of 4 dated 4th April, the other dated 28th March.
8. Toilet rolls are poor quality and lack substance(but not for long:D)

THey refunded me €5.99 but couldn't even get that right as it should have been €6.47, but I'm not bothered getting back on to them as the hassle of getting it put right will cost more in grey hairs than it would ever recoup!

They have obviously reduced the quality of most goods in the Tesco range as well as increasing prices and those "everyday Value" items are pure muck!

fussyonion

foggy_lad wrote: »

My last tesco shopping with about 50 items had a few issues:D

1. Several items out of stock, on a tuesday. Rarely happens in Aldi
2. Several items with very short dates, not listed on the sheet.
3. Tesco Bananas, 2/5 were bruised so much i had to throw them out.
4. Tesco 1kg Onions were soft and smelly so I threw them out.
5. Tesco Easy peelers advertised as 600grams but only weigh 500grams
6. Tesco leeks were more like spring onions.
7. Yoghurts, one pack of 4 dated 4th April, the other dated 28th March.
8. Toilet rolls are poor quality and lack substance(but not for long:D)

THey refunded me €5.99 but couldn't even get that right as it should have been €6.47, but I'm not bothered getting back on to them as the hassle of getting it put right will cost more in grey hairs than it would ever recoup!

They have obviously reduced the quality of most goods in the Tesco range as well as increasing prices and those "everyday Value" items are pure muck!

Have you tried the entire Everday Value range?
You can't make a sweeping statement like that. There's nothing wrong with their tinned tomatoes, sugar, milk, flour, for example and I'm sure there's plenty of people buying other products from the range that they like.

JTMan

fussyonion wrote: »

nothing wrong with their tinned tomatoes, sugar, milk, flour,

No horse in those Everyday products?

rubadub

fussyonion wrote: »

Have you tried the entire Everday Value range?
You can't make a sweeping statement like that. There's nothing wrong with their tinned tomatoes, sugar, milk, flour,

+1, the flour is 100% flour, tesco standard flour has additives. I imagine the sugar is the exact same, and chicken fillets. Tesco cheapo basmati rice is grand.

Tesco also have lots of "semi-phantom" brands, i.e. brands not blatantly branded as tesco, but in fine print on the back. (proper phantom brands would not mention it was tesco at all.)

These items are usually a lot better quality than the value range, and often better than the standard brand, but priced in between the 2.

fussyonion

I know this is slightly off topic, but just a heads up on Tesco Everyday Value Cocoa Powder.

IT'S VILE.

My Mum made chocolate fairycakes last night and they turned out a horrible shade of brown, all speckly and bleh looking.
They tasted nothing like chocolate and there was no info on the back to say what quantity of cocoa was in it.

So I agree not ALL the range is perfect. Definitely would buy brand name cocoa in future.

madmaggie

Have to agree with previous comments re price hikes. Tesco Free From Chocolate cake (ok, its's a luxury item, but a treat) up 40c in one week from €5 to €5.40. I don't think so, be making my own from now on. The Everyday Value washing powder is great, but I wouldn't use it on delicate fabrics.:eek:

borderlinemeath

While I've noticed a few price increases, mostly in the bakery section - I've found some decreases too. Tesco smoked streaky rashers, used to be €2.00, went up to €2.20 maybe a year ago - are now selling at €1.59. Regular white SEL. Same with drummer firelighters, a box of 80 used to be €3.99, or €3.69. Even my local discount store used to do 2 packs for €6. At the moment they're only €2.65 per box. Again, just a white SEL, not on offer.

Amalgam

I needed a particular product and was taken aback when I went to pay..

TCP Liquid Antiseptic 100ml bottle now over €5 in Tesco. If you shop around, the price is typically under €3.

EDIT: The toiletries aisle seems to be a minefield with them lately, you really have to pay attention or Tesco will fleece you.

Bars of soap, anything 'branded' seems to have had their prices tweaked upwards.

fussyonion

Saw a 4-pack of TicTacs today. On the shelf it said "€1.00, save €1.06".
LIES!

4-packs of TicTacs have always been €1.10 in Tesco and I should know 'cos I buy them regularly.

snubbleste

Tesco Value food wrap 57c (60p/70c in UK)
shhh!

198321

Used to buy Mr Muscle Oven Cleaner for 3.49 I think (could be few cents less/more) .. around 6 weeks ago it was on offer for 2.49 so I bought maybe 10 (use it a lot not only for oven).

Now? €4.99

One day I saw it for 3.49, next day it was 4.99.

That is over 40% price increase. I understand that they have to increase and decrease some prices over time .. but 40% within 1 day? Not ok!


Just found it online at buyersclub.ie with :

Our Price: €2.49
Expect to pay elsewhere (RRP): €2.70

Not at Tesco, 4.99!!

(http://www.buyersclub.ie/mr-muscle-oven-cleaner)

Nanazolie

Kinder bars, 16: from 1.99€ to 2.95€. I sent a message to Tesco, will see how they explain that increase

On the other hand, a lot of their fruits and vegs have gone down greatly

endofrainbow

Tesco Cocktail sausages were 1.32 in October, jumped to 1.80 in November and were back down to 1.50 last week with a big sticker on the pack saying *great lower prices*.....

gurramok

Tesco own brand 2Litre milk up from 1.50 to 2 euro :eek: (well it was on my receipt!)

Everywhere else has the price still around 1.50. Milk is basic and a common product, Tesco want to be careful or they will alienate more customers.

Nanazolie

gurramok wrote: »

Tesco own brand 2Litre milk up from 1.50 to 2 euro :eek: (well it was on my receipt!)

Everywhere else has the price still around 1.50. Milk is basic and a common product, Tesco want to be careful or they will alienate more customers.

The price on the website is 1.49€

Davidth88

gurramok wrote: »

Tesco own brand 2Litre milk up from 1.50 to 2 euro :eek: (well it was on my receipt!)

Everywhere else has the price still around 1.50. Milk is basic and a common product, Tesco want to be careful or they will alienate more customers.

Are you sure you didn't accidentally pick up on of the branded milks ?

It's still 1.49 in our local Tesco

gurramok

Davidth88 wrote: »

Are you sure you didn't accidentally pick up on of the branded milks ?

It's still 1.49 in our local Tesco

I'm sure. I went back in today to check and yes its still 1.49 displayed. I must have been overcharged at the time.

thesandeman

You sure you didn't get the 3 litre container?

gurramok

thesandeman wrote: »

You sure you didn't get the 3 litre container?

I bought two 2Litre containers on Saturday, came to 4 euro. It was part of a bigger shop so didn't notice it till Sunday when I checked the receipt, I guess it pays to pay attention to your receipt before you leave the store.

MiseryMary

Tesco,Dunnes,Superquinn,Aldi,Lidl, etc these are businesses out to make money and profit at the end of the day trying to lure customers with great offers half price cheap bargain stuff , Me I shop around I don't buy my week groceries in the one store,What I hate are the Gimmicks to try to make people to spend out more money in order to get a certain offers or item in the shopping and some people haven't got time to shop around in many stores and just get their stuff in the one ,this one store can go up or down in prices what ever offer is on certain items at the time . Places should cut out the bull**** gimmicks offers, moving stuff around to confuse people , misleading labels and rip off prices.

Nanazolie

MiseryMary wrote: »

Places should cut out the bull**** gimmicks offers, moving stuff around to confuse people , misleading labels and rip off prices.

But then they would not make huge profits, would they?

Nanazolie

It pays to complain.... I sent a message through FB since the feedback link on Tesco.ie was down, and received the following:

Thanks for getting in touch, good news, tomorrow we will lower the price back to the original price of 1.99.
I hope this helps,
Stuart - Customer Care


They still made pretty hefty profits from this pricing error in the last few days. But it's not the first time it happens

foggy_lad

Nanazolie wrote: »

Kinder bars, 16: from 1.99€ to 2.95€. I sent a message to Tesco, will see how they explain that increase

On the other hand, a lot of their fruits and vegs have gone down greatly

Gone down in quality in a big way! the fruit and veg is half rotten when delivered and dates are very short.

madmaggie

I agree, foggylad, one of the things I liked about Tesco was the quality of fruit and veg. I notice some of the f+v team redeployed in other areas of the store, maybe that accounts for the fall in quality.

gurramok

Their bananas do be good, thats a positive

On any stock, I notice the prices do be different dependent on the store as I do shop in Finglas and Omni, Santry. For example orange juice and ready meals tend be set at different prices in both stores at the same time!

snubbleste

snubbleste wrote: »

Tesco wine gums 250g was 56c, now 59c. An increase of 5%

Price went down to 57c at some point and this week has risen to €1.00

foggy_lad

madmaggie wrote: »

I agree, foggylad, one of the things I liked about Tesco was the quality of fruit and veg. I notice some of the f+v team redeployed in other areas of the store, maybe that accounts for the fall in quality.

They are buying cheaper fruit n veg which wont last as long and is riper so bruises much easier and the bananas are ok but can arrive with 2 out of 5 bruised beyond eating.

cson

gurramok wrote: »

Their bananas do be good, thats a positive

On any stock, I notice the prices do be different dependent on the store as I do shop in Finglas and Omni, Santry. For example orange juice and ready meals tend be set at different prices in both stores at the same time!

Massive differences between stores. The 3 I use frequently (Marino, Drumcondra and Parnell St) have huge disparities on pricing. Surprisingly its the Marino one that's off the wall with the pricing discrepancies - everything in there is at least 25% more expensive than anywhere else. Baffles me because, lets be honest, Marino isn't exactly Knightsbridge or Kensington.

ACTurbo

Havent read all of the thread but definitely agree that prices are going up, and usually in a sneaky way
When Tesco, Dunnes and Superquinn advertise a shopping list of stuff that is the same price in all three stores you can see lots of things not on this list which are going up all of the time.

I agree with previous poster that Coke and other such are going up a lot in a short space of time. In the past few months the special offers are not there either , probably because there are only 2 real suppliers, Coke (who do Coke and Fanta) and Britvic (who do Pepsi and 7 Up and Club Orange) and they are probably finding that they are being squeezed so much for these special offers by Tesco but it makes no long term sense for them and disrupts their supply chain terribly (they sell a ton of stuff at a lower price when the offer is on and then sell nothing for ages)

Another thing that annoyed me recently in Tesco was the dozen cooked cocktail sausages which my kids like for a treat sometimes. Went from 1.20 to 1.40 overnight, 17% inflation in an instant !

rubadub

ACTurbo wrote: »

Went from 1.20 to 1.40 overnight, 17% inflation in an instant !

If you were a pricing manager in tesco how many incremental stages would you have done this 20cent increase in. 3-4 maybe?, would you have signs up warning about imminent price increases etc? All of which cost money, as would data entry and making new shelf labels etc.

Many offers are not advertised as such, and when they go up people whine about "overnight increases of X%", usually since the percentage sounds more impressive.

Just checking & chicken dippers are back at €1.89 now, they were €1.39 for a while and it was not highlighted as an offer. It did come up in bargain alerts.

Tesco caster sugar is unusually cheap at 1kg for €1.09 now (500g tesco is 95cent), it is not highlighted as an offer. In another thread a guy said this could be to match aldi's price. So tesco might be selling at a loss or low profit and not want to actual sell many, but rather just prevent aldi doing a price comparison.

snubbleste

rubadub wrote: »

Just checking & chicken dippers are back at €1.89 now, they were €1.39 for a while and it was not highlighted as an offer. It did come up in bargain alerts.

I got some for €1.39 yesterday even though the website said €1.89

rubadub

snubbleste wrote: »

I got some for €1.39 yesterday even though the website said €1.89

I stocked up myself a few days ago, I went to search online expecting to see 1.39, show there is no offer mentioned but warn there would probably be an increase soon.

I see it was your good self who mentioned it in bargain alerts a while ago!

MiseryMary

I was just wondering whats happening with tescos and the baby milk thing? I was in ardkeens tesco today and I went to get pampers, babyfood and I notice a sign on the shelves for baby milk 2 per customer on it, so why is that does anyone know?

Pablo Sanchez

MiseryMary wrote: »

I was just wondering whats happening with tescos and the baby milk thing? I was in ardkeens tesco today and I went to get pampers, babyfood and I notice a sign on the shelves for baby milk 2 per customer on it, so why is that does anyone know?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22088977

lala88

snubbleste wrote: »

McCambridges bread 500g was €1.62 now €1.79
Tesco value sliced carrots 300g was 25c now 27c - 10% increase

The greatest price hike in history id say.....

snubbleste

lala88 wrote: »

The greatest price hike in history id say.....

Every little hurts

vicwatson

Tesco own brand Pink and White Marshmallows.

Started off at 65c about a year ago when they were introduced

Subsequently rose to 89c per bag

Today I see they are €1.00 a bag :eek::eek:

Go take a run and jump Tesco

jjll

anyone see there own brand firelighters go from 97c to 1.49 thats a big hike

ACTurbo

:eek:

rubadub wrote: »

If you were a pricing manager in tesco how many incremental stages would you have done this 20cent increase in. 3-4 maybe?, would you have signs up warning about imminent price increases etc? All of which cost money, as would data entry and making new shelf labels etc.

Many offers are not advertised as such, and when they go up people whine about "overnight increases of X%", usually since the percentage sounds more impressive.

IMO if its not advertised as an offer then its not an offer. Its the "Normal" price". Given that inflation is of the order of 1-2% then a 17% increase in one fell swoop is ,again in my opinion, outrageous. Tesco and their ilk are continuously ripping us off, moving prices up and down on a daily basis to maintain confusion and reduce transparency , never mind refusing to state how much their Irish business makes etc and because they have succeeded over the years in driving our competition we as consumers have little choice but to suck it up and buy from the 3 or 4 big multiples

rubadub

ACTurbo wrote: »

a 17% increase in one fell swoop is ,again in my opinion, outrageous.

So can you answer the question below? when does it cease to be outrageous?

rubadub wrote: »

If you were a pricing manager in tesco how many incremental stages would you have done this 20cent increase in. 3-4 maybe?, would you have signs up warning about imminent price increases etc?

ACTurbo wrote: »

IMO if its not advertised as an offer then its not an offer. Its the "Normal" price".

We will just have to agree to disagree then, you might be missing out on some great value though, and not realise when to stock up. I see lots of people blindly falling for what I consider bad value items, simply because they DO see an offer sign up, I like these people since its how tesco can afford to sell other stuff so cheap, which I avail of. If there IS an offer sign up do you consider it an offer, regardless of price?

The chicken dippers I mentioned were 1.89 for well over a year or so, then dropped to 1.39 for a few weeks, then back to 1.89 (online anyway). So by your definitions 1.39 was the "normal price", and you probably think the 36% increase is beyond outrageous, especially since it happened overnight.

cson

They are suffering from on it though if you look at the latest market share figures - Tesco have been hit.

I'd put some of it down to these hikes.

countrynosebag

I have found recently that the bargain bags of fruit and vedg. everywhere contain much less - in some cases I think it works out to be more expensive! I get those from Aldi now as they seem not only to have the bargain tempters (4 or 5 items) for around 49c but they are a good size mostly and, importantly good quality.
I find a good price on biscuits and cereals too (for a few plain items) and I do check the fat, sugar and salt content - very good indeed.

Yawns

Tesco thin bleach. Was 65cent now €1.19

snubbleste

Yawns wrote: »

Tesco thin bleach. Was 65c now €1.19

That's insane! It's still 29p in the UK

Yawns

Still 65 cent in SV afaik

madmaggie

Rooster potatoes on special offer on the aisle end, 2.5kg, 2 packs for €6. In the veg aisle 5kg roosters €5.49! Not the first time I seen that. :rolleyes: