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Bourbon biscuits

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  • 30-10-2016 5:44pm
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    snubbleste
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    Why have bourbon biscuits fallen in price all at the same time in Aldi, Lidl & Tesco ..and to the same price points?
    19c for 200g Lidl, 39c for 400g Tesco
    If I recall, they were double the price before

    Is there a cartel on the bourbon biscuit line? :cool:


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    All made by the same UK company. Sterling/Euro savings perhaps.

    It's hardly a cartel when they are driving DOWN prices.


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    Edups
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    snubbleste wrote: »
    Why have bourbon biscuits fallen in price all at the same time in Aldi, Lidl & Tesco ..and to the same price points?
    19c for 200g Lidl, 39c for 400g Tesco
    If I recall, they were double the price before

    Is there a cartel on the bourbon biscuit line? :cool:

    This isn't a consumer issue this is supermarkets dropping their prices competitively, and the competition following suit. It's the norm for own brands in major chains to reciprocate pricing.


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    ted1
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    snubbleste wrote: »
    Why have bourbon biscuits fallen in price all at the same time in Aldi, Lidl & Tesco ..and to the same price points?
    19c for 200g Lidl, 39c for 400g Tesco
    If I recall, they were double the price before

    Is there a cartel on the bourbon biscuit line? :cool:
    Ingredients got cheaper? Prove matching?


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    rubadub
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    snubbleste wrote: »
    Why have bourbon biscuits fallen in price all at the same time in Aldi, Lidl & Tesco ..and to the same price points?
    19c for 200g Lidl, 39c for 400g Tesco
    If I recall, they were double the price before

    Is there a cartel on the bourbon biscuit line? :cool:

    Dropping prices for price matching sites/surveys?

    I thought it was you, snubbleste, who gave me that explanation before as to why caster sugar is often the cheapest form of sugar nowadays. Noticed it in tesco, supervalu, aldi & maybe lidl. Cheaper than granulated which should cost less to produce.

    I did notice burbons being very cheap in lidl a fair few months ago, and have been cheap in tesco for a good while.

    As they are a common biscuit it might be in comparisons. Others are still noticeably expensive. I have not had garibaldis in years, and at 1.99 for 200g in tesco I will not be anytime soon, for pretty plain biscuits I expected them to be 50cent.
    http://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=254921673

    Cream crackers are also very cheap in many places, I also put down to price comparisons. 26c for 200g of tesco ones, €1.45 for jacobs, the tesco ones are grand. Chocolate digestives can be really cheap too.


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    carltonleon
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    They are F***ing gorgeous with a cuppa and taste even better the cheaper they get so hopefully these sort of consumer issues continue !!!! Sip and Dunk !!!


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