Tesco - price increase for certain items?

sporina

anyone noticed this eg tesco fresh pasta was €1.30 - now €1.50..

and Q are tesco prices standard across all stores?

njs030

I think prices are standard yes, their tills are all updated in one place.
(I'm talking about standard Tesco stores not express or metro though)
Why shouldn't they change their prices?

ED E

sporina wrote: »

and Q are tesco prices standard across all stores?

AFAIK some Metros and Expresses have increased prices to account for their premium locations.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

sporina wrote: »

anyone noticed this eg tesco fresh pasta was €1.30 - now €1.50..

and Q are tesco prices standard across all stores?

Have you never noticed the price of items change in supermarkets before? Many go up in price from time to time and a few come down in price occasionally. I'm not sure what your Consumer Issue is.

Del2005

Also as the Euro strengthens against Sterling the price that UK retailers pay for their products increases so they will pass that cost on to the consumer.

ohnonotgmail

Del2005 wrote: »

Also as the Euro strengthens against Sterling the price that UK retailers pay for their products increases so they will pass that cost on to the consumer.

If the consumer is paying in euro then tesco are getting more in sterling for the product. not sure how that justifies a price increase. If tesco are paying for the goods in euro and the customer is paying in euro then the exchange rates cancel each other out. If tesco is paying for the goods in sterling then the exchange rate change puts more money in their pocket.

dohouch

Used to love "unsalted mixed nuts" €1.45 now gone to €2.49

L1011

They are heavily promoting a push downwards on selected items - to maintain average margins, items other than those selected will go up.

sporina

Harry Abundant Stool wrote: »

Have you never noticed the price of items change in supermarkets before? Many go up in price from time to time and a few come down in price occasionally. I'm not sure what your Consumer Issue is.

15% increase is a bit steep - indeed some items are reduced from time to time and then a regular price when not.. but this is a price change - thats different!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

sporina wrote: »

15% increase is a bit steep - indeed some items are reduced from time to time and then a regular price when not.. but this is a price change - thats different!

It's 20cents.

Sterling has dropped 15% this year.


There are always price changes. I'm just surprised you don't seem to have ever noticed any before this.

CeilingFly

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

If the consumer is paying in euro then tesco are getting more in sterling for the product. not sure how that justifies a price increase. If tesco are paying for the goods in euro and the customer is paying in euro then the exchange rates cancel each other out. If tesco is paying for the goods in sterling then the exchange rate change puts more money in their pocket.

We have several UK suppliers. Every one of them have put prices up this year. Lowest increase was about 6%, some were 12%+

So much raw material / ingredients comes from European countries or dollar countries such as China.

Thankfully sterling weakness has meant no price increases in our stores, and some decreases. But all UK stores selling same products have increased prices.

Uk retail inflation is currently 3.6%, here its -0.4%. A 4% difference in a year.

ohnonotgmail

CeilingFly wrote: »

We have several UK suppliers. Every one of them have put prices up this year. Lowest increase was about 6%, some were 12%+

So much raw material / ingredients comes from European countries or dollar countries such as China.

Thankfully sterling weakness has meant no price increases in our stores, and some decreases. But all UK stores selling same products have increased prices.

Uk retail inflation is currently 3.6%, here its -0.4%. A 4% difference in a year.

Well my post was referring to irish stores so you have just confirmed what i said. For the UK the opposite is true hence the price increases there.

Victor

sporina wrote: »

and Q are tesco prices standard across all stores?

Talking to a manager there about 10 years ago, he said yes, but that was before Tesco Express or Metro. That said, the few things I've picked up in Express or Metro seem to have the regular prices.

However, what you will find is that the product range will vary. So while you will likely have ordinary and premium brands in Merrion SC, you will have bargain and ordinary brands in Finglas.

sporina

Harry Abundant Stool wrote: »

It's 20cents.

Sterling has dropped 15% this year.


There are always price changes. I'm just surprised you don't seem to have ever noticed any before this.

its 15% - 20c would be nothing on an item that €6+..

and no i didn't notice it before - maybe it more the case with tesco own brand.. and its a fresh item..

jluv

At a guess.. the new advertising for the lowest prices on the Top 800 products Irish Families buy..they then up the prices on the thousand or so other things we buy?

njs030

So what's the consumer issue?
Tesco can charge what they like, people can shop where they like.....

Arghus

Prices go up and down like that throughout stores. Something that is 1.50 one week can be 2.00 or 3.00 the next. It can go the other way too. If some items are on offer, with reduced prices, you can guarantee that there's other products elsewhere in the shop that have had their prices bumped up to compensate.

Prices are generally similar throughout different stores, but sometimes they can "local" a product - i.e. they can change the price of an individual item in that particular store, irrespective of what it is in other Tescos. Usually that happens when they have far too much of something and need to get rid of it quick.

Doodah7

Gosh I can see the newspaper headline: 'Business in Trying to Make a Profit Shock!!'.

sporina

dohouch wrote: »

Used to love "unsalted mixed nuts" €1.45 now gone to €2.49

thats crazy - i guess you looked for a cheaper alternative - as i will be doing so too

freshpopcorn

Prices are always going up and down in supermarkets in the past week the dog dog food in Tesco went down by 4c and the salmon we used get in Lidl went up by 30c!

sporina

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Prices are always going up and down in supermarkets in the past week the dog dog food in Tesco went down by 4c and the salmon we used get in Lidl went up by 30c!

i see the logic based on some of the more informative posts/explanations I have received here..

its not all bad - encourages me to look for cheaper alternatives and discover new items in the process.

ThisRegard

Victor wrote: »

However, what you will find is that the product range will vary. So while you will likely have ordinary and premium brands in Merrion SC, you will have bargain and ordinary brands in Finglas.

You'll get pretty much all their premium products in Finglas, and Clarehall.

Both have huge catchment areas, not just the immediate surroundings, and Finglas is (not sure if still the case) a home delivery hub.

sporina

tbh my observation of the aforementioned price increases coincided with the revamp going on in my local store - i wonder if there is any connection between that and the increase in price of certain items.. ?

I love Sean nos

I remember paying 1 shilling for a Hovis loaf in Tesco in 1970. Imagine my surprise when I went in today and they asked for £1.

Tesco are robbing bastards.

ThisRegard

sporina wrote: »

tbh my observation of the aforementioned price increases coincided with the revamp going on in my local store - i wonder if there is any connection between that and the increase in price of certain items.. ?

I would guess it's just coincidental.

etselbbuns

Have a gawk here
Tesco outrageous price hikes