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Cigarettes gone up?

vicwatson · 2020-05-08 12:33:16

Have manufacturers put 20 smokes up by 10c? seems like they have in my local shop anyway.

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#32 18-04-2025 12:02PM

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Another increase by the cigeratte manufacturers for the poor smokers

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#33 18-04-2025 12:08PM

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Interestingly cigarettes are the only product that I know of where the sales price and the retail price are set by the manufacturer.
Retailers have no say in setting the price and legislation only allows the manufacturers to apply for price increases.
So you have the bizarre situation where they control the cost price to the retailer and the sales price that the retailer can sell at.
Needless to say the margin that the retailer have been getting is being eroded slightly every year

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