Supermarket Price Increases [Groceries]

You have almost certainly paid Tesco more over the years by being "loyal" than you have ever made back in discounts. This is how they sucker people in to the physical shop and once you're in they will have targeted deals just for you, ready to pounce on your innate human desire to impulse buy those great deals. They know when (which days sell more impulses) and where (how high on the shelf/ products located after certain staples) to place these products and how to arrange them for maximum influence. They know this because they track you with your clubcard, they know your age profile, how near you live etc. and they know when you are most susceptible. Now they also track individual credit/debit card purchases and how loyal that card is but it will not have the same effectiveness as a clubcard.

During the pandemic the big supermarkets found it incredibly difficult to do the same level of targeted impulse selling online as they did in store, to the tune of an overall ~€600m difference in spending habits by customers who moved online in the UK. I would argue this new clubcard exclusive scheme is probably designed to capture that impulse market in the online shoppers. In fact it will probably be even more nefarious because it is much easier to send targeted ads online than in store.

"Research developed by Aragoncillo and Orús (2018) reveal that 40.0% of consumers spend more money than planned in physical stores compared to 25.0% in online purchases."

Now if you are a strict shopper who brings a list and only buys what's on the list then maybe you've gotten your money's worth over the years. But it's much more likely that you've lost those savings back to the company because you have succumb to their incredibly effective marketing tricks, borne out of the analysis of shopper's spending habits.

Back to price increases...

Rudd's black pudding gone from €2.19 to €2.39

Goods bag of fresh salmon portions gone from €10 to €15

Tesco own brand mouthwash gone from.65c to €1

Felix cat food goes up weekly with them 😞

do you not do a "feel test" 😂 If you know your "feel" you will get 7 or 8 packs in an Aldi Variety 6 Pack. If you are really lucky, you will get 9 😁

If you look at all the items increasing prices they all involve key ingredients that have gone up in price around the world or are commodities which are subject to an international market (just like oil, coal, soy beans etc) . Butter is also a commodity and currently trades at €725 per 100kg, so unless this starts dropping, butter will be close to €5.

Last year it was €400/100kg and in 2020 it was €350 av.

https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/default/files/food-farming-fisheries/farming/documents/eu-dairy-commodity-prices_en.pdf

My local petrol station is 12% cheaper than tesco, dunnes on bread (800g) wholemeal. Amazing as petrol station owner is not shy about upping his prices, maybe he's too busy changing the prices on petrol/diesel boards

I normally buy Tesco's 750ml own brand Smoothie, noticed the price jumped from €1.50 to €2.19 a couple of weeks back. Everything seems to be going up, I make sure to bring my glasses with me shopping these days!

Milk just gone up in Tesco

T 1l Milk 75c 85c 95c €1.05

T 2l Milk €1.49 €1.69 €1.89 €2.09

T 3l Milk now €2.90

That's actually a 17.6% increase 🤓

Bread will go up even more in the coming weeks and months. Given how much of the world's grain comes from Ukraine there are going to be issues

These were 29 cent a few months back

Then went to 39 cent

Now 59 cent

The same are made for Lidl . Not sure about Aldi

Various flavours

Surprise . They are gone to 59 cent in Lidl!

Price match ...= price fixing

Examiner doing a selection

all of these comparison surveys are ridiculous. Who goes in and just buys the few items these surveys do? But suits the media narrative of bad news sells papers.

Prices barely moved for the past 15 years. Many grocery prices actually dropped in price. But sure the media would never point that out. Compare those prices to 2008 and see what the comparison is - most will be cheaper than then.

Maybe people will also think twice about over buying and then throwing so much out and maybe people will also start to realise that a best before date is not a use by date.

And there is some good news (you'll never read this in the press) wheat prices have fallen as there's been a bumper crop in the USA, further falls are expected as a shipping corridor should open soon from Odesa. Fertiliser prices have fallen dramatically in recent weeks as there's a glut of supply. Building material prices have fallen too. And then there's the fact that there has never been a consumer slow down or recession in history that did not involve oil and gas prices dropping and I'd be fairly confident that oil prices will start falling soon as demand is starting to fall.

So terribly sorry about ruining people's day with some positivity.

Did you see the list? I don't see how your point applies to the vast majority of the items on the list. D

never saw as much crap and misinformation in a post

SO you have no actual information about the differences between the supermarkets?

You have absolutely zero idea if the differ in significant respects.

'Large chicken' is a standardised weight. All the fresh chickens sold in the listed supermarkets are from Ireland, so all produced to same standards.

The dairy products come from the same creameries.

Is a 2kg bag of potatoes going to weigh less in LIDL? Or more in Tesco? Comparing their price is pointless? Really?

Nonsense.

You wrong there

https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/us-wheat-crop-hit-by-dry-winter-then-soggy-spring-adding-global-tightness-2022-05-31/

I'm genuinely trying to be objective but honestly I'm seeing what's going on with my own eyes, weekly and its disgraceful. I'm fortunate in only shopping for myself but my god, those shopping for families etc are being gouged wholesale.

I agree also with the two tier pricing structure at Tesco and whilst understand the Club card concept (I've got one now) the price differences are extraordinary, sometimes half the price. It makes me wonder if tesco can charge so little for club card members, surely they can spread the discounts around a little more 😉