Category: "Price rises"
22/01/11
Asda price check offer - what are they up to?
The adverts are everywhere, "Shop at Asda, when you get home, goto the asda website, enter your receipt number and we'll compare prices against the other supermarkets via [insert a price comparison website here] and if it's cheaper elsewhere, we'll give… more »
22/11/10
Supermarket "offers" hiding individual price increases
Seen at both asda and tesco, the marketing trick designed to raise prices, whilst also getting you to try a product, making a regular in your basket? The beauty of this trick (because it is a trick) is how it gives the perception that you are saving… more »
Asda increase price of Heinz tomato sauce
After Heinz soups price increases at both asda and tesco in recent months, including tomato soup, we noticed that Napolina tinned tomatoes were increasing in price as well. Yesterdays visit to asda, we spotted another hefty percentage price increase,… more »
12/09/10
Tesco - Asda operating a pricing monopoly?
Yet again, another example of tesco and asda identical pricing in our area, where they both have stores close to each other. Nescafe coffee 300g jars: - Both asda and tesco put their prices up to more than £6 per jar (within 2p of each other) - Both… more »
07/09/10
Supermarket versus local shops - pricing
With bulk buying power, supermarkets are in an ideal position to undercut local businesses on price. The misconception that they are cheap is one that they play to in their advertising at every opportunity. So how can local businesses beat a supermarket… more »
Tags: asda, bad business, local business, marketing, morrisons, pricing, sainsburys, supermarkets, tesco
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