Tag: "price increases"

30/03/11

  10:57:36 pm, by Value hunter   , 92 words  
Categories: Marketing tricks, Asda, Price rises

Asda pringles "sale" that has a 50% higher price!

Asda were last week selling packs of pringles at £1.00 a tube with big yellow "Roll back" shelf labelling. This week Asda are selling the same tubes of pringles at £1.50, once again with a big yellow "Roll back" shelf label. How can a supermarket be… more »

30/01/11

  06:35:53 pm, by Value hunter   , 167 words  
Categories: Marketing tricks, Asda, Price rises

Asda baby event price rises

Plastered all over our nearest asda store are the green pos (point of sale) cards claiming big savings. Last week, the "natural fit nappies" that we normally get had been removed from the shelves and the "offer" budget nappies - increased in price to… more »

22/11/10

  10:02:07 pm, by Value hunter   , 289 words  
Categories: Marketing tricks, Asda, Tesco, Price rises

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 »

12/09/10

  08:22:51 pm, by Value hunter   , 721 words  
Categories: Did you know?, Tesco

Tesco price checker shows customers are being ripped off

It is common knowledge that when a Tesco (and other any other big supermarket) opens in an area, its prices undercut local shops/stores and then increase, as local businesses close or struggle to survive. Once the Tesco store has established itself, it… more »
AIM: To eliminate supermarkets completely from the weekly shopping.

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