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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Rods2 on 17 November 2013, 21:00:49
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I don't shop in Tesco very often these days as I find Aldi very much cheaper and Lidl cheaper, apart for a few things that are not available at the German stores or Tesco own brands are more to my taste.
Yesterday, I went shopping at Tesco for the first time in a couple of months to use up some vouchers that cover most of the things I do buy from them.
One of the vouchers was for Shredded Wheat where I always buy the 30 packs. I was aware last time I bought them they were between £2.50 and £3.00, but yesterday the price was £3.19. So I went back to the last receipt when I bought 2 packets 21/09/13 they were £2.79 so they have gone up £0.40. Now the interesting thing is that Aldi have replaced their equivalent of Shredded Wheat with the real thing Nestle Shredded wheat 24's for £1.89 which is the equivalent of £2.36 for a box of 30. So I think you can guess where I will be buying my Shredded Wheat from now on, vouchers or no vouchers.
Another item I buy is Tesco's essentials yogurts as they are cheap and I like the taste, they used to be £0.30 for 4, then they went up to £0.35, this time £0.53.
So, just be aware where they are giving vouchers which has hit their bottom line, they are raising prices on some items massively to boost their profits.
Just to show how much more Tesco charge, their fruit and vegetables is typically 50 to 100% more than the Aldi and Lidl equivalents. To me an apple is an apple, a grape a grape, a carrot a carrot etc, etc, so why 50 to 100% more?
Today Aldi was packed but very little was out of stock whereas even though at Tesco I normally only have about a dozen items on my list it is rare that one or more is not out of stock.
At Aldi and Lidl I have to pay a £1 deposit to use a shopping trolley which makes sure I take it back, whereas at Tesco you don't, but you pay through their prices for them to employ trolley collectors. At Aldi and Lidi shopping is scanned through very very quickly compared to Tesco because staff at Aldi and Lidl have minimum work rates and they have flexible working so the cashiers move between shelf stacking and the tills depending upon demand where they cover all of the shop floor bases.
In the US Tesco "Fresh n Easy" has been a financial disaster and never made a profit whereas Aldi's Trader Joes are doing very well.
This week Aldi opened their 500th store in the UK, today my local Aldi was packed so most of the tills were manned. So my question is are we seeing the British Leyland v Mercedes and BMW again. I suspect we are and unless the incumbent big 4 supermarket chains up their game massively then in 20 years they will no longer exist.
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As far as Tesco goes, it can't come soon enough. I have never known a Company that relies on the goodwill of its customers to be so far up it's own arris and treat them with so much distain! >:(
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I shop at asda. I have no complaints. The 10% cheaper claim seems to be true and I quite often get a voucher for £2-£3 on a £30 shop. The quality of the fresh meat/fish is good and, compared to Morrison's where I used to shop, the fruit and veg is much better. Morrison's market Street is a joke.
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We called in at Tesco yesterday, a while since we have been and I notice that the bread we buy has dropped 29p a loaf.............. :y :y
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I sometimes go in tesco , but make full use of the mobility scooter wearing the battery flat :D At least they have to pay the electric bill to charge it up . We just buy the special offers on now and then :y
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Last time I was in Tesco I bought 7 of their Hudl tablets & 4 of Google's Nexus 7 tablets ::)
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At Aldi and Lidi shopping is scanned through very very quickly compared to Tesco because ....
They can only scan as fast as I can pack. I've had cashiers blindly scanning stuff though the till paying no attention to how many goods are still waiting for me to pack. I've stopping packing before now letting it build up to the extent that they can't pass any more items to me and asked if we are in a race, & if we are, I'll let them 'win' every time. ::)
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At Aldi and Lidi shopping is scanned through very very quickly compared to Tesco because ....
They can only scan as fast as I can pack. I've had cashiers blindly scanning stuff though the till paying no attention to how many goods are still waiting for me to pack. I've stopping packing before now letting it build up to the extent that they can't pass any more items to me and asked if we are in a race, & if we are, I'll let them 'win' every time. ::)
Wherever I shop, particularly if on my own I always ask them to go slowly, I can't cope if they are too quick, and so, like Andy B, just let it build up till they have to stop; age has it uses........... :y :y
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At Aldi and Lidi shopping is scanned through very very quickly compared to Tesco because ....
They can only scan as fast as I can pack. I've had cashiers blindly scanning stuff though the till paying no attention to how many goods are still waiting for me to pack. I've stopping packing before now letting it build up to the extent that they can't pass any more items to me and asked if we are in a race, & if we are, I'll let them 'win' every time. ::)
Wherever I shop, particularly if on my own I always ask them to go slowly, I can't cope if they are too quick, and so, like Andy B, just let it build up till they have to stop; age has it uses........... :y :y
:y :y ;) ;)
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At Aldi and Lidi shopping is scanned through very very quickly compared to Tesco because ....
They can only scan as fast as I can pack. I've had cashiers blindly scanning stuff though the till paying no attention to how many goods are still waiting for me to pack. I've stopping packing before now letting it build up to the extent that they can't pass any more items to me and asked if we are in a race, & if we are, I'll let them 'win' every time. ::)
Wherever I shop, particularly if on my own I always ask them to go slowly, I can't cope if they are too quick, and so, like Andy B, just let it build up till they have to stop; age has it uses........... :y :y
:y :y ;) ;)
Can also play on the 'I am only a Man' and of course they are already impressed that we are doing the shopping anyway........... :D :D
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Can also play on the 'I am only a Man' and of course they are already impressed that we are doing the shopping anyway........... :D :D
Creep! ::) ::) ::)
A few Christmases ago, the woman on the till passed me the store opening times, to which I replied ..... 'I've a wife for that kind of thing' ;)
I thought she (cashier) was going to stab me! ::) ;D ;D ;D
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Tesco are uncompetitive on price and have been for a long time.
As for their petrol......I find it cheaper just about everywhere
We use Lidl and Harrods. ;)
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Asda. 2ltr bottle of Vimto was £2:00. Now £3:70?? But a 1ltr bottle is £1:00... The mind boggles ????
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Asda. 2ltr bottle of Vimto was £2:00. Now £3:70?? But a 1ltr bottle is £1:00... The mind boggles ????
I find loads of prices like that in many supermarkets, they have deals and you need to check you prices carefully, swmbo taught me that one............ :y
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Last time I was in Tesco I bought 7 of their Hudl tablets & 4 of Google's Nexus 7 tablets ::)
On Uncle Rupert's credit card no doubt ::)
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Last time I was in Tesco I bought 7 of their Hudl tablets & 4 of Google's Nexus 7 tablets ::)
On Uncle Rupert's credit card no doubt ::)
Yup, someone on the team got a shed load of clubcard points :o ;D
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At Aldi and Lidi shopping is scanned through very very quickly compared to Tesco because ....
They can only scan as fast as I can pack. I've had cashiers blindly scanning stuff though the till paying no attention to how many goods are still waiting for me to pack. I've stopping packing before now letting it build up to the extent that they can't pass any more items to me and asked if we are in a race, & if we are, I'll let them 'win' every time. ::)
A girl at an Aldi checkout once told me that they are instructed to go fast, they actually have time targets. I do the same, let them win :y
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Having been unemployed since January I really do take note of the prices. For me Tesco is my most local and as it's out of town compared to the asda and Aldi it is the one I use most. Plus, not wanting to start a race row here, but the Boston asda is, I would say, 70% foreigners. They shop like they drive, incredibly arrogantly and are quite happy to bump you out of the way.
But it's getting ridiculous how they are doubling their prices seemingly overnight.
How can they justify their cheapest squash is now 52p a small (double strength) bottle. This was 23p only a few months ago. Same goes for their cheap baby wipes, 26p jumped to 65p.
And that double strength squash thing is something that's wound me up. They are using less ingredients, less packaging, less transportation costs, less space needed on the shelves so more product able to be sold, plus I bet they sell more as most of us have spent years putting a given amount into a glass and it's not something you just change when your on auto pilot, but have they reduced their prices, have they balls! If anything they've gone up!!!!
But I like millions of others will just roll over and take it, and go deaf when the 6 o'clock news announces a quarterly profit increase into he billions!
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Last time I was in Tesco I bought 7 of their Hudl tablets & 4 of Google's Nexus 7 tablets ::)
For work?............. ;) ;)
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As far as Tesco goes, it can't come soon enough. I have never known a Company that relies on the goodwill of its customers to be so far up it's own arris and treat them with so much distain! >:(
How true Phil!! :y :y :y :y :y :y :y
But do not get me started on the subject of bloody Tesco's.................................................. :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X ;) ;)
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As far as Tesco goes, it can't come soon enough. I have never known a Company that relies on the goodwill of its customers to be so far up it's own arris and treat them with so much distain! >:(
How true Phil!! :y :y :y :y :y :y :y
But do not get me started on the subject of bloody Tesco's.................................................. :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X ;) ;)
Like me obviously your favourite supermarket. :o :o :o >:( >:( >:(
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Ah thats why their box of 36 Jaffas has gone from £1.25 to almost £2.00, it s the world cardboard shortage, silly me :-X
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You wanna try the Tesco expresses ;D Their prices are even worse....
One example i can think of now....jar of coffee in tesco extra compared with tesco express....twice the price in tesco express :(
Tho i rarely goto tesco's .....mainly use a local co-op......local butchers and local dairy :y
Their building a shiny big Waitrose near me.....be interesting to see their prices when it opens :-\
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Don't like Tesco at all. Usually overpriced, which is how I figure they give customers club card points or whatever. Plus their petrol is also overpriced.
I use ASDA and Costco. ASDA petrol/LPG is usually the cheapest in the region.
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I came across a cracker a few weeks ago, those little packets of cereal toppers, on the shelf at 20p each.... With a label right next to them saying 3 for £1
God loves a tryer !!;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Don't like Tesco at all. Usually overpriced, which is how I figure they give customers club card points or whatever. Plus their petrol is also overpriced.
I use ASDA and Costco. ASDA petrol/LPG is usually the cheapest in the region.
ASDA guarantee to be the cheapest in town, or they give you a free car or something. :-\
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Don't like Tesco at all. Usually overpriced, which is how I figure they give customers club card points or whatever. Plus their petrol is also overpriced.
I use ASDA and Costco. ASDA petrol/LPG is usually the cheapest in the region.
ASDA guarantee to be the cheapest in town, or they give you a free car or something. :-\
Yep, thats how I ended up with an Omega. Does the Daewoo have a similar story?
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Cant stand Tescos. So shop there every week and use all sorts of vouchers etc. to knock a load of dosh off the bill. :)
£5 off a £40 spend ? Buy 3 lots of £40 and get£15 off,and that's just for starters. ;D
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I've recently been using Aldi and can't fault it, saved about £30 on a weekly shop and the quality is spot on :y
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Don't like Tesco at all. Usually overpriced, which is how I figure they give customers club card points or whatever. Plus their petrol is also overpriced.
I use ASDA and Costco. ASDA petrol/LPG is usually the cheapest in the region.
ASDA guarantee to be the cheapest in town, or they give you a free car or something. :-\
Yep, thats how I ended up with an Omega. Does the Daewoo have a similar story?
I got the Daewoo in a lucky bag. :y
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Doesn't seem to be much choice / variety though ? :-\
I would end up with a trolley full of tools every week. ;D ;D
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I've recently been using Aldi and can't fault it, saved about £30 on a weekly shop and the quality is spot on :y
Your inbox is full....again.
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Don't like Tesco at all. Usually overpriced, which is how I figure they give customers club card points or whatever. Plus their petrol is also overpriced.
I use ASDA and Costco. ASDA petrol/LPG is usually the cheapest in the region.
ASDA guarantee to be the cheapest in town, or they give you a free car or something. :-\
Yep, thats how I ended up with an Omega. Does the Daewoo have a similar story?
I got the Daewoo in a unlucky bag. :y
Sounds about right.
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Don't like Tesco at all. Usually overpriced, which is how I figure they give customers club card points or whatever. Plus their petrol is also overpriced.
I use ASDA and Costco. ASDA petrol/LPG is usually the cheapest in the region.
ASDA guarantee to be the cheapest in town, or they give you a free car or something. :-\
Yep, thats how I ended up with an Omega. Does the Daewoo have a similar story?
I got the Daewoo in a unlucky bag. :y
Sounds about right.
Yes. It's an awful car. Wish I had an omega. :(
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Yesterday I wished I had anything but an Omega. ;D ;D
Its the first time its let me down in 3 years of ownership though,so cant grumble really. Repairs didn't cost me a penny either. ;)
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Yesterday I wished I had anything but an Omega. ;D ;D
Its the first time its let me down in 3 years of ownership though,so cant grumble really. Most of my cars are not worth a penny either. ;)
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All three of them are worth what I paid for them,if not more. ;).............a grand total of £1300. ;D