[Sibeber]

Is it me or am I the only the one to think that Asa's recent promise for thousands of price cuts is absolute lies .I went in today and found that all the items I needed all seemed at least 10p more ..an example ..Asda Hi juice squash for months has been £1:49 or 2 for £2:50 ..today still at £1:49 or 3 for £4...no option to buy 2 for £2:50 ..once again another ploy to think they have given the shopper a bargain ..I dont want to buy 3 so didn't make the purchase.is it me or do you think the big chain's just lie to us ?

[koantemplation]

If they cut in one place they are bound to raise the price in another place.

[phepia]

I am a recent newcomer to asda as one opened just down the road from me. We only had Sainsburies or aldi close to me before with morrisons further afield.
Comparing food to Sains I have been very surprised on how much cheaper all my regular food is.
I have consistently spend £15 less on a £70 shop comparing to sains.
I know alot of stores compete but £45 monthly reduction on already over priced food is a welcome incentive to me.

[sarahj1986]

I always find Asda is the worst offender for this kind of thing, an example -

prepacked chicken ready to cook -

£2.50

this quietly goes to

£3

then afew weeks later in a big blaze of glory -

ROLLBACK WAS £3 NOW £2.75

despite it previously only being £2.50!!#

[degsyhufc]

Quote:

Originally Posted by sarahj1986

I always find Asda is the worst offender for this kind of thing, an example -

prepacked chicken ready to cook -

£2.50

this quietly goes to

£3

then afew weeks later in a big blaze of glory -

ROLLBACK WAS £3 NOW £2.75

despite it previously only being £2.50!!#

In what time frame? If they do the rollback too quickly then it's a trading standards offence and they can be fined.

[louise1966]

Asda is my supermarket of choice, but I have noticed the same thing recently. I buy the sandwich filler, the price of which has been increased from £1.00, to £1.10, or two for £2.00. It takes me way past the BBE date, to get through one tub, so I'm not going to buy two. Plus, it's only a saving of 20p.
This does smack of an opportunity to introduce a 'deal'. Give them the legally required length of time, and they will do a price reduction - back to £1.00!

[Joel's dad]

You know the roll back ads are crap, the end of the day, when I first started shopping I rarely spent more than £100 in the shop and now, it's rarely under ..

I show in Aldi and I get most of what I I want for less than £80. Onto a winner

A

[sarahj1986]

Quote:

Originally Posted by degsyhufc

In what time frame? If they do the rollback too quickly then it's a trading standards offence and they can be fined.

This happened afew years ago now but it was in a fairly short space of time, maybe 2/3 months

[walterwhite]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joel's dad

You know the roll back ads are crap, the end of the day, when I first started shopping I rarely spent more than £100 in the shop and now, it's rarely under ..

I show in Aldi and I get most of what I I want for less than £80. Onto a winner

A

There is a thing called food price inflation which might explain that. How long ago did you start shopping?

[BlueEyedMrsP]

I'm convinced most stores that offer regular 'sale prices' bump their prices up to begin with so it only looks like a deal. This applies to furniture as well as grocery stores.

A lot of ASDA's price drops that I've seen are on name-brand items, which we rarely purchase anyway if there's a generic or store-brand equivalent.