I don't normally get caught in the 'paying more for the wrappings than the Easter egg' line of thought but I thought I would treat Madame Smooth this year and buy a 'big' egg.
A Thorntons 'premium' chocolate one was purchased from ASDA for £10. I was delighted I suppose, when I saw the same egg in Tescos for £15. If ASDA are making a profit at £10 Tescos are doing very nicely thankyou and ripping the customer off. Probably by the end of the day there won't be many left on the shelves and once again Tescos will be exceedingly happy whilst we the consumer have been ripped off in the belief that Tescos claim to be the cheapest!!!!!
I'm on the soapbox now. There has been some controversy over the size of chocolate bars shrinking without a reduction in cost...effectively making it a price increase. Back to Tescos again; Their fantail prawns are a favourite of ours. We have just noticed that the plastic tray now has a divider in the moulding making two compartments....which, you've guessed it, hold less than before. Yet another rip-off that people probably won't notice. 'Every little helps', it certainly does, only its Tescos not the customer.
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Sex God
So don't buy them; don't shop at Tesco - nobody forces you to! 
Sex God
Asda (and Aldi) are almost always cheaper then Tescos and Sainsbury's. Waitrose is as bad as Marks & Spencer's. Morrison's is about level with Asda.
You can get bargains at any of them - but if you have a life and you don't want to go traipsing round 4 or 5 stores for your shopping - use Asda or Morrisons. Choose whichever is a) closer or b) has cheaper petrol at the time.
Or get in the habit of seeking out the cheaper local shops and farm shops - they often have great baragins and execllent quality. Can cost a fortune in petrol getting to all of them for your weekly needs though.
Never buy branded basics - bread is bread is bread - carrots are carrots are carrots. Don't pay for fancy packaging.
Don't do without the treats - but shop around - you saw the difference on one single Spring fertility celebration egg - add that up across a year!
You can get bargains at any of them - but if you have a life and you don't want to go traipsing round 4 or 5 stores for your shopping - use Asda or Morrisons. Choose whichever is a) closer or b) has cheaper petrol at the time.
Or get in the habit of seeking out the cheaper local shops and farm shops - they often have great baragins and execllent quality. Can cost a fortune in petrol getting to all of them for your weekly needs though.
Never buy branded basics - bread is bread is bread - carrots are carrots are carrots. Don't pay for fancy packaging.
Don't do without the treats - but shop around - you saw the difference on one single Spring fertility celebration egg - add that up across a year!
Sex God
Go to tesco's website, and enter the details into the price checker bit, and if they are more expensive compared to asda, they will email you a double the difference voucher!
Sex God
Quote by Sarah
Go to tesco's website, and enter the details into the price checker bit, and if they are more expensive compared to asda, they will email you a double the difference voucher!
To spend in their shop. Making them actually worth about 50% of the face value. I'd rather have the cash. Or a website that, given my shopping list, simply ordered the cheapest from whichever shop it was being sold in and delivered it for free. But I'm greedy. :giggle:
i think the prices of food must vary around the country cus here in leicestershire in the area i live tescos has by far the cheapest prices than asda or other shops, i do 99.9% of my shopping at tescos and to get the same at asda would cost me approx £20 more plus the food isnt anywhere near as nice as tescos, i wouldnt shop at morrisons again cus i find their food awful and expensive
i also buy my petrol at tescos cus its cheapest there
we have an abundance of supermarkets around our area and iv used most at some point but always go back to tescos
i also buy my petrol at tescos cus its cheapest there
we have an abundance of supermarkets around our area and iv used most at some point but always go back to tescos
Sex God
Quote by Danne
i think the prices of food must vary around the country cus here in leicestershire in the area i live tescos has by far the cheapest prices than asda or other shops, i do 99.9% of my shopping at tescos and to get the same at asda would cost me approx £20 more plus the food isnt anywhere near as nice as tescos, i wouldnt shop at morrisons again cus i find their food awful and expensive
i also buy my petrol at tescos cus its cheapest there
we have an abundance of supermarkets around our area and iv used most at some point but always go back to tescos
It's trendy to bash Tesco at the moment - let the bandwagon roll.
You are quite right there isn't a difference at all between the two and depending on the day you might get an offer in one that isn't in the other. It is called retailing.
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i think the prices of food must vary around the country cus here in leicestershire in the area i live tescos has by far the cheapest prices than asda or other shops, i do 99.9% of my shopping at tescos and to get the same at asda would cost me approx £20 more plus the food isnt anywhere near as nice as tescos, i wouldnt shop at morrisons again cus i find their food awful and expensive
i also buy my petrol at tescos cus its cheapest there
we have an abundance of supermarkets around our area and iv used most at some point but always go back to tescos
It's trendy to bash Tesco at the moment - let the bandwagon roll.
You are quite right there isn't a difference at all between the two and depending on the day you might get an offer in one that isn't in the other. It is called retailing.
im the most untrendy person ever i guess lol
Orgasminator
It might be a good idea to match like-for-like. The Thornton's Premium Egg`on sale at Tesco's is the 610gm version ( - per 100gms). The Thornton's Premium Egg on sale at Asda's is the 330gm version ( - per 100gms)
By my maths that makes Tesco's cheaper for nearly twice the size of egg.
By my maths that makes Tesco's cheaper for nearly twice the size of egg.
Mod
Dont get me started on feckn Tesco's ffs..
I was over the border in England recently and decided to visit the 24HOUR Tesco on a Saturday night,only to find that it shut at 10 pm, wtf
In Bonnie Scotland, when our shops say 24hrs they mean 24hrs ffs.
They should be shot under the trade descriptions act ffs
Oh and now I am on the subject of rip offs......
We have a market where I live called "The Barras" and last Christmas they were selling Selection boxes for £3 each or 3 for a tenner.
It was amazing how many people walked away with three,thinking they got a bargain :lol:
I was over the border in England recently and decided to visit the 24HOUR Tesco on a Saturday night,only to find that it shut at 10 pm, wtf
In Bonnie Scotland, when our shops say 24hrs they mean 24hrs ffs.
They should be shot under the trade descriptions act ffs
Oh and now I am on the subject of rip offs......
We have a market where I live called "The Barras" and last Christmas they were selling Selection boxes for £3 each or 3 for a tenner.
It was amazing how many people walked away with three,thinking they got a bargain :lol:
Quote by woohoo
Dont get me started on feckn Tesco's ffs..
I was over the border in England recently and decided to visit the 24HOUR Tesco on a Saturday night,only to find that it shut at 10 pm, wtf
In Bonnie Scotland, when our shops say 24hrs they mean 24hrs ffs.
They should be shot under the trade descriptions act ffs
Oh and now I am on the subject of rip offs......
We have a market where I live called "The Barras" and last Christmas they were selling Selection boxes for £3 each or 3 for a tenner.
It was amazing how many people walked away with three,thinking they got a bargain :lol:
They let YOU over the border, why wasnt I warned!!! :lol:
Personally I prefer the choccy from Lidl or Aldi, cheaper and it beats all others hands down in my opinion.
You should have said sod it to the choccy egg and got her some vibrating ones
Tils x
Sex God
Product placement! Fantasic is it not 
Sorry but I buy stuff I look for bargains and I also sell stuff with the aim being to buy low sell high :D I just need people to buy it i.e. you and I have no qualms at all as long as at the time of purchase you are happy with the price you paid. What someone else sells it for is not my concern.
Sorry but I buy stuff I look for bargains and I also sell stuff with the aim being to buy low sell high :D I just need people to buy it i.e. you and I have no qualms at all as long as at the time of purchase you are happy with the price you paid. What someone else sells it for is not my concern. 