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Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

ALDI gain a million and a half new shoppers in the last 3 months.

Date: Sep 26 6:46 PM, 2022

Me too… I shop between Aldi, Tesco, B&M and Home Bargains…. always found M&S overpriced and overrated tbh!

Maddog · Go Outside

That is what we call the "elasticity of demand"..

Demand for certain goods drops way off when prices rise, yet drop little or none for more necessary items..

Same goes for booze. Folks may drink more during bad times, but they shift to the cheaper products that get the job done.

As a single guy, I never spent much time analyzing what stores are cheaper for groceries.

There is a store 5 blocks from my house that I no longer step foot in because of their prices.

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

Poca wrote:
Me too… I shop between Aldi, Tesco, B&M and Home Bargains…. always found M&S overpriced and overrated tbh!

Pre Covid I often shopped at M&S, then during lockdown they were one of the few supermarkets that didn't offer home deliveries on food, so I thought sod em.

I still get an Asda delivery for basics, but I really like Aldi now, their range is limited, but the quality and prices are good.

M&S are OK if you look for the special offers. 3 for £10 etc.

Spokesperson from 'Which' talking on Radio today, said on an average weekly shop, the prices from Aldi and Lidl, and the more expensive supermarkets, vary by approx £28.

Digger · Admin

Syl wrote:
Poca wrote:
Me too… I shop between Aldi, Tesco, B&M and Home Bargains…. always found M&S overpriced and overrated tbh!
Pre Covid I often shopped at M&S, then during lockdown they were one of the few supermarkets that didn't offer home deliveries on food, so I thought sod em.
I still get an Asda delivery for basics, but I really like Aldi now, their range is limited, but the quality and prices are good.
M&S are OK if you look for the special offers. 3 for £10 etc.
Spokesperson from 'Which' talking on Radio today, said on an average weekly shop, the prices from Aldi and Lidl, and the more expensive supermarkets, vary by approx £28.

We splurge at M and S at least once a week using Ocado. Rest of the time it's Lidl.

-- Edited by Digger on Monday 26th of September 2022 09:28:26 PM

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

I have never heard of Ocado, how does it work?

Magica · Go Outside

I prefer Sainsbury's or Asda. Not a fan of Aldi or Lidl, although I know many who are.

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

Magica wrote:
I prefer Sainsbury's or Asda. Not a fan of Aldi or Lidl, although I know many who are.

Asda were brilliant during lockdown.

I had a weekly delivery and they never failed to come on time, usually with everything I had ordered. I still keep a weekly delivery for the usual basics.

I seldom go to M&S now...though I do like their fish, meat and fresh fruit and veg, that's something the bigger 4 supermarkets often get wrong.

(I say this as I have just thrown a peach away I bought from Sainsburys only yesterday....it was rotten inside)

Date: Sep 27 1:16 PM, 2022

I've been poor for quite some time. I could only dream about shopping in M&S. Even Sainsburys is out of my price range. For the poor inflation is higher than those that are not poor.

Maddog · Go Outside

Anonymous wrote:
I've been poor for quite some time. I could only dream about shopping in M&S. Even Sainsburys is out of my price range. For the poor inflation is higher than those that are not poor.

Inflation is an oppressive tax on the poor..

Unfortunately, it's often created under the pretense of helping those very same people. And they don't even realize it..

Rayne · 1000 Posts!?

I normally shop at Tesco and have it delivered most times now. Sometimes Sainsburys for a change.

I always keep well ahead with toilet rolls just in case, after the time they became hard to get hold of, so I get two packs of 6 Tesco luxury soft toilet tissue long rolls.

The price of them has really gone up lately from about £3.40 to £4.20 each!

The other day my daughter went to Costco with a friend and rang me to ask if I wanted her to get me 40 rolls for £16.

Sounded good, I opened it and took out a pack of 4 , the roll inside is much wider so probably a lot less tissue.

So although I'm well stocked up now, I probably haven't saved much in the long run.

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

Rayne wrote:
I normally shop at Tesco and have it delivered most times now. Sometimes Sainsburys for a change.
I always keep well ahead with toilet rolls just in case, after the time they became hard to get hold of, so I get two packs of 6 Tesco luxury soft toilet tissue long rolls.
The price of them has really gone up lately from about £3.40 to £4.20 each!
The other day my daughter went to Costco with a friend and rang me to ask if I wanted her to get me 40 rolls for £16.
Sounded good, I opened it and took out a pack of 4 , the roll inside is much wider so probably a lot less tissue.
So although I'm well stocked up now, I probably haven't saved much in the long run.

It's funny you mention toilet rolls Rayne, since the pandemic, I too have to have at least a couple of packs spare, I never did before, it must be psychological.

They have soared in price, as have kitchen roll, I'm sure many shops and supermarkets are making a killing and blaming everything else but their own greed.

Magica · Go Outside

Syl wrote:
Rayne wrote:
I normally shop at Tesco and have it delivered most times now. Sometimes Sainsburys for a change.
I always keep well ahead with toilet rolls just in case, after the time they became hard to get hold of, so I get two packs of 6 Tesco luxury soft toilet tissue long rolls.
The price of them has really gone up lately from about £3.40 to £4.20 each!
The other day my daughter went to Costco with a friend and rang me to ask if I wanted her to get me 40 rolls for £16.
Sounded good, I opened it and took out a pack of 4 , the roll inside is much wider so probably a lot less tissue.
So although I'm well stocked up now, I probably haven't saved much in the long run.

It's funny you mention toilet rolls Rayne, since the pandemic, I too have to have at least a couple of packs spare, I never did before, it must be psychological.
They have soared in price, as have kitchen roll, I'm sure many shops and supermarkets are making a killing and blaming everything else but their own greed.

I've done this too . Can't believe how.much.kitchen towels costs have gone up either, bloody ridiculous. Pack of 6 chewing gums, gone from £2 to £2.40 now £2.90, I won't be buying them anymore, what a rip off. I agree Syl, it's the stores cashing in, greedy gits!

Maddog · Go Outside

Stores are always greedy. It's a constant.

There are reasons for inflation.

Bad fiscal policy and bad monetary policy.

Don't give the assholes in charge of that a pass, while blaming people stuck in the middle.

It's unfair as hell.

Maddog · Go Outside

And don't worry, when it tanks, and prices drop, it won't be because stores felt generous either.

Magica · Go Outside

You're right Madders, stores just care about the money not the shoppers.

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

Maddog wrote:
Stores are always greedy. It's a constant.

There are reasons for inflation.

Bad fiscal policy and bad monetary policy.

Don't give the assholes in charge of that a pass, while blaming people stuck in the middle.

It's unfair as hell.

I think we know that bad governments are always at the heart of every disaster, including wars,

But morally, the suppliers shouldn't be making huge profits on the back of the rest of us, who are paying outlandish prices for everything from gas and electric to bread and milk.

WE are the people stuck in the middle.

Digger · Admin

Syl wrote:
I have never heard of Ocado, how does it work?

You visit the website, book a time slot, order and they deliver for free.

Maddog · Go Outside

Syl wrote:
Maddog wrote:
Stores are always greedy. It's a constant.

There are reasons for inflation.

Bad fiscal policy and bad monetary policy.

Don't give the assholes in charge of that a pass, while blaming people stuck in the middle.

It's unfair as hell.
I think we know that bad governments are always at the heart of every disaster, including wars,
But morally, the suppliers shouldn't be making huge profits on the back of the rest of us, who are paying outlandish prices for everything from gas and electric to bread and milk.

WE are the people stuck in the middle.

They all aren't. You're post is a good example. Aldi is gaining customers. It's because they are cheaper. It literally means someone else is losing those customers, and those profits.

This idea of greed ebbing and flowing and impacting prices is silly and dangerous..

People said the same thing about oil companies when our fuel hit $5 per gallon. Now it's down to 3$ and it's crickets. Guess they got tired of being greedy..

I don't pay a whole lot of attention to your economy because mine is so fucked up that I don't have time..

But I get paid to know how prices fluctuate. Truss has made a huge mistake in cutting taxes and trying to pump money into your economy. No one knows what the hell she is thinking and the Bank of England is scrambling like hell to counter what she done..

Central banks around the world are trying to pull money out of economies while politicians are trying to pump money in, to appease voters who can be led to believe that inflation is the result of greed.

Everyone is paying for this incompetence..

Maddog · Go Outside

www.ft.com/content/756e81d1-b2a6-4580-9054-206386353c4e

Here is an article I read this morning. One, because it interests me and I like to keep abreast of what's happening around the world, and two because we are having similar issues over here.

My income is down to less than half it was just a few months ago.

I'm struggling. Friends are struggling. We want it to end, but we also know it's not going to any time soon for a myriad of reasons.

However, one of those reasons isn't greed, but one most likely is, people thinking it is.

That's why I'm frustrated at times. I'm paying more for everything while doing it with less income, while people are defining the problem completely wrong.