The French supermarket chain is putting price warning stickers on top goods suppliers such as Nestle,Pepsico,Unilever etc saying their products have shrunk but cost more even after raw material prices have eased.(source RTE,business).
Fair play,a certain interest for Carrefour themselves but shaming these giants who are profiteering on the back of high inflation and seem to be causing a certain amount of that themselves.
I would like to think it would work and people avoid the products. That is happening to an extent in UK/Ire and people swapping ,they aren't fools.
Also those big companies while they have made serious money will lose marketshare for this.
Heinz in the UK i think could join that list,sauces went mental,£1.70 for a tin of their soup? feck me,now going 10 soups for £9 i seen,a sign they have a lot of tins of soup not sold?
They rode the public imo unfairly for a lot of the time citing as said the expensive raw materials and deserve a big public swerve like the French are doing.
I would like to think it would work and people avoid the products. That is happening to an extent in UK/Ire and people swapping ,they aren't fools.Also those big companies while they have made serious money will lose marketshare for this.Heinz in the
5 or 6 items and brands I'll never go back to, Heinz Beans prices are ridiculous here now, 1.60 a tin is common supermarket price. People will I hope remember being rode rough by these companies.
5 or 6 items and brands I'll never go back to, Heinz Beans prices are ridiculous here now, 1.60 a tin is common supermarket price. People will I hope remember being rode rough by these companies.
They started Monday Shrewd Dude,i hope it gathers momentum.
To be very fair i think a 4 pack of branston beans didn't go beyond £3.20 in UK,fair play to them.
They started Monday Shrewd Dude,i hope it gathers momentum.To be very fair i think a 4 pack of branston beans didn't go beyond £3.20 in UK,fair play to them.
I used to pay £1 odd for a tin of heinz beans in Spain in the 80s.
They know, or they think they know, how far they can push us, advertising works, and I hope folk stop buying em, or enough do to make a difference to their share price.
I used to pay £1 odd for a tin of heinz beansin Spain in the 80s.They know, or they think they know, how far theycan push us, advertising works, and I hope folkstop buying em, or enough do to make a differenceto their share price.
It's obviously not just the raw materials that cost. There are so many scalps on a product before it gets to your house. And yes big brands will rely on inelasticity. That's on us.
It's obviously not just the raw materials that cost. There are so many scalps on a product before it gets to your house. And yes big brands will rely on inelasticity. That's on us.
They do,most bought something a bit mank but cheapish and left it there til out of date imo.
There would be some uproar in the UK(and Ireland) if the likes of Tesco and Supervalu had stickers saying you are getting shafted by your new smaller product that has gone up by 50%,more fool you,it is to me quite beautiful, i could easily be a Carrefour customer.
Many scalps but that isn't ringing through on comparable product Ciders.
They do,most bought something a bit mank but cheapish and left it there til out of date imo.There would be some uproar in the UK(and Ireland) if the likes of Tesco and Supervalu had stickers saying you are getting shafted by your new smaller product
I cook everything apart from oven chips & M&S croissants from scratch and it costs me about £40 a week to eat like a vegetarian king.
You only pay through the nose for big name brands and convenience. It's a choice.
I cook everything apart from oven chips & M&S croissants from scratch and it costs me about £40 a week to eat like a vegetarian king.You only pay through the nose for big name brands and convenience. It's a choice.
Wife is vegetarian and tend to agree that is 'cheapish' small garden but salad leaves, spring onions are there a lot of the year(jeez some tomato glut atm). Chicken is still very cheap as is mince and maybe a gammon joint but steak,lamb not so much,anything processed with these are gone up bigitty.
Totally agree re choice, i am saying no to a lot of it,some things come on 'offer' and really should be the only time that is bought.
Wife is vegetarian and tend to agree that is 'cheapish' small garden but salad leaves, spring onions are there a lot of the year(jeez some tomato glut atm). Chicken is still very cheap as is mince and maybe a gammon joint but steak,lamb not so much,a