Rising prices – do supermarkets give value for money?

Good report Swampy3512 my nearest Lidl is a few miles away but i do have local Aldl what i like
about these stores is they know there is a market for people who do not want to buy bog-offs and bulk buys just no nonsense prices.Nothing surprises me about Tesco anymore on Prices.

The only way that these stores get you cheaper items is because they make so much money in car parking fines , I know loads of people that have had fines in our locals and I never go in any more because of this reason. Cheaper end food is a joke but mid to high rage was ok , Tools and clothing is and have been told by many others as well that they are so cheap that half the stuff is useless, clothes you wash them a couple of times and are useless afterwards. Cycle clothes I have bought in the past is so bad zips plastic rubbish & and water proof clothes are shower proof for about 5 minutes in a heavy rain. I find now that big stores own brands now are much better than they used to be and quality ain’t to bad either , plus you can always look for offers and use online vouchers to use in them so brings the price down. No more fines for me ever in Aldi & I know that Lidl & Waitrose fine car drivers as well , so no way will I ever go in them ever again till the car parks are free for at least 2 hours plus as I am disabled and takes me ages to get in & out of the car .

I agree with what you are saying about ASDA customer services Andrew you cannot blame the front line persons they really have no power.ASDA electrical department young manager was arrogant unhelpful had I not been forceful i would have been fobbed off with no refund.I suggest though that ASDA are not alone because a lot of highly paid staff with actual power never face the music yet are paid vast amounts.I rarely shop at Asda because i have a more Local Aldi and Sainsbury now. With the high price of Fuel everyone should factor in this when shopping and i find unless one has an extremely fuel efficient car it is better to shop more local.A member of staff at Sainbury made an error at my local when i phoned in to ask if they had an item in he/she did not check and told me they had none.I was angry when i discovered they had item in store after e-mails and phone calls to Sainburys customer services my dispute was happily settled by a manager given a full apology and i am always happy to go to Sainsbury but they really have to improve their prices.Just 2 examples Sainsbury Frozen own brand Family Steak or Chicken pies were 50p more expensive than Asda £1.00 now 90p more than most other Supermarkets.1KG Frozen of mixed veg 15p more expensive than close rivals Frozen Peas sliced Green beans much more expensive than others.I rarely go in Tesco as they are Top price and often low quality. All supermarkets could do better if they used transparent inexpensive packaging instead high priced very expensive colour packaging.All customers Rich or Less well off are condoned by this ploy.A large box that contains only less than half frozen fish is a con.No customers Rich or Less well off deserve this.Even a transparent front cover would be great for the consumer to be able to see what you are buying should be mandatory enforced legislation would soon sort out those who are pulling a fast on over Consumers.I would love to shop at local co-op but they are to small and very pricey even factoring high price Fuel.I am surprised not one supermarket has broken ranks abandoned the high price colour packaging you cannot complain to Customer Services that i am
not getting what i thought i was buying as they have item weight in a much larger box.

Thanks for your help.

I decided to ‘out’ Ocado on Twitter by finding the Stuart Rose/Ocado feed and asking very politely of Mr Rose whether he found this practise to be acceptable. I had a very speedy reply from someone from Ocado asking me for details, although why they couldn/t see this for themselves I don’t know.

Anyway, I took another look at the 8 products I had made a note of on Wednesday, and all of the Flash prices had been lowered to below those of the shop prices, except one, which had either been withdrawn or sold out. One product’s sale price had been reduced from £11.99 to £7.99 (£9.99 in the shop.) As my weekly shop is due tomorrow (Saturday) there were a great many more flash sale offers today. I have been through them all, and none of the prices are higher than in the shop.

It’s a pity their customer services couldn’t have dealt with this without me having to go public. Have no fear, if I have a problem that affects all Ocado shoppers again, I will go straight to Twitter, and avoid customer services altogether.

I wondered how Aldi got Supermarket of the year when it has confusing prices in the fruit section. One cannot compare unless you have the brains of Carol Vorderman or Rachel Riley.I agree most products should be in cardboard but with a recyclable see through plastic window so the customer can actually see what he/she is buying. Aldi wins on prices because it does not have shareholders to pay and satisfy hence lower prices. Aldi works for me good quality at a reasonable price with the exception of their Medion Computers which are of poor build quality.

Sorry I forgot to mention the Hollands Pies were in Iceland.