“after industry complaints”
Supermarkets then. Those grabbing, underhand, thieving shits – smothering everything in plastic and then Tesco overcharging in order to proclaim ‘clubcard prices’ are some sort of gift.
FOOD prices, pollution, and Politics – all at the hands of ‘market forces’.
For years and years I’ve resisted joining the Sheep and flashing a loyalty card at any shop. It always seemed to me ‘off’ somehow.
I mean, these systems must cost a pretty penny to run, and those pennies must be added to the prices – so a nonsensical situation to say the least.
Anyone, absolutely anyone entering a Supermarket should be offered the same prices. End of.
And then ‘Which’ reports what you should have known in your gut, the purported ‘savings’ are a lie. They’re liars and cheats the big UK supermarkets.
Just a thought (air quality/pollution) – as all supermarket home
delivery vehicles run quite light distances, and never far from base before returning – why are not every single one of them electric?
George Monbiot penned a beautifully researched piece << here >> about this.
And further – now the supermarkets have got back into the high street (Tesco express, Sainsburys local etc) we are seeing enormous trucks arrive to re-stock them – how is this progress? Surely out-of-town distribution points should be where the big trucks go no further, then much smaller electric trucks complete the job?
I mean, are we serious about this or not?
You could go further – Taxis, in other words – those that merely
poodle around town all day – electric – why not?
I guess the time will come, no doubt the death rate isn’t high enough yet.
I’ve been banging-on about supermarket practices for some years now (February 2013, to be precise), and it seems the media is catching up with me finally.
Guardian – 21/04 – Supermarkets dupe shoppers out of hundreds of millions
BBC News 21/04 – ‘Which?’ on supermarkets misleading pricing claims
The big leaguers still don’t GET IT, do they?
I’m not sure anyone seriously wants a deal on Eggs or Milk for christsakes (TV adverts this week), if only they gave it a little thought.
And because they don’t get it, I don’t give a jot about Tesco’s 6.4 BILLION LOSS – though the numbers are incredible aren’t they?
Especially since it seems to have been such an astoundingly speedy decline, from what seemed an unassailable dominance until now.
Just HOW do you lose that amount of money so quickly?
Foodstuffs need to be the cheapest they absolutely can be, having paid growers, suppliers, transport, and staffing.
If I can’t buy a flat-screen coffee machine at the same shop I chose apples, then so be it.
Maybe I’ve never given the average shopper as much credit as they deserved? Maybe “Every little helps” paraded across our TV screens for so long, as the company charged us TWICE as MUCH for some goods as their competitors was a step too far – or, more likely, real Britain needed to look to their wallets – discovered a couple of German supermarkets, and walked.
Lite Bytes from Steve Evans 