to think this is a bit naughty of Tesco?

[anklebitersmum]

So I'm browsing online with eldest DS (teaching him to shop per kg) and spotted this;

Tesco everyday value 12 meatballs 216g £1.50
Tesco 12 meatballs 360g £2.00
Tesco swedish style meatballs 350g £2.00
Country menu meatballs 367g £2.00

Now I know none of it's cheap (and I don't even buy meatballs) but am I wrong in thinking that it's a bit naughty for the 'Value' ones to be the most flippin expensive? And not by just a little bit either!

I've always noticed a lot of this about. It's often cheaper, or just as cheap, or very near to it to buy quality or at least store brand in bulk rather than 'value' especially when you take into account the cost of repeat trips eg buying weekly instead of a bulk amount.

But - I've had times in my life when I need the shopping to come to the smallest amount possible in money, and so then I'd be picking up the 'value' product even though it would work out as spending more in the long run.

Sometimes clever buying and buying in bulk just wasn't possible.

Gets right on my goat this subject - I spend way too much of my life working things out, converting bloody weights etc... grrrr.

My little story to add - was in Sainsburys about a month ago. Wanted celery. Picked up a pack and thought it looked a bit like it was on its way out, put it down and picked up another one. As soon as I picked it up it seemed much heavier than the previous. I ended up picking a few up and felt they were different weights. Price on the shelf was 90p. There was no weight on the label, or on the celery! I ended up putting them on the scales and one was 500g, and another 800g! How cheeky!

Don't get me going on . I get so annoyed with people who "got some great wine £9.00 a bottle but got it at half price, got loads while the offer was on".

It is not a great bargain or "better" wine - it is £4.99 wine, that was overpriced for a few weeks. If you like the wine anyway, that's great and dandy, but if you bought it because the offer made you think its "better quality" wine, then I am sorry but you've been scammed by the supermarkets.

I get annoyed about the supermarkets, sorry, not the people who buy it and its only a bit of an issue because I can be a bit of a wine snob.

Eh, am I being thick, I don't understand. The value ones are £1.50, the rest are £2...

YANBU. What struck me though was I had no idea they sold such a variety of meatballs! Anyway personally I'd buy 500g of mince for £3 and make my own damn meatballs/meatloaf so I could stretch the meat by bulking it up with lots of bread crumbs etc.

stifnstav are you sure that the price per 100g Asda were giving for the tuna wasn't the drained weight? The numbers you gave sound about right for that and price per drained weight is a much more honest way of pricing things that come in a liquid. There was a thread a while ago about supermarkets ripping off suppliers and someone who worked for a supermarket supplier came on and told us how she rated each supermarket for how they treated the suppliers, how they treated their customers and how fussy they were about the quality of the produce. She said that Asda were the ones who cared most about their customers. Strangely enough she said Tesco were quite happy to rip everyone off.

I've actually just checked the Asda website. Princes tuna is £1.25 for a 185g (130g drained weight) can and they've listed the price per 100g as 96.2p which is how much it is when you look at the drained weight. Doing it this way means that people can't just fill half the tin with water and claim their product is cheaper.

If I had £1.50 to spend on meat, I'd still buy the packet of mince and make my own. One week I'd skip meat, have veg sauce etc, the next week I'd take my meat budget to the shops and get raw ingredients. I'd get twice as much, could make about 40 meatballs and freeze some.

I can't stand supermarket prices. They are designed to confuse you. I am reasonably intelligent but sometimes I can't work out the pricing.

I also HATE BOGOF (but one get one free) type offers.

I can't be the only. Person who wants simple straightforward pricing.

I love BOGOFs that why I've hated Tesco since they dropped most of them in favour of 'price drop's (1p off! wow! let's buy a dozen!). I can't buy Mueller Fruit Corners at 2 for £5 knowing full well they will be BOGOFs at £3.25 at some point. I can't let them think they have hoodwinked me!

Have to admit that I buy food to cook from scratch and if someone's on a budget then I genuinely don't see why they wouldn't be buying fresh everything-there is no way that it's economical to do anything else. It genuinely was the price per kg I couldn't believe-and Tesco still haven't got past "we're looking into your enquiry".

And I still say if you're on a budget that 50p less 'cos they're smaller' or not the value ones are not value for money.