to feel overly annoyed about 10g of cheese

[ColdColdWinter]

For some reason, this suggestion from Tesco's has pissed me off big time.

Am I being pathetic or are they blatant CFs?

YABU = It's a price hike, get over it
YANBU = They're CFs but hoping we're too stupid to notice

That is a branded product, isn't it? Why are you blaming Tesco not the brand?

This is how food price rises normally go - they decrease the product size but keep the same price. It's nothing new.

Well it's not a price hike as such is it - they're reducing the contents, charging the same price and as you say, hoping we're all to stupid to notice. I'm sure someone will be along soon to say 'It's 10g, get over it' but that's not the point. It's the way they are trying to pull the wool over our eyes in general.

It's sneaky, and been happening for years. Marketers believe we'd prefer this to the size staying the same but the price going up. I started noticing it 20 years ago when I first started buying my own food.

I'm not sure. If you're on a tight budget and simply don't have the money for a higher price, then you don't buy the product at all. At least this way those people still get some cheese, and the manufacturer gets your money.

Overall though I think it's manufacturers just gradually squeezing more profit out of us - I don't think costs go up at the same rate as product sizes go down.

It's what brands do. But it's not Tesco's decision.

@ftw163532

This is how food price rises normally go - they decrease the product size but keep the same price. It's nothing new.

^^ This.

After they've taken it down to 125g for a while they'll go back to 150g, up the price and sell it as "New bigger tube, 20% more."

Have you never heard the term "shrinkflation"

A) YABU for buying such disgusting shite
B) YABU for blaming the price rise on Tesco instead of Primula.

It's hardly sneaky - they have specifically drawn your attention to it!

If they had just changed the original listing and put it into your favourites instead of the larger pack, that would be them hoping you're too stupid to notice. But they have told you that the old size is no longer available and alerted you to the smaller size. I'm not really sure what else they can do given that Primula have obviously had the last word on their own product.

You're being a tad dramatic over some revolting cheese spread

@ShinyMe - it absolutely is Tesco's decision. Shelf price is always set by the retailer.

Clearly there was a negotiation between Primula and Tesco over the price Tesco pay, but the decision about what to charge shoppers is the retailer's.

I thought this thread might be a little more fun.

"I can see why you are cheesed off" etc.

Come on guys!

YABU for buying Primula ‘cheese’. I have more cheese in my sock than is in that tube.

I'd brie devastated

@ftw163532

That is a branded product, isn't it? Why are you blaming Tesco not the brand?

Probably because it's Tesco who are selling it. They don't have to sell it for the same price as the bigger product sold for.

@ShinyMe

It's what brands do. But it's not Tesco's decision.

Of course it is. Nobody forced them to sell it for £1.50

YABU.

That is a very good substitution suggestion.

Usually for that product you would be offered a primrose scented candle, cheese shaped post it notes or a tube of toothpaste .

And yet the product they have suggested seems a close match.

Yabu for eating primula

Sleepy eyes read that as 10kg: I wondered why you had so much cheese to start with!

@gobbynorthernbird

I'd brie devastated

Good Gobby!! That's what I'm talking about!

They should be told. It's rude to cut the cheese.

Should a retailer just keep absorbing price rises indefinitely? How do we know that primula hasn't upped their price to tesco by 20p but Tesco has only upped it by 10p? They can charge what they want. You can buy it or not. It's hardly an essential product.

What cheddar gonna do about it ?

This sort of thing really grates on me.

Is that ok @SummerHouse?

I Camembert it when they do that. It really grates on me.