Is it just Coop or is everywhere so bloody expensive?

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Coop is my only local shop so normally I do a larger shop in Tesco/Lidl. On Friday I realised I had one nappy left so popped to Coop on my way home. It was £11 for a pack of nappies. £11 bloody quid! I refused to pay that for 36 nappies (which think that was the pack size, might be wrong) so rushed to another town for Waitrose where I got two of the same size packs on offer for £12.
Last night popped in to grab some milk and fruit (don’t get me started on the price of fruit). They had little leaflets in the baskets listing what the food bank needs most so I thought I’d buy some of the stuff listed.
A tin pf corned beef was £4! In fact pretty much all tinned meat for £4+, which I’m guessing it why the food bank has a shortage.

Is it just me or are these prices insane?

Co-op has always been massively overpriced.

The coop provides services in towns and villages that the bigger shops think too expensive to serve - so you pay more - less custom so you need greater profit per sale

The coop is my local shop, I live rurally, but I never go there. I'd sooner take two buses to a big supermarket.
I do drive so I don't need to do that but £5 for a piece of fish. Bloody hell.

Co-op is more expensive.

We have one locally or you can drive to the big town with Tesco Asda etc. not that they are much cheaper these days.

I can accept a bit more expensive but £11 for nappies is actually just taking the piss. There’s not really an excuse for that. If it was a non-essential item it wouldn’t be so bothered. When even Waitrose is offering them for basically half the price that says something.

They are small convenience stores so are always going to be more expensive than large supermarkets

The Co-op are good for toilet rolls. I find theirs is cheaper than most.

I feel like I've been mugged in broad daylight whenever I head Into my local Tesco Express.

Just checked and the coop are about the same price as Tesco
Pampers Baby Dry Pants Size 5 Carry Pack 21pk - Co-op Pampers Baby Dry Nappy Pants Size 5 Carry 21 - Tesco Groceries

I only use our local coop for things like bread and milk, it's definitely not designed to do a big shop. £4 is obviously ridiculous for corned beef when it's £2.89 in Aldi (I actually picked up 12 tins in B&M for £2.29 each recently)

Everything is expensive but the coop always has been so is now extortionate!

I bought some porridge in the local Co-op. Not only was it three times the price of Aldi, but the pouches were not secure and it must have been there a while. Binned it. The only reason I go there now is for the Post Office.

Its a convenience store, like Londis or Costcutter (trades description violation in my opinion) or Premier

No one goes in there for more than a pint of milk (well thats my advice not to)

Although I do like their houmous.

OH often buys a load of stuff in there and it really annoys me, its so overpriced and then he doesnt eat half of it

It's always been expensive but you should try my local corner shop. My weekly shop has gone through the roof.

Co-op is cheaper for some things but the stuff you are likely to need in an emergency is more expensive, stuff like milk, bread, nappies, medications are the kind of things you pop out to grab because you need them now and can't wait till you're at a big shop.

The freezer meal deals are usually pretty good value.

coop is my local (rural, 30 mins to nearest supermarket) and I only use it for bits n bobs I’ve forgot/need urgently etc. I’d never do a full food shop there unless absolutely no choice

Meh. Brexit was always going to drive prices up. Retailers have been absorbing the extra costs for a few years but are now passing them on to customers. It's what we voted for.

I've been saying for 20 or 30 years I don't know how Co-op survives, yet it's still going in many places 😳

Ridiculously expensive and I couldn't get a week's shopping in there anyway, even if I could afford to.

Coop is more expensive as it’s not designed for a big shop, it’s locally plus opened later. I dont think they are so much more expensive, as you said yourself the nappies were on offer in Waitrose.

There are a lot of products in Coop which are just a little bit higher, and they have offers as well. You are just being unlucky with nappies.

Just cashing in on non-drivers. Stick an expensive shop near to houses and wait

In my house we call our local one the kidney shop, in that you'd need to sell one before you could afford to buy anything in there.

Our local Co Op is over 30 miles away and regularly promote the Community Connection Card to locals, as opposed to the ordinary (more expensive) prices required to be paid by the tourists that regularly drive through the area.

Was caught out once when I grabbed a jar of coffee on the way home and was expected to pay £8.45 as someone without the card, against £5.40 with.

Lesson learned!

If you live in a small town with only overpriced (and not very nice) independent corner shops, the Co-op is a god send. It's clean, well stocked, food is in date and it's open late and on Sunday. I love ours.

Trouble with co ops is that they take away trade from existing independent shops already in those towns and villages, the likes of Spars, Londis, Premier, One Stop, etc., which are mostly locally/privately owned franchises. These kind of shops usually offered a far greater range of products, usually more local/quality items, and were more receptive to local needs. Such places struggle to survive when a co op muscles in on their town/village.

We had a vibrant Spar in our village, great choice of products, always lots of BOGOF, 3 for 2, offers, etc., lots of local produce, i.e. bread/rolls/cakes from local independents, meat from local wholesale butcher, good fresh fruit & veg etc. Co Op came in, built a new store, and the Spar shop closed within a couple of months as there wasn't enough trade for both. Not very ethical!!

I go into my local Co op most weeks. I use the offers on my card and usually pick up some decent reduced items that go in the freezer. It's got a free ATM too. It's yards from Lidl.

They do have great yellow sticker mark downs though