On 04/10/2014 00:05, JoeJoe wrote:
On 02/10/2014 18:01, The Medway Handyman wrote:
On 02/10/2014 10:10, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
The Medway Handyman wrote:
On 01/10/2014 22:38, wrote:
On Wednesday, October 1, 2014 9:25:59 PM UTC+1, The Medway Handyman
wrote:
Not my favourite store.
Had to use them to buy 2 x 6" pendant sets t'other day. £3:79 each!!

*had to*?

Owain

Job 100 yards from Homobase, nearest alternative 4 miles away, 4:45 pm.

So no different from buying milk from a corner shop to a supermarket?

Entirely different. Homobase have the same or greater purchasing power
as TLC/Toolstation/Wilkinsons.

Tesco et al have much greater purchasing power than a corner shop.

4 pints of milk at Tesco used to be ~£1.30 until very recently until the
pressure from the German duo must have forced them to go down to £1 like
the rest...

I have a Tesco and an Asda at a similar distance from my house. Prices
at Tesco for standard box-shifting stuff, i.e. branded goods, are at
least 20% higher on average. Haven't set foot there in the last few
years and glad to see that everybody else has finally woken up to this too.

SWMBO got a Morrisons loyalty card in the post. Similar to the one
where you get points on petrol, but now applies in store.

Apparently when you swipe the card at the till it automatically compares
the prices of the goods with the other big three supermarkets AND Aldi &
Lidl. It mentions them by name.

You get points for any difference in price; including non branded goods.

"Morrisons has announced a new loyalty card scheme in an effort to seize
back the initiative in the supermarket wars.

The retailer says its Match & More card will award points equivalent to
the difference in price on items that are cheaper in other supermarkets.

Morrisons said its scheme provided a price match guarantee against
discount chains Aldi and Lidl, as well as Tesco, Sainsbury's and Asda."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29454970

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Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk