Naming and Shaming

[Workingman]

ASDA.... got that ASDA.

Own brand plain flour: normal price 47p. Profiteering price for the same product today is £1.50. That is not far short of a 320% increase.

Pass it on.

I have informed Trading Standards, Citizen's Advice and ASDA, who now know that I am Naming and shaming them on (un)social media.

[cromwell]

That's outrageous.
Also on the flour theme I used to occasionally get Wright's Ciabatta flour mix, 500g from Sainsbury's. It used to be about £1.10 I think. On line it is now selling from £1.45 to £2.70.

[Suff]

I doubt you will get far WM. There is plenty of flour but the idiots panic buying ran them out of small (1-2 kg), bags. You could get 25kg bags but not 1 kg.

As this is not a product which features in volume in most households, I expect Asda to justify this by saying it is a deterrent to stripping the shelves and won't have a significant material impact on households.

I think you are right and they are profiteering, but I think they will get away with it.

[Kaz]

Same with pasta, £1 for a bag that would normally be about 70p I'm afraid the cynic in me agrees with Suff!

[Workingman]

Asda came back to tell me that it was still their own brand but they had to change their supplier and they have to pay a new price. Really?

If that is true then there will never be any difference in their own brand and Be-ro, Allinson, McDougal's ever again ... will there? Time will tell.

[saundra]

A lot of own brand are as good as named brands

[cruiser2]

Talking of increases, just seen on the local news that the business rates for the market at Altrincham for this year has increased by 500%--yes FIVE HUNDRED PER CENT.

No discusion or early warning.