Because I have to help the missus with the weekly shopping these days I'm noticing stuff more & more .
I hate the feeling that we are being ripped off . Did shopping yesterday , one article was a bottle of ASDA brand bleach , placed it in the downstairs loo next to the previous bottle which had a bit left in it and noticed that what I thought was the same item was in fact very slightly smaller . Closer inspection revealed the older one was 1 Ltr , this weeks was 750mL with the bottles almost identical .
Now obviously I understand a commodity or article being sold by the litre with the choice of , say a half litre , people's needs being different , but this seems to happen with quite a few things .
Colgate toothpaste does one very slightly smaller ...instead of , say , half the size , and they appear in the same position on the shelf.
Trouble is I don't know what we paid previously but am now starting an investigation, I shall be keeping the receipts . Fairy liquid I think is another .
Also learned today that Thornton's chocolates are produced as their own brand plus Lidl & Aldi brands too , but half the price.
Super glue ! Super glue !! Now your talking ....a tiny tube in ASDA containing about 0.0002 of a fluid ounce costs about £ 300 ....a trade pot in Toolstation with about 50 gallons in @ £2.50 .
Just having a rant ! Well Kerch does it !!
I hate the feeling that we are being ripped off . Did shopping yesterday , one article was a bottle of ASDA brand bleach , placed it in the downstairs loo next to the previous bottle which had a bit left in it and noticed that what I thought was the same item was in fact very slightly smaller . Closer inspection revealed the older one was 1 Ltr , this weeks was 750mL with the bottles almost identical .
Now obviously I understand a commodity or article being sold by the litre with the choice of , say a half litre , people's needs being different , but this seems to happen with quite a few things .
Colgate toothpaste does one very slightly smaller ...instead of , say , half the size , and they appear in the same position on the shelf.
Trouble is I don't know what we paid previously but am now starting an investigation, I shall be keeping the receipts . Fairy liquid I think is another .
Also learned today that Thornton's chocolates are produced as their own brand plus Lidl & Aldi brands too , but half the price.
Super glue ! Super glue !! Now your talking ....a tiny tube in ASDA containing about 0.0002 of a fluid ounce costs about £ 300 ....a trade pot in Toolstation with about 50 gallons in @ £2.50 .
Just having a rant ! Well Kerch does it !!
