Supermarket offers

[carolyorkie2010]

I see if you spend £35 at a certain supermarket for the next 3 weeks, you get a tenner back. I asked a friend, who is spending this, if she would have normally spent that much and she said no! I had to laugh. Think we are all the same when it comes to these offers. The supermarkets play on it.

[millielilac]

Yes ....its like the BOGOF offers....they ate so tempting ....but you can end up buying things you would not normally buy . In some cases the " free" item ends up being wasted.....

I now shop at a small local supermarket that is more expensive for some items but sells fresh local produce ...so you tend to buy what you need but actually use it all...no waste . It actually works out cheaper.

Only visit the big supermarkets every now and then to stock up on cleaning items and the like....

[****merlin*****]

supermarkets play on it?

supermarkets are there to make money

they dont drag people in off the streets and make them buy things

you laughed at your friend

so it really is "people"

people making choices

wrong/stupid/and or greedy choices 

the net is awash with people moaning about supermarkets

i just dont get it

if people dont like it, go somewhere else

there are plenty of alternatives

the whole BOGOF is another debate, granted

[ed_blackadder_1]

Exactly Merlin, if everyone that moaned about supermarkets stopped shopping in them they would close down, funny that..

I have friends who spend an extra fiver to save 3 pounds, der............ Its no wonder the supermarkets make loads of money.

Buy one get one frees are fine for store cupboard items or things you could freeze, but fresh oranges and apples only work if you have people to eat them.

[hansrey64]

I know what shop your talking about and yes I do my shopping in there every week as its the best supermarket. I like the tenner of as well.

[carolyorkie2010]

I'm waiting for them to get their online shopping up and running next year, then will defo give them a go.

[ginap.123]

Same here

[chips-and-brown-gravy]

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@****merlin***** wrote:

the net is awash with people moaning about supermarkets

i just dont get it

if people dont like it, go somewhere else

there are plenty of alternatives

No there are not always plenty of alternatives, so please don't generalise.

I live near a large town in Cornwall - we don't have a greengrocer or a fishmonger and only one butcher in the town, so where else do I shop?  I really do not have an alternative and I'm pretty sure I'm not alone.

We don't have corner shops only spa shops and they are very, very expensive and limited in what they stock.

The nearest 'farmers market' and a pretty poor one at that is over a 50 mile round trip.

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[guardpig]

With chips there.  When we had little shops nobody used them, now they want them they are all co-op or tesco or morrisons or even sainsbury. And that's the local corner shops.  Tesco are taking over all the dead and buried pubs as well.

The only choice is which supermarket.  We have a butcher that I don't like, we have another butcher but there's no parking, on a very busy road and no it's not walking distance.

[soppysofty]

How to half your shopping bill every week for ever!

Make a shopping list before you go and work out exactly what you need and stick to it.

We did it for a month and halved our bills.

Amazing what rubbish you buy on impulse in a supermarket.