Cost of Living - Shrinkflation is speeding up at an alarming rate

Some brands do deals with supermarkets. Hence why some brands are on offer in all supermarkets at the same time. Though different lines. For example, Walkers may do offers at Tesco for 6 pack, Morrisons for 12 packs and Sainsburys for their Wotsits.
 
The loyalty card is just bs these days. No longer can you use the points for good discounts. The loyalty card prices are just normal sales prices. They really are a cop out.

Hades said:
I don't. Where I see it I buy an alternative product. The problem is every company is doing it so you just go round in circles changing what you buy every few months.
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I've dropped a lot of items completely off my purchases these days. I never buy fruit juice anymore for example.
 
b0rn2sk8 said:
Do supermarkets share loyalty scheme data?

I doubt they do, it’s very commercially sensitive information. I’m not talking about anonymous stuff like 50% of club card holders bought X this week. I’m talking about information about your personal ‘club card’ profile.
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I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of it is sold on immediately/or enables purchasing discounts. E.g. Kipling may only sell their stuff for X a unit if the supermarket gives them accurate buyer data so that they can predict changing tastes/demands/wealth changes to alter RRP.

Supermarkets can use it to influence buying decisions but ultimately it is the producers who benefit from a lot of the data.
 
Chopped tomatos are one of the few things where the supermarket own brand versions are mostly crap vs the branded ones. If you're making heavily seasoned dishes like curry then the difference is less noticeable, but if you made a tomato pasta sauce then the difference is stark.

Waitrose, Aldi, and Lidl own brand tomatoes are all good but not great. Personally use Cirio chopped tomatoes which are usually on offer, and Mutti for any kind of tomato sauce. In the grand scheme of things its a very small premium (+20-60p a can) for a big difference.
 
Ur supposed to need a legit reason to collect personal data from ppl. Getting normal prices at a supermarket isn't a legit reason. It's a uk gdpr violation, ico should be banning loyalty cards.
 
throwaway4372 said:
Ur supposed to need a legit reason to collect personal data from ppl. Getting normal prices at a supermarket isn't a legit reason. It's a uk gdpr violation, ico should be banning loyalty cards.
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No it’s not.

I did have a look at Tescos privacy policy. They don’t give your data to 3rd parties with the exception of their direct enabling suppliers for the purposes of delivering the services you are using to you. For example, their IT supplier will need to process the information to enable you to shop there. They also share information between Tesco group companies which is fully expected.

It all looked very reasonable and pretty much in line with what you’d expect.
 
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I wonder if someone could argue they aren't wilfully giving their details over as their low CoL budget dictates they need a loyalty card. Far fetched for sure, but given what society is like these days it wouldn't surprise me if a case like that got raised.

There's literally no argument to not having a Nectar or Clubcard if your local store is a Tesco or Sainsburys that you use regularly.
 
The_Arbiter said:
I wonder if someone could argue they aren't wilfully giving their details over as their low CoL budget dictates they need a loyalty card. Far fetched for sure, but given what society is like these days it wouldn't surprise me if a case like that got raised.

There's literally no argument to not having a Nectar or Clubcard if your local store is a Tesco or Sainsburys that you use regularly.
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You’re not forced to use the card, there is no legal argument. You don’t even need to buy the product on offer, there is normally a cheaper alternative that isn’t on offer. If your concern is price, buy the cheaper alternative…

Consider places like Costco, literally anyone can get a membership but you have to have a membership to shop there.
 
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