The Domestic Chores - Shopping
It has been an interesting exercise lately to look at things in a shop. And also to look at the prices.
I find the irony in some of the refill products, like Vanish stain remover, is on average 10-50c more expensive than buying the whole product with the trigger bottle.
In recent weeks, I have also seen one of my favorites, Country Soft butter, two 500g containers are cheaper by a dollar than the 1kg tub.
The other day I went to get a refill for my dishing liquid bottle which was bought in a 1 litre capacity. The refill packets were all 600ml and there was a $1.20c difference between the 1litre bottle and the 600ml refill.
When I contacted Vanish about this pricing issue and they said from time to time that promotions are done where people would need new trigger bottles...and that would be fine if this pricing system were different occasionally. But it from my research has been pretty constant.
Why is it that a large chain like countdown stocks most vegetables 3 times the cost of most fruit and vege markets. For example, a 10kg bag of potato's at countdown is around $10.00. Yet I can get one from a smaller store for $4. Yesterday Countdown had a head of broccoli for $3 a head. You would think that their larger buying power would be able to draw down a lower price.
On the flip side of this argument Whitcoulls has box set DVD's of Star Trek series for well over $100 a set. Warehouse sells the same box sets for between $65-$79. If it can happen with product I'm sure it could happen with produce.
I don't claim to be a domestic god but the whole point of a refill pack pretty redundant after seeing the general trend in pricing.
Anyways...its also why we choose to do all our fresh fruit and veg shopping at a market garden store than a super market. We found that at one stage from buying all our fresh items at the supermarket was adding nearly $80 to $100 to our overall shopping bill. Now...we get all the fresh fruit and veg we need, as well as some extras for just around $60 in an average week including bread, milk and other odds and ends.
Watching for wind back sales and multi-buys also save money. Just a week ago, a 1kg block of cheese costing at times up to $12 was $8.99. Normally we buy a 3 litre milk for $3.58 but at times buy 2 2litre bottles for $5. Vege King in Hamilton East have 4 loaves of good Rivermill bread for $6 making it $1.50 a loaf.
Pays to shop around.
I find the irony in some of the refill products, like Vanish stain remover, is on average 10-50c more expensive than buying the whole product with the trigger bottle.
In recent weeks, I have also seen one of my favorites, Country Soft butter, two 500g containers are cheaper by a dollar than the 1kg tub.
The other day I went to get a refill for my dishing liquid bottle which was bought in a 1 litre capacity. The refill packets were all 600ml and there was a $1.20c difference between the 1litre bottle and the 600ml refill.
When I contacted Vanish about this pricing issue and they said from time to time that promotions are done where people would need new trigger bottles...and that would be fine if this pricing system were different occasionally. But it from my research has been pretty constant.
Why is it that a large chain like countdown stocks most vegetables 3 times the cost of most fruit and vege markets. For example, a 10kg bag of potato's at countdown is around $10.00. Yet I can get one from a smaller store for $4. Yesterday Countdown had a head of broccoli for $3 a head. You would think that their larger buying power would be able to draw down a lower price.
On the flip side of this argument Whitcoulls has box set DVD's of Star Trek series for well over $100 a set. Warehouse sells the same box sets for between $65-$79. If it can happen with product I'm sure it could happen with produce.
I don't claim to be a domestic god but the whole point of a refill pack pretty redundant after seeing the general trend in pricing.
Anyways...its also why we choose to do all our fresh fruit and veg shopping at a market garden store than a super market. We found that at one stage from buying all our fresh items at the supermarket was adding nearly $80 to $100 to our overall shopping bill. Now...we get all the fresh fruit and veg we need, as well as some extras for just around $60 in an average week including bread, milk and other odds and ends.
Watching for wind back sales and multi-buys also save money. Just a week ago, a 1kg block of cheese costing at times up to $12 was $8.99. Normally we buy a 3 litre milk for $3.58 but at times buy 2 2litre bottles for $5. Vege King in Hamilton East have 4 loaves of good Rivermill bread for $6 making it $1.50 a loaf.
Pays to shop around.
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