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A genuine bugbare of both the missus and I is this chipping away at both ends. Some restaurants near us have done exactly that, reduced quality (and sometimes quantity) and raised prices. We no longer use them, naturally.Dazzler21 said:
You do one or the other, increase cost or decrease bag size. Doing both is just janky.SporadicAddick said:
I agree. The Kettle Chip manufacturers should assume all inflationary costs and operate at a loss.IdleHans said:Kettle Chips bags being quietly reduced to 130g from 150g in tandem with the price going up. Thieving spuddy bastards, there's barely one medium sized potato in the bloody packet in the first place. Own brand henceforth.
On which point, I can highly recommend Sainsbury's TTD chorizo and salsa flavour, made with real English chorizo and you can't get more authentic than that!0 -
If they'd increased pack size by 20g bet your boots there'd be a big gold star on the bag announcing it. Were £1.75, now £2, a 14% price hike. Were 150g now 130g, effectively a 13% price hike. The two together? Effectively a 32% increase. They can do one1
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Algarveaddick said:
A genuine bugbare of both the missus and I is this chipping away at both ends. Some restaurants near us have done exactly that, reduced quality (and sometimes quantity) and raised prices. We no longer use them, naturally.Dazzler21 said:
You do one or the other, increase cost or decrease bag size. Doing both is just janky.SporadicAddick said:
I agree. The Kettle Chip manufacturers should assume all inflationary costs and operate at a loss.IdleHans said:Kettle Chips bags being quietly reduced to 130g from 150g in tandem with the price going up. Thieving spuddy bastards, there's barely one medium sized potato in the bloody packet in the first place. Own brand henceforth.
On which point, I can highly recommend Sainsbury's TTD chorizo and salsa flavour, made with real English chorizo and you can't get more authentic than that!
If you are a food manufacturer like Kettle (or basically any other consumer packaged good) you have three options within your pricing architecture at times of inflationary increase if you want to maintain your product quality (and aside from any other savings that the business might be able to make):-
- Keep portion size the same and increase the price. Consumers hate that.
- Keep the price the same and decrease portion size. Consumers hate that.
- Mix the two. Consumers hate that.
The manufacturer is trying to implement the one that has the least impact on ROS and customer sentiment. Who'd want to be a brand owner...
Ultimately the consumer will end up paying the right price for the product based on the competitiveness of the market... The original poster will downgrade to own label. They'll get the price they want to pay but with a lower quality product (particularly as that product will be under the same cost pressures) so that's the trade off.
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People talking about flats being built at The Valley, when we all know its Fracking that is really going to happen!0
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You're bang on, @SporadicAddick, but as I prize quantity over quality I'm happy with the own brand, £1.25 for 150g and actually just as good.
The retailer's own pricing strategy also plays a role, so lots of variables in the price equation1 -
The situation you didn't refer to clearly is the decreased portion and increased price - That pees customers off the most.SporadicAddick said:Algarveaddick said:
A genuine bugbare of both the missus and I is this chipping away at both ends. Some restaurants near us have done exactly that, reduced quality (and sometimes quantity) and raised prices. We no longer use them, naturally.Dazzler21 said:
You do one or the other, increase cost or decrease bag size. Doing both is just janky.SporadicAddick said:
I agree. The Kettle Chip manufacturers should assume all inflationary costs and operate at a loss.IdleHans said:Kettle Chips bags being quietly reduced to 130g from 150g in tandem with the price going up. Thieving spuddy bastards, there's barely one medium sized potato in the bloody packet in the first place. Own brand henceforth.
On which point, I can highly recommend Sainsbury's TTD chorizo and salsa flavour, made with real English chorizo and you can't get more authentic than that!
- Keep portion size the same and increase the price. Consumers hate that.
- Keep the price the same and decrease portion size. Consumers hate that.
- Mix the two. Consumers hate that.
The manufacturer is trying to implement the one that has the least impact on ROS and customer sentiment. Who'd want to be a brand owner...
Whenever I see this happen it becomes a no brainer to move to the next brand.1 -
I played over 100 games for England, albeit with my mates in Sutcliffe Park.
Should I be on this wall?
Should this wall annoy me?
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You have confused me now. Are you saying that mixing the two "has the least impact on ROS and customer sentiment." ?SporadicAddick said:Algarveaddick said:
A genuine bugbare of both the missus and I is this chipping away at both ends. Some restaurants near us have done exactly that, reduced quality (and sometimes quantity) and raised prices. We no longer use them, naturally.Dazzler21 said:
You do one or the other, increase cost or decrease bag size. Doing both is just janky.SporadicAddick said:
I agree. The Kettle Chip manufacturers should assume all inflationary costs and operate at a loss.IdleHans said:Kettle Chips bags being quietly reduced to 130g from 150g in tandem with the price going up. Thieving spuddy bastards, there's barely one medium sized potato in the bloody packet in the first place. Own brand henceforth.
On which point, I can highly recommend Sainsbury's TTD chorizo and salsa flavour, made with real English chorizo and you can't get more authentic than that!
If you are a food manufacturer like Kettle (or basically any other consumer packaged good) you have three options within your pricing architecture at times of inflationary increase if you want to maintain your product quality (and aside from any other savings that the business might be able to make):-
- Keep portion size the same and increase the price. Consumers hate that.
- Keep the price the same and decrease portion size. Consumers hate that.
- Mix the two. Consumers hate that.
The manufacturer is trying to implement the one that has the least impact on ROS and customer sentiment. Who'd want to be a brand owner...
Ultimately the consumer will end up paying the right price for the product based on the competitiveness of the market... The original poster will downgrade to own label. They'll get the price they want to pay but with a lower quality product (particularly as that product will be under the same cost pressures) so that's the trade off.0 -
I don't know but I'd assume that is part of their decision making process - it's obviously the one that you dislike!Algarveaddick said:
You have confused me now. Are you saying that mixing the two "has the least impact on ROS and customer sentiment." ?SporadicAddick said:Algarveaddick said:
A genuine bugbare of both the missus and I is this chipping away at both ends. Some restaurants near us have done exactly that, reduced quality (and sometimes quantity) and raised prices. We no longer use them, naturally.Dazzler21 said:
You do one or the other, increase cost or decrease bag size. Doing both is just janky.SporadicAddick said:
I agree. The Kettle Chip manufacturers should assume all inflationary costs and operate at a loss.IdleHans said:Kettle Chips bags being quietly reduced to 130g from 150g in tandem with the price going up. Thieving spuddy bastards, there's barely one medium sized potato in the bloody packet in the first place. Own brand henceforth.
On which point, I can highly recommend Sainsbury's TTD chorizo and salsa flavour, made with real English chorizo and you can't get more authentic than that!
If you are a food manufacturer like Kettle (or basically any other consumer packaged good) you have three options within your pricing architecture at times of inflationary increase if you want to maintain your product quality (and aside from any other savings that the business might be able to make):-
- Keep portion size the same and increase the price. Consumers hate that.
- Keep the price the same and decrease portion size. Consumers hate that.
- Mix the two. Consumers hate that.
The manufacturer is trying to implement the one that has the least impact on ROS and customer sentiment. Who'd want to be a brand owner...
Ultimately the consumer will end up paying the right price for the product based on the competitiveness of the market... The original poster will downgrade to own label. They'll get the price they want to pay but with a lower quality product (particularly as that product will be under the same cost pressures) so that's the trade off.
(although of course there are a million and one other factors, not least the direction of the big retailers (who will effectively reject any price increase as the start point of listing negotiations, hence the manufacturers playing about with pack sizes...)1 -
I can't see why anyone wouldn't have a problem with it? "It's not right when they put the price up, but as long as they reduce the portion as well, I can put up with it...".SporadicAddick said:
I don't know but I'd assume that is part of their decision making process - it's obviously the one that you dislike!Algarveaddick said:
You have confused me now. Are you saying that mixing the two "has the least impact on ROS and customer sentiment." ?SporadicAddick said:Algarveaddick said:
A genuine bugbare of both the missus and I is this chipping away at both ends. Some restaurants near us have done exactly that, reduced quality (and sometimes quantity) and raised prices. We no longer use them, naturally.Dazzler21 said:
You do one or the other, increase cost or decrease bag size. Doing both is just janky.SporadicAddick said:
I agree. The Kettle Chip manufacturers should assume all inflationary costs and operate at a loss.IdleHans said:Kettle Chips bags being quietly reduced to 130g from 150g in tandem with the price going up. Thieving spuddy bastards, there's barely one medium sized potato in the bloody packet in the first place. Own brand henceforth.
On which point, I can highly recommend Sainsbury's TTD chorizo and salsa flavour, made with real English chorizo and you can't get more authentic than that!
If you are a food manufacturer like Kettle (or basically any other consumer packaged good) you have three options within your pricing architecture at times of inflationary increase if you want to maintain your product quality (and aside from any other savings that the business might be able to make):-
- Keep portion size the same and increase the price. Consumers hate that.
- Keep the price the same and decrease portion size. Consumers hate that.
- Mix the two. Consumers hate that.
The manufacturer is trying to implement the one that has the least impact on ROS and customer sentiment. Who'd want to be a brand owner...
Ultimately the consumer will end up paying the right price for the product based on the competitiveness of the market... The original poster will downgrade to own label. They'll get the price they want to pay but with a lower quality product (particularly as that product will be under the same cost pressures) so that's the trade off.
(although of course there are a million and one other factors, not least the direction of the big retailers (who will effectively reject any price increase as the start point of listing negotiations, hence the manufacturers playing about with pack sizes...)
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Huh, just when they think they've covered all the PC options. Justice for The Sutcliffe One!SporadicAddick said:I played over 100 games for England, albeit with my mates in Sutcliffe Park.
Should I be on this wall?
Should this wall annoy me?1 -
It annoy's me too. Three reasons:SporadicAddick said:I played over 100 games for England, albeit with my mates in Sutcliffe Park.
Should I be on this wall?
Should this wall annoy me?
1. It's essentially four different sports with at least three different sets of rules. I'm more that happy to see all of those people honoured, but it should be clear for what. Otherwise you might as well throw in England cricketers, darts player and four man bob pushers.
2. It's ordered in a seemingly random way. Is it date of cap - I don't know? Here's a tip to anyone compiling a list, if you've got a particular reason for ordering a list in a certain way, then make it clear. If not, do it alphabetically so it's easy to search.
3. Finally, it's not going to stay current for very long. They've only left space for three more 50+ cappers. I take it there's no plan to keep it updated.3 -
what happens if one of the 50 cappers gets to a hundred ?0
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Didn't know Robin Williams was so sporty.0
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Nicking the tip of my index finger so that, even though I barely broke the skin, my fingerprint log in to my phone and banking websites doesn't work so I have to faff about with codes until it recovers0
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Getting my car back from the garage to find a four inch crack in the windscreen that wasn't there when I took it in. No point arguing as it's my word against theirs, but they've had it for three months (long story) so I'll have to put it through I Durance and pay the £75 excess. As if the garage bill wasn't big enough already.0
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Exactly why you should keep a plaster cast of your finger in your safe, they’re very handyIdleHans said:Nicking the tip of my index finger so that, even though I barely broke the skin, my fingerprint log in to my phone and banking websites doesn't work so I have to faff about with codes until it recovers3 -
Is that the Iain Durance that used to play for Rangers? Is he in the old windscreen replacement game now? Guess it figures….IdleHans said:Getting my car back from the garage to find a four inch crack in the windscreen that wasn't there when I took it in. No point arguing as it's my word against theirs, but they've had it for three months (long story) so I'll have to put it through I Durance and pay the £75 excess. As if the garage bill wasn't big enough already.3 -
Yeah did that. Guess how I access the safe.Fumbluff said:
Exactly why you should keep a plaster cast of your finger in your safe, they’re very handyIdleHans said:Nicking the tip of my index finger so that, even though I barely broke the skin, my fingerprint log in to my phone and banking websites doesn't work so I have to faff about with codes until it recovers
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No it's the one who fronted the Blockheads.Fumbluff said:
Is that the Iain Durance that used to play for Rangers? Is he in the old windscreen replacement game now? Guess it figures….IdleHans said:Getting my car back from the garage to find a four inch crack in the windscreen that wasn't there when I took it in. No point arguing as it's my word against theirs, but they've had it for three months (long story) so I'll have to put it through I Durance and pay the £75 excess. As if the garage bill wasn't big enough already.0 -
The 'Geordie nation'
Newcastle fans thinking they're massive everywhere despite the fact that outside Newcastle no one cares about them. They bitched about Mike Ashley yet have no issue it seems with being owned by the Saudi regime. I can't wait to see them drop out of the European places and end the season with nothing as usual.4 -
Agree, they definitely think they’re owed success because a few of them take their tops off in winter.buckshee said:The 'Geordie nation'
Newcastle fans thinking they're massive everywhere despite the fact that outside Newcastle no one cares about them. They bitched about Mike Ashley yet have no issue it seems with being owned by the Saudi regime. I can't wait to see them drop out of the European places and end the season with nothing as usual.Pretty sure they’ll get it though, but I guess city’s punishment will set that precedent.1 -
Went Peterborough, met up with usual suspects in "Spoons", had a walk to another pub. When they went to the game, three of us had a mooch back to "Spoons" to get something to eat. Told by my friends it's easier to use the app, so I download it, order food for table 41, wait 30 minutes, moan about the wait, get told we ain't in "Spons". Ffs21
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People who take their dogs shopping.
Just been to a garden center to pick a few things up and there are loads of people with dogs both in the center and the restaurant, why?
All I could hear was people yelling at their dogs because they were pissing over the plants or begging for food on the adjacent table in the restaurant, two women had tiny little dogs in pouches strapped to their fronts, WTF!!
All the dogs looked fed up and stressed so leave them at home when you pop to the shops, no harm will come to them.14 -
Their fans make a lot of noise for a team whose last trophy was closer to World War One than to today.Super_Eddie_Youds said:
Agree, they definitely think they’re owed success because a few of them take their tops off in winter.buckshee said:The 'Geordie nation'
Newcastle fans thinking they're massive everywhere despite the fact that outside Newcastle no one cares about them. They bitched about Mike Ashley yet have no issue it seems with being owned by the Saudi regime. I can't wait to see them drop out of the European places and end the season with nothing as usual.Pretty sure they’ll get it though, but I guess city’s punishment will set that precedent.0 -
Dogs full stop. Room 101.eaststandmike said:People who take their dogs shopping.
Just been to a garden center to pick a few things up and there are loads of people with dogs both in the center and the restaurant, why?
All I could hear was people yelling at their dogs because they were pissing over the plants or begging for food on the adjacent table in the restaurant, two women had tiny little dogs in pouches strapped to their fronts, WTF!!
All the dogs looked fed up and stressed so leave them at home when you pop to the shops, no harm will come to them.4 -
Placing a bet and then realising you done an early kick off ffs. Cheers Bolton 👍1
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People who spell centre,center.
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Charlton Athletic football club3
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