The Mucky Badger

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I believe I have got to a point in my life were the scams supermarkets use against their unsuspecting loyal customers no longer surprise me.

As a treat I thought I would treat myself to a doughnut for lunch. Sadly as the majority of businesses serving lunches in my area are the usual chip butties, cheese and jacket potato merchants; I thought I would nip into my local Tesco.

I abhor supermarkets. I don’t like the power they hold over customers and suppliers and I certainly am not happy with their ethics. However since most of the local farmshops decided that they can actually charge what they like these days because the people that use farmshops tend to be able to not bat an eyelid at £4 for 4 sausages. In my capacity as a poor student I reluctantly part with my hard earned cash to Mr Tesco to fund his amazing golfing holidays.

So there I was, in Tesco, looking for doughnuts and I saw them. Individual doughnuts…55p.

Fifty Five pence.

Ok…that seems alright….except on the shelf underneath…bags of 5 custard filled doughnuts 65p (2 bags for £1). The bag got it.

It reminded me of the tinned tomato con I saw the other week. 4 packs of tinned choppped tomatoes in rich sauce – £3.95. Or individual ones 65p each. A fine example of the true cost of convenience.

While I’m on the matter…check your supermarket’s scales. Do you know where they are? When was the last time you weighed something in them?