Supermarket Price Wars Killing Off The Booze Cruise
The traditional British booze cruise, is slowly being killed off by supermarket chains who are aggressively competing with one another in an ongoing price war.
According to research from industry portal The Grocer, a slumping Pound-Euro exchange rate, and cut price deals from supermarkets has meant that consumers no longer have the incentive they once did to cross the English Channel and stock up on cut price booze, since alcohol is now cheaper at the local supermarket.
British supermarket chains are offering alcohol so competitively priced, that alcohol warehouses on the Calais coast no longer offer the value they once did.
Everything from John Smith Extra Smooth to Smirnoff and Bombay Sapphire is cheaper at UK supermarket then at the Calais branches of the chains. Carlsberg, Fosters and Smirnoff are only marginally more expensive, and when added to the cost of travel, the price difference is negligible and not worthwhile.
A Sainsbury’s spokeswoman said: “We have great value promotions on a number of lines in UK stores so there will be occasions when UK store prices are cheaper than those across the Channel.”
The spokesperson noted that middle class consumers were still making the trip to purchase wine and Champagne, since prices for those products continue to be lower across the border.
Earlier in the year Majestic Wine said it had seen a large fall in trade, with the number of transactions dropping 27 per cent and the average customer spend declining 7 per cent.
Commenting on the findings, a spokesman for The Grocer magazine said: “While the plummeting pound was blamed, it is the depth of below-cost supermarket promotions that have really scuppered the viability of the booze cruise.”
“Factor in the ferry, petrol and time and it becomes clear trips to France just to cram alcohol into every nook and cranny of the car are doomed.”
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Asda Entertainment And Asda Direct Crazy Christmas Sales Have Begun-Loads Of Deals On Offer
The Asda Christmas sales have officially begun, with crazy discounts and madly low prices giving you the opportunity to pick up those last minute Christmas presents on the cheap.
Asda Entertainment’s crazy Christmas sale has started, with thousands of CD and DVD titles, games and books to chose starting from under £3. Yep you heard that correct so be sure to take a look.
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Asda Direct has also started its Christmas sale, with washing machine’s, Blu-Ray DVD’s, flat screen HD televisions and digital camera’s at deep discount.
So make sure you get the best Christmas deals in by shopping at Asda now.
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Asda’s New Slogan Remarkably Similar To Old Sainsbury’s Marketing Campaign
UK supermarket chain Asda has borrowed a slogan previously used by rival Sainsbury’s for its new advertising campaign as it seeks to attract upmarket clientèle to its stores in the build up to Christmas.
The catchphrase “Good food costs less at Asda” began appearing in full page newspaper advertisements last Sunday, and is very similar to the ‘Good food costs less at Sainsbury’s campaign Sainsbury’s ran for nearly 30 years between 1959 and 1991.
Asda says it is using the slogan to help promote is Extra Special premium food product range, and says it is doing so because the phrase reflects the value and quality of its groceries.
Asda watchers say that this is the first time during the recession that the retailer is emphasising the quality of its good as opposed to its “everyday low prices” message it normally runs with. Many see it as an effort by the supermarket to win customers over from upmarket rivals.
Sainsbury’s says that despite the similarity between the two slogans, it did not intend to pursue the matter.
A spokesman for the retailer said: “Good food costs less at Sainsbury’s’ is a registered trademark but we don’t own the sentence ‘good food costs less. There has been no trademark infringement and we are flattered that Asda has chosen to follow in our footsteps.”
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Tesco Apologises For Poking Fun At Ginger Haired Kids In Christmas Card
The UK’s leading retailer Tesco has been forced to withdraw a Christmas card from two of its stores in York following complaints the card pokes fun a ginger haired children.
The card depicts a kid with ginger hair sitting on Santa’s lap with the caption “Santa loves all kids. Even ginger ones.”
The BBC quoted a customer Ms. Davinia Phillips with three ginger haired daughters as saying she found the greeting card offensive.
Tesco said it was sorry if the card had “caused any upset”.
The shopper told the BBC that she saw the card when shopping at her local Tesco store
Ms Phillips said:”I picked it up and I couldn’t believe it. I just thought ‘What is so funny about that?’ I didn’t really get the joke. I thought I would buy it, because I wanted proof that I had seen it.”
Ms Phillips, who herself is naturally ginger, added: “The more I thought about it, the more annoyed I got and I told the lady who worked in the store I was not happy.”
The card had been removed from sale by the time Ms Phillips returned to the store that same evening. The card has also been withdrawn from Tesco’s Clifton Moor branch in York, after Ms Phillips sister-in law complained.
A Tesco spokesman said: “We sell a large range of Christmas cards, including some which are intended to be humorous. It is never our intention to offend any customer and we are sorry if this card caused any upset.”
The spokesman added that the retailer was still considering whether to cease making the card available from other Tesco outlets
Card manufacturer, Essex-based Quitting Hollywood, said it had no comment to make.
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Awesome Deals Cash To Be Saved With Asda’s Latest Christmas Offers
Asda has some great items on sale this week from every day Christmas items, to mince pies, and booze, with beer, cider, champagne and wine all at very special prices offering great deals. Most items are only on sale till the end of the month, so hurry and get your shopping in whilst prices are everyday low.
Beer & Cider (Multi Beer & Cider Offer)
Asda Is Offering Great Deals On Beer % Cider This Christmas 3 for £20
Berberana Rioja Reserva (Multi Wine Offer)
Asda Is Offering Great Deals 3 for £15
Was £23.98 Now Only £10.00
ASDA Extra Special Rich Fruit 6 All Butter Mince Pies
Only £1.65
ASDA Classic Christmas Pudding
Was £2.18 Now Only £1.00
ASDA Beef Roasting Joint Large
Was £8.48 Now Only £4.00
Andrex Toilet tissue – winter white 12 roll
For Sale for £4.00
Finish Max in One dishwasher tablets 56s
Was £12.72 Now Only £8.00
Was £10.48 Now Only £8.00
Olay Anti wrinkle day cream 50ml
Was £9.75 Now Only £4.00
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Last Order Asda Delivery Dates For Christmas This Week-Asda Sales Begin Next Week
The last order dates for guaranteed Christmas delivery dates as follows So be sure to get your Christmas shopping in quick so that your Christmas presents arrive this year on time.
Last Order Dates
- Asda Direct 20th
- Ents 18th 10:30am
- Gifts 19th
- Photo 18th
- Postal Flowers 20th at 3pm
- Courier Flowers 22nd at 3pm
Asda Entertainment starts a massive discount sale for DVD’s beginning 21st December, In fact tons of DVD’s are already on massive discounts, and some with free delivery. So make sure you take a look.
Asda Direct will begin its Sale on Tuesday 22nd December, so be sure to check back here for a post and a link when the sale begins on Monday.
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Asda’s Ridiculously Low Priced Salmon Is No Fishy Business
Asda’s latest unbelievable offer to lure Christmas shoppers into its stores this December is no fishy business with the retailer offer an entire Alaskan pink salmon for the remarkably low price of just £3.
The supermarket chain says it has been able to reduce prices to that level from the original £7 price by cutting shipping costs.
A 1.2 Kilo fish is enough to feed a family of eight and would mean that each member of the family is fed for the ridiculously low cost of just 39p a person.
The unbelievably low prices is even more astounding when you compare the cost of salmon with that of other retailers.
M&S and Selfridges both sell whole salmon for around £20.
Asda rivals Sainsbury’s and Tesco have yet to be able to match Asda’s low price for an equivalent product.
An Asda spokesman told The Daily Mail: “It is the lowest-priced salmon on the market.It is sustainably sourced from Alaska where the fish are caught in the wild and frozen immediately to ensure the best quality and flavour.”
The frozen salmon is available in store on the end of a row near the party food. However a selection salmon can be ordered online from Asda.
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Asda UK’s Cheapest Supermarket For Christmas Shopping in 2009
UK retailer Asda has once again regained the crown as the cheapest supermarket to buy a trolley of Christmas shopping this year, according to data from a new report released earlier in the week.
Asda fended off stiff opposition from market leader Tesco and last years winner Morrison, and officially carries the title of Best Deal For Cash-Strapped Shoppers..
The survey was conducted by trade publication The Grocer, and shows that Asda was £30 cheaper, for a list of 33 Christmas items that up market rival Waitrose.
The Christmas trolley at Asda costs £102.08 and contains festive items such as Turkey, Champagne, Christmas pudding, batteries, crackers and cards.
Asda managed to undercut its rivals by an average price of £10.29.
A spokesperson for Asda told The Grocer: “We have pledged to save our customers £150 million this Christmas and the win proves that once again we have taken the lead in lowering prices,”
Tesco was the second least expensive supermarket, with the basket costing £105.30, whilst last years winner Morrisons came in third with its basket costing £107.51. Sainsbury’s followed with £114.57. Waitrose was the most expensive, with its basket coming in at £132.29.
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Tesco Mobile To Offer iPhones
UK retailing giant Tesco has revealed that the popular iPhone will be made available to shoppers from the 14th December.
Shoppers will have to pay £222 for a basic 3G 8GB handset and sign up to a 12 month contract costing £20 a month. The cost of buying an iPhone over the duration of the entire contract works out to £38.50 a month.
Those opting for the more expensive £60 a month contract will be given a free 16GB 3G iPhone.
Orange and 02 both offer a 24 month contract costing £34.26 that comes with a free iPhone, and both offer a more expensive 18 month contract, which requires the customer to pay £97 for the handset.
Vodafone says it to will begin offering iPhones in 2010 but has yet to confirm pricing details.
Vodafone will also begin to carry the handset in 2010 but has not yet announced pricing details.
Lance Batchelor chief executive officer of Tesco Mobile and Tesco Telecoms, in a statement said: “iPhone is now available and affordable for all, with the best deals in the UK market, This is a fantastic announcement for us and we’re delighted to make iPhone available to our customers. It shows what a serious player in the mobile market Tesco Mobile has
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Asda And Tesco Slash Fuel Prices As Christmas Price War Intensifies
Perennial supermarket rivals have intensified their Christmas price war, slashing petrol prices by as much as 3 pence a litre.
Asda fired the first shot by cutting the price on Sunday of unleaded petrol to 103.9 p a litre and the cost of diesel to 105.9 p a litre at 179 of its petrol stations.
Before Asda effected the changes, average UK unleaded petrol prices stood at 108.9 p, whilst the average UK diesel price was 110.2 p
David Miles, Asda’s commercial director, said: “With Christmas just around the corner, it’s a time when cash is tight and we want to help our customers make it go further. With this early Christmas present, we’re putting money back in our customers’ pockets wherever they fill up by moving quickly to pass the saving on as our costs fall.”
A spokesperson for Tesco said the retailers price cut would aid million of customers travelling to see family or friends during the holiday season.
She said: “We’re committed to being competitively priced on petrol and with hundreds of petrol stations throughout the country, customers can trust they will get a good price on petrol at Tesco .”
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