Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 5]
Discussion
ambuletz said:
Any scottish people here?
here in london Irn Bru is always very cheap/discounted compared to Coca-cola. a 2litre bottle of Irb Bru costs £1.39. compare that to coca-cola which is £2+. all the bottles and cans of Irn Bru are mega cheap.
My question is... given that Irn Bru is more popular up there than it is down here...is Irn Bru full price there? or is it one of the cheaper drinks?
Coca cola is overpriced... Especially these days. A few years ago you could get an 18 pack for a fiver and two cold 500 ml bottles for £2 at any petrol station. here in london Irn Bru is always very cheap/discounted compared to Coca-cola. a 2litre bottle of Irb Bru costs £1.39. compare that to coca-cola which is £2+. all the bottles and cans of Irn Bru are mega cheap.
My question is... given that Irn Bru is more popular up there than it is down here...is Irn Bru full price there? or is it one of the cheaper drinks?
Also Irn Bru (drink of the gods) isn't cheap when Morrison's brand Iron Brew is 50p for 2L. I'd say Irn Bru is around the average price for a branded soft drink.
On that subject, is it just me but have BOGOF deals largely disappeared? Those that I see are rarely good value these days.
Not sure about Scotland though, I'd be supprised if it were much different.
coppernorks said:
Do Freesat channels have a Watershed ?
There's a fair old smattering of a**e , s**t, and piss on those Australian gold/opal mining shows at 7pm.
They do but the rules changed a while back to permit certain content to appear earlier. This was due to changing habits in terms of TV viewing with far fewer under 18s watching broadcast TV and the types of programmes in which such content was featured being self-selecting in terms of who is watching.There's a fair old smattering of a**e , s**t, and piss on those Australian gold/opal mining shows at 7pm.
droopsnoot said:
captain_cynic said:
On that subject, is it just me but have BOGOF deals largely disappeared? Those that I see are rarely good value these days.
Wasn't there something fairly recently about supermarkets being discouraged from doing such deals to help fight obesity?Supermarket deals are pretty poor at the moment, but they're seasonal - Covid influence aside, they'll usually be ramping up promos and price cuts about now to encourage shoppers to switch to them ready for the 'C Word' onslaught in a few weeks, it still manages to surprise me every year, but the few hints of it are already starting to show.
droopsnoot said:
captain_cynic said:
On that subject, is it just me but have BOGOF deals largely disappeared? Those that I see are rarely good value these days.
Wasn't there something fairly recently about supermarkets being discouraged from doing such deals to help fight obesity?Ayahuasca said:
How old were you when you found out that next to the symbol of the fuel pump in the fuel gauge in every car is a little arrow that points to the side the filler cap is on?
Me, 55.
Don't feel too bad. I reckon those symbols have not been around for all that long. 15 years?Me, 55.
P-Jay said:
Lots, if not all promos were cut during the panic buying thing a few months ago, I agree many haven't come back.
Supermarket deals are pretty poor at the moment, but they're seasonal - Covid influence aside, they'll usually be ramping up promos and price cuts about now to encourage shoppers to switch to them ready for the 'C Word' onslaught in a few weeks, it still manages to surprise me every year, but the few hints of it are already starting to show.
On the first point, it varied by retailer. Where promos could be pulled, in most cases they were as supply chain was being protected in light of panic buying. Morrisons continued running most of their promos though.Supermarket deals are pretty poor at the moment, but they're seasonal - Covid influence aside, they'll usually be ramping up promos and price cuts about now to encourage shoppers to switch to them ready for the 'C Word' onslaught in a few weeks, it still manages to surprise me every year, but the few hints of it are already starting to show.
BOGOF and multibuys in general have been on the decline for five years. JS were the first to drop them entirely on ethical/food waste/obesity grounds and legislation is constantly being ramped up. Confectionery, cake and biscuits are going to take a big hit with multibuy and location-based promo activities set to be banned shortly.
Regarding current promos and seasonality, Tesco's GPED (great prices every day) strategy to take on Aldi has led to a significant reduction in promo activity. This sort of thing comes around from time to time but fundamnetally the big box retailers have a different model to the hard discounters and operate off a higher cost base so they're playing a game that doesn't really suit them.
On core grocery the same deals will run all year round with occasional stunt deals partially funded by the retailers (suppliers usually fund the promos with a recommended mechanic but RSP is always (by law) at the retailer's discretion). Tesco did a lot of this for their centenary last year. It causes no end of aggro when you're proposing a promo to a retailer and someone else is selling out at a better price as it is assumed that the supplier is supporting this!
With regard to seasonality, on SKUs that are heavily seasonally-biased, Christmas lines will be in store in limited locations now at full price so they can price establish for a period of ~8 weeks thus allowing retailers to show a cross-out promo for the next 8 weeks. In some cases this will vary with 3 on/3 off etc. but that's the gist of it.
Okay, I haven’t ALWAYS wanted to know this, but since my German resident son told me that he’s driving over for his mother’s, (my ex wife), birthday next week, I’m mildly intrigued.
He maintains that according to the U.K. government website, he won’t have to quarantine in U.K. after driving through Netherlands, IF he hasn’t made a transit stop.
Do the authorities just take people’s word for that, and wouldn’t his arrival at Hoek van Holland ferry port constitute a transit stop, (checking in etc)?
He maintains that according to the U.K. government website, he won’t have to quarantine in U.K. after driving through Netherlands, IF he hasn’t made a transit stop.
Do the authorities just take people’s word for that, and wouldn’t his arrival at Hoek van Holland ferry port constitute a transit stop, (checking in etc)?
Frank7 said:
Okay, I haven’t ALWAYS wanted to know this, but since my German resident son told me that he’s driving over for his mother’s, (my ex wife), birthday next week, I’m mildly intrigued.
He maintains that according to the U.K. government website, he won’t have to quarantine in U.K. after driving through Netherlands, IF he hasn’t made a transit stop.
Do the authorities just take people’s word for that, and wouldn’t his arrival at Hoek van Holland ferry port constitute a transit stop, (checking in etc)?
Lots of detail on this in the Holidays and Travel section. If he's coming by Ferry, then he SHOULD quarantine. If he comes via Eurotunnel and doesn't "mix with people" in NL, Belgium or France, then he's ok. Not sure what the level of checking is if you arrive by Ferry. Aachen to Calais is easily do-able in one go.He maintains that according to the U.K. government website, he won’t have to quarantine in U.K. after driving through Netherlands, IF he hasn’t made a transit stop.
Do the authorities just take people’s word for that, and wouldn’t his arrival at Hoek van Holland ferry port constitute a transit stop, (checking in etc)?
I think the logic is that you have to get out of your car before the Ferry departs, and at that point you're not in the UK. Using the tunnel, you don't get out of your car, and also you go through UK border control in France, and once through that you're nominally in the UK.
omniflow said:
Frank7 said:
Okay, I haven’t ALWAYS wanted to know this, but since my German resident son told me that he’s driving over for his mother’s, (my ex wife), birthday next week, I’m mildly intrigued.
He maintains that according to the U.K. government website, he won’t have to quarantine in U.K. after driving through Netherlands, IF he hasn’t made a transit stop.
Do the authorities just take people’s word for that, and wouldn’t his arrival at Hoek van Holland ferry port constitute a transit stop, (checking in etc)?
Lots of detail on this in the Holidays and Travel section. If he's coming by Ferry, then he SHOULD quarantine. If he comes via Eurotunnel and doesn't "mix with people" in NL, Belgium or France, then he's ok. Not sure what the level of checking is if you arrive by Ferry. Aachen to Calais is easily do-able in one go.He maintains that according to the U.K. government website, he won’t have to quarantine in U.K. after driving through Netherlands, IF he hasn’t made a transit stop.
Do the authorities just take people’s word for that, and wouldn’t his arrival at Hoek van Holland ferry port constitute a transit stop, (checking in etc)?
I think the logic is that you have to get out of your car before the Ferry departs, and at that point you're not in the UK. Using the tunnel, you don't get out of your car, and also you go through UK border control in France, and once through that you're nominally in the UK.
It’s fair enough, it is her birthday.
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