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1. Author: GG Riva Date: Sat 20th Sep 2025. 15:49 Can anyone justify why Asda and Tesco can charge more than twice the price for a branded breakfast cereal than Farm Foods? And before you ask, the packs are all exactly the same weight. Needless to say, I paid the higher price and a relative told me the Farm Food price. I didn`t believe her, was in town today and checked. It`s true. Farm Foods are charging 59% less than the large supermarket chains. I feel another Victor Meldrew moment coming on.. 😠 Not your average Sunday League player. Reply
2. Author: Bandy Date: Sat 20th Sep 2025. 15:54 Farmfoods probably selling it as a loss leader. Reply
3. Author: GG Riva Date: Sat 20th Sep 2025. 16:41 Bandy, Sat 20 Sept 15:54 Farmfoods probably selling it as a loss leader. Why would they sell it at such a knockdown price, Bandy? Surely 10 or 20% would do it, but less than half the price sounds crazy. I spotted several other foodstuffs selling at significantly cheaper prices. Are they all loss leaders or is Farm Foods happy to embrace smaller profit margins. I think I`ll start frequenting Farm Foods a bit more often than 2 or 3 times a year from now on. 🙂 Not your average Sunday League player. Reply
4. Author: veteraneastender Date: Sat 20th Sep 2025. 16:44 Shouldn`t you be on porridge for breakfast now GG ? Reply
5. Author: Buspasspar Date: Sat 20th Sep 2025. 16:56 I feel another Victor Meldrew moment coming on.. 😠 Hey Sur !!! Thats ma job :-o)) We are forever shaped by the Children we once were Reply
6. Author: Dave_1885 Date: Sat 20th Sep 2025. 17:48 Should see the price differences between Morrisons and Aldi here in Cowden - a good 30% hike from the former for effectively the same goods. Reply
7. Author: The One Who Knocks Date: Sun 21st Sep 2025. 10:09 GG, I think the likes of Farmfoods, Home Bargains and B&Ms scour the market and do deals for branded goods from third party suppliers, quite often in other countries. And although my eyes were open They just might as well be closed Reply
8. Author: red-star-par Date: Sun 21st Sep 2025. 10:46 I think possibly some of the things on sale for cheaper than normal prices are items that normally have a fairly long shelf life, e.g. Corn Flakes, Sauces, Biscuits but in Farmfoods these don`t seem to have as long on the Best Before Date Reply
9. Author: jake89 Date: Sun 21st Sep 2025. 12:17 Farmfoods is primarily imported frozen food. The deals on branded food are usually down to them being closer to sell by than Tesco or Morrisons would sell. Farmfoods also seems to have far fewer staff and certainly don`t have ones standing about having a chat while a load of self service tills are stuck waiting on one of them to clear the issue. The Cowdenbeath one has now closed as it was at the end of its lease. The Dunfermline one should have a while on its lease yet but the interior is pretty miserable. I`ve never understood why the park owner has painted the units different colours. Reply
10. Author: Playup_Pompey Date: Mon 22nd Sep 2025. 11:30 similarly fuel, asda livi a good 4/5p per litre cheaper than dunfermline Reply
11. Author: Raymie the Legend Date: Mon 22nd Sep 2025. 12:29 Almost everywhere in Scotland has cheaper fuel than Dunfermline. It`s bloody tough being a legend Ron Atkinson - 1983 Reply
12. Author: TAFKA_Super_Petrie Date: Mon 22nd Sep 2025. 14:20 Noticed the same for gravy granules recently Bisto was £4+ whilst the own brand was less than half of that. Still, that`s the stock market for you..... --------------------------------------------------------------- [b]"People always talk about Ronaldinho and magic, but I didn't see him today. I saw Henrik Larsson; that's where the magic was."[/b] Reply
13. Author: AdamAntsParsStripe Date: Mon 22nd Sep 2025. 15:01 TAFKA_Super_Petrie, Mon 22 Sep 14:20 Noticed the same for gravy granules recently Bisto was £4 whilst the own brand was less than half of that. Still, that`s the stock market for you..... Jeez min Zwei Pints Bier und ein Päckchen Chips bitte Reply
14. Author: Raymie the Legend Date: Mon 22nd Sep 2025. 16:19 TAFKA_Super_Petrie, Mon 22 Sep 14:20 Noticed the same for gravy granules recently Bisto was £4 whilst the own brand was less than half of that. Still, that`s the stock market for you..... 🙄 It`s bloody tough being a legend Ron Atkinson - 1983 Reply
15. Author: PARrot Date: Tue 23rd Sep 2025. 08:24 TAFKA_Super_Petrie, Mon 22 Sept 14:20 Noticed the same for gravy granules recently Bisto was £4+ whilst the own brand was less than half of that. Still, that`s the stock market for you..... Chuckled at that. Reply
16. Author: Buspasspar Date: Tue 23rd Sep 2025. 08:28 Quote: TAFKA_Super_Petrie, Mon 22 Sept 14:20 Noticed the same for gravy granules recently Bisto was £4+ whilst the own brand was less than half of that. Still, that`s the stock market for you..... Made me smile TAFKA We are forever shaped by the Children we once were Reply
17. Author: NMCmassive Date: Tue 23rd Sep 2025. 17:59 “Dad joke of the week” winner that COYP Reply

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