Your Shrinking Pound at Tesco: 36% Price Hike on Everyday Shampoo
Written by Karen Bryan
Be prepared for your pound to shrink in value when buying shampoo at Tesco. I did a double take today when I saw the rows of Tesco Everyday Shampoo and Conditioner as the bottles looked much smaller than in the past, but the price had only gone down from 88p to 80p. I picked up one of the new size bottles and sure enough the bottle had shrunk to 500ml.
I was able to confirm that the previous bottle size was 750ml, as the old stock had been reduced to half price; 44p for 750ml.
What a swizz, that’s a mighty 36% increase in price. The shrinkage in bottle size has heralded a price leap of more than one third; more than ten times the rate of inflation.
It’s a joke isn’t it Karen? I have these stockpiled so I feel very lucky right now, but will not be buying them again.
Laura – yes we bought a pile of the Tesco half price larger size shampoos today. I just don’t know how Tesco can justify such a price hike. Maybe they are hoping that customers won’t notice the smaller size bottle?