[robangel]

Hi All, well I could'nt believe what I saw yesterday! I called into Morrisons at Ecclesfield for a couple of things and round the fruit section you could'nt move. Our friends who dress in tracksuits and jumpers, had a trolley each and all the reduced fruit (there were loads) as soon as the staff member had reduced it they had put it in their trolley! It was half full with every type of fruit, then they must have gone to the other reduced area. I was on the next checkout when they paid and their trolley full came to £13.96!!! I said to the lady on the checkout that I thought you were only allowed to buy a certain number of items and she said they're putting a stop to it,and what they do is sell it out of their van to their local community. Think i'll nip down later see if I can get my shopping so cheap

[SnailyBoy]

So is the problem

a) Their dress sense?

B) The price they paid?

C) They beat you to it?

[HotPhil]

I never saw any limit on the number of reduced items they'd let customers buy. Would seem a strange thing for a retailer to do - not allowing people to buy stock.
Fair play to those customers though if they've found a way of making a few bob. Hope they keep all their receipts for the tax man.

[robangel]

Originally Posted by SnailyBoy

So is the problem

a) Their dress sense?

B) The price they paid?

C) They beat you to it?

All 3 especially the last one!

[CeeCee]

There is no limit to how many reduced items (ie going out of date) a customer can buy and never will be ! I find it hard to believe that the checkout operator would know they were selling it off to the local community, get real

The limit on goods purchased is for 2 for 1's offers etc NOT out of date stuff!

[Bypassblade]

Originally Posted by robangel

Hi All, well I could'nt believe what I saw yesterday! I called into Morrisons at Ecclesfield for a couple of things and round the fruit section you could'nt move. Our friends who dress in tracksuits and jumpers, had a trolley each and all the reduced fruit (there were loads) as soon as the staff member had reduced it they had put it in their trolley! It was half full with every type of fruit, then they must have gone to the other reduced area. I was on the next checkout when they paid and their trolley full came to £13.96!!! I said to the lady on the checkout that I thought you were only allowed to buy a certain number of items and she said they're putting a stop to it,and what they do is sell it out of their van to their local community. Think i'll nip down later see if I can get my shopping so cheap

Sorry but it's a sign of the times, what has how a person dresses got to do with what they buy?. Everyone is now tightening their belts, and when people are on a lower income, even more so. If people spot these bargains then fair play to them, just don't be jealous because they beat you to it.

[Mandem]

At least they are buying fruit, which must be a good thing, as opposed to buying pies and other fast food.

[kidley]

What my concern would be, they are stopping other Morrisons customers from benefiting, and as for as i know Morrisons is not an wholesaler

[busdriver1]

Originally Posted by Mandem

At least they are buying fruit, which must be a good thing, as opposed to buying pies and other fast food.

I bet when they have sold it all on they use the money to buy pizza

[Bonjon]

Originally Posted by robangel

Hi All, well I could'nt believe what I saw yesterday! I called into Morrisons at Ecclesfield for a couple of things and round the fruit section you could'nt move. Our friends who dress in tracksuits and jumpers, had a trolley each and all the reduced fruit (there were loads) as soon as the staff member had reduced it they had put it in their trolley! It was half full with every type of fruit, then they must have gone to the other reduced area. I was on the next checkout when they paid and their trolley full came to £13.96!!! I said to the lady on the checkout that I thought you were only allowed to buy a certain number of items and she said they're putting a stop to it,and what they do is sell it out of their van to their local community. Think i'll nip down later see if I can get my shopping so cheap

While I find your post amusing, I have noticed on an evening people milling around waiting for chickens and bread to be reduced, once this happens they are like vultures trying to get scraps.

If there is reduced stuff available, i'll have a look but I certainly wont go out of my way for some stale bread or an overcooked chicken.

[Number Six]

Originally Posted by kidley

What my concern would be, they are stopping other Morrisons customers from benefiting, and as for as i know Morrisons is not an wholesaler

Don't lose sleep over it will you? I think they have regular deliveries.

[GodStar]

The lurchers at these counters infuriate me. They are generally scruffy, overweight and smelly and stand right in the way, picking everything up, putting it back, staring some more, picking it up again as if it will magically have changed into something they want or reduced in price further. You go away and come back and theyre still there, prodding and poking and stopping everyone else having a look- despite there being nothing new. I've been close to clubbing some over the head with a leg of lamb to get my turn at the counter

[Farslad]

I despise the reduced section bit. On the odd occasion she somehow gets me to go shopping with her my heart sinks and she approaches food with yellow stickers on it.

-Look, it's reduced.
-Yeah, by 3p.
-But it's reduced.
-But we don't eat baby food or know anyone with a baby.
-But its reduced.
-I'll be in the booze aisle, find me when you're done.

[Bypassblade]

Originally Posted by Bonjon

While I find your post amusing, I have noticed on an evening people milling around waiting for chickens and bread to be reduced, once this happens they are like vultures trying to get scraps.

If there is reduced stuff available, i'll have a look but I certainly wont go out of my way for some stale bread or an overcooked chicken.

It could also be that for some people this is the only option for them of getting a meal, its a sad but true fact, that in the 21st century we still have people living "hand to mouth".

[SmartMarts]

In a similar vein, my hubby thinks buying own brand stuff is a bargain, however there are some own brand/value items that I would never buy as they are false economies.
Any meat product, washing up "water", any processed food, anything described as "reformed".
Tinned veg is about the only thing I would buy.. oh and Sainsburys do value lemon curd at something like 14p a jar, which he brought home and I used to make tarts at Christmas.. was surprisingly very nice!

[robangel]

Originally Posted by Bypassblade

Sorry but it's a sign of the times, what has how a person dresses got to do with what they buy?. Everyone is now tightening their belts, and when people are on a lower income, even more so. If people spot these bargains then fair play to them, just don't be jealous because they beat you to it.

Hi I was trying to describe the people so people know who I mean, I have to be careful what I buy and I work! they've probably got more money than me to spend, not a problem getting a bargain its being greedy and not letting anyone else get a bargain i'd rather pensioners who have worked all their lives get the bargain, why does that make me ?

[SnailyBoy]

Originally Posted by robangel

Hi I was trying to describe the people so people know who I mean, I have to be careful what I buy and I work! they've probably got more money than me to spend, not a problem getting a bargain its being greedy and not letting anyone else get a bargain i'd rather pensioners who have worked all their lives get the bargain, why does that make me ?

So what's the real agenda here, buying the reduced items, or more specifically the 'people' who are buying them?

[willman]

Originally Posted by robangel

Hi I was trying to describe the people so people know who I mean, I have to be careful what I buy and I work! they've probably got more money than me to spend, not a problem getting a bargain its being greedy and not letting anyone else get a bargain i'd rather pensioners who have worked all their lives get the bargain, why does that make me ?

Why?
All the pensioners i know have more disposable money to spend than my family, and we have two incomes.

I often shop for the reduced items - why pay full price for items that are going to be fed to the dogs or made into pies,cooked and then frozen.

[kidley]

Originally Posted by SnailyBoy

So what's the real agenda here, buying the reduced items, or more specifically the 'people' who are buying them?

People buying the whole lot then selling them i think, thats got to be wrong?

[robangel]

Originally Posted by SnailyBoy

So what's the real agenda here, buying the reduced items, or more specifically the 'people' who are buying them?

Hi the real agenda to me is not the "people" buying its being greedy, who on earth would buy 30+punnets of fruit?