The Big Lie ... They tell us about lower prices ... GMAB
@lookatdesktop (27156)
Dallas, Texas
September 8, 2017 5:43am CST
I saw a recent grocery ad on social media. I won't name names but, for the most part this is common in the market of telling lies in advertisements.
One good example is a certain well known canned soup company, and of course I will not name names, but cant you see they are telling you a big one? They say they have low prices but when I look at the price tags on canned soups, I have to say, I have a pretty good memory.
Looking back at all the years on earth I have roamed the planet, I know one thing is certain, they are telling the truth about the prices but its not the truth if they tell us, they have lower prices unless they tell you in addition to that they if they were to actually say, THE PRICES OF MOST OF THE GROCERY ITEMS IN OUR STORE ARE LOWER THAN THEY WILL BE TOMORROW.
Getting down to specifics, I can remember when a can of tomato soup was about 10 cents a can. I can also remember when a candy bar was only 5 cents a bar.
But by saying this, I have admitted to being old. Young people today might like to know that the reasons prices have gone up has a lot to do with the value of a dollar.
What you could buy with a dollar back when my parents were kids was much more valuable than a dollar is today. There is a law of supply and demand, and the way I see it, if people stopped paying 1.59 a can of tomato soup, the makers and sellers of that product would have no choice but to either lower that price down to maybe 50 cents a can or take that product off the market.
We all have a say in the price wars. If you don't like the price of something, even if it's just a simple thing as a pack of chewing gum, if you don't like the high price of it, you can always just not buy it, but is this the best solution?
Currently there are apps that do price comparisons of many items that we buy every day and they let us know just what price we will be at one moment of decision making, accept before deciding to plop down our nickels and dimes.
Just what would be the best way to lower the price of canned soup though?
But bread and cracker sales are up, so, you know, at least people are eating...something.
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@moneychaser (813)
• Baguio, Philippines
8 Sep 17
This is what I don't like to business owners... They keep fooling people. I seldom compare them to robbers!
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@lookatdesktop (27156)
• Dallas, Texas
8 Sep 17
It's that way here too. Price wars are everywhere. We consumers, are the collateral damage.
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@moneychaser (813)
• Baguio, Philippines
8 Sep 17
@lookatdesktop Exactly... Making the Department of Trade (government agency) ineffective.
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@lookatdesktop (27156)
• Dallas, Texas
8 Sep 17
@moneychaser , check out this site:
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
8 Sep 17
I remember when soup was less than a dollar. And the price of a candy bar these days is like 1.50 in my area.
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@lookatdesktop (27156)
• Dallas, Texas
8 Sep 17
So, that said, as long as you and me are buying this stuff and paying the high prices, it will remain this way, unless we all start making our soup at home and starting our own candy making company. lol
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@lookatdesktop (27156)
• Dallas, Texas
8 Sep 17
@fishtiger58 , I love chunky soup. I tend to only buy from Aldi these days because their prices are more affordable. Campbell's Soup company is in Paris, TX that is. I still buy some of their soups and many of their other brands under their company umbrella, such as Bolthouse Farms
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
8 Sep 17
@lookatdesktop I don't buy those expensive candy bars, it goes against my nature to pay 1.50 for that. I do make some soups homemade but hubby and son still want their Chunky Soups lol.
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@m_audrey6788 (58468)
• Germany
8 Sep 17
Gosh! It`s not only in canned goods also in some other selling items but not people are aware of it. So, sad because it`s killing the right cycle. When we buy food from any manufacturing companies, we not only satisfies our needs but also helped people who have been working there! but people seems not to see it. The cost will only get affected with the availability of ingredients and labor costs. I still don`t understand why they keep on increasing when salary don`t get affected?
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@lookatdesktop (27156)
• Dallas, Texas
8 Sep 17
You noticed this too? Yep. The prices keep going up but the workers that make this product and make it available on the store shelves including transfer and storage the pay doesn't seem to match the profit being made by the men on the top of the ladder.
@lookatdesktop (27156)
• Dallas, Texas
8 Sep 17
@lookatdesktop They seem to have more openings in Germany for retail jobs:
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@Shellyann36 (11383)
• United States
8 Sep 17
Most of the time I skip the name brand items. I go to stores such as Aldi and Save-A-Lot and purchase the off brand for way cheaper. There are instances when the name brand items can be bought with sales and coupons. To offset costs I use coupons and have several grocery apps downloaded on my phone. Ibotta, Checkout51, Saving Star and Fetch are the main ones I use.
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@lookatdesktop (27156)
• Dallas, Texas
8 Sep 17
Yea, these apps help a lot. And are really new to mobile users.
