Bexleyfuckingheath. 1 year ago after parking my car outside my sisters house some git drove into it and drove off without doing the right thing, a note with their details on the windscreen. New bumper, wing and repainted door, a claim on my insurance and few hundred pounds excess. This week outside my mother’s same wing same bumper but not too bad but no note left yet again. I could probably have Chips Away do a repair on my drive. But the light cluster which now has nasty scratches probably won’t buff out although I will give it go. £1200 for a new cluster. I know accidents happen but what sort gits think I go to work to pay for their carelessness.
Kettle Chips bags being quietly reduced to 130g from 150g in tandem with the price going up. Thieving spuddy bastards, there's barely one medium sized potato in the bloody packet in the first place. Own brand henceforth.
On which point, I can highly recommend Sainsbury's TTD chorizo and salsa flavour, made with real English chorizo and you can't get more authentic than that!
Kettle Chips bags being quietly reduced to 130g from 150g in tandem with the price going up. Thieving spuddy bastards, there's barely one medium sized potato in the bloody packet in the first place. Own brand henceforth.
On which point, I can highly recommend Sainsbury's TTD chorizo and salsa flavour, made with real English chorizo and you can't get more authentic than that!
I agree. The Kettle Chip manufacturers should assume all inflationary costs and operate at a loss.
Kettle Chips bags being quietly reduced to 130g from 150g in tandem with the price going up. Thieving spuddy bastards, there's barely one medium sized potato in the bloody packet in the first place. Own brand henceforth.
On which point, I can highly recommend Sainsbury's TTD chorizo and salsa flavour, made with real English chorizo and you can't get more authentic than that!
I agree. The Kettle Chip manufacturers should assume all inflationary costs and operate at a loss.
You do one or the other, increase cost or decrease bag size. Doing both is just janky.
Kettle Chips bags being quietly reduced to 130g from 150g in tandem with the price going up. Thieving spuddy bastards, there's barely one medium sized potato in the bloody packet in the first place. Own brand henceforth.
On which point, I can highly recommend Sainsbury's TTD chorizo and salsa flavour, made with real English chorizo and you can't get more authentic than that!
I agree. The Kettle Chip manufacturers should assume all inflationary costs and operate at a loss.
You do one or the other, increase cost or decrease bag size. Doing both is just janky.
A genuine bugbare of both the missus and I is this chipping away at both ends. Some restaurants near us have done exactly that, reduced quality (and sometimes quantity) and raised prices. We no longer use them, naturally.
If they'd increased pack size by 20g bet your boots there'd be a big gold star on the bag announcing it. Were £1.75, now £2, a 14% price hike. Were 150g now 130g, effectively a 13% price hike. The two together? Effectively a 32% increase. They can do one
Kettle Chips bags being quietly reduced to 130g from 150g in tandem with the price going up. Thieving spuddy bastards, there's barely one medium sized potato in the bloody packet in the first place. Own brand henceforth.
On which point, I can highly recommend Sainsbury's TTD chorizo and salsa flavour, made with real English chorizo and you can't get more authentic than that!
I agree. The Kettle Chip manufacturers should assume all inflationary costs and operate at a loss.
You do one or the other, increase cost or decrease bag size. Doing both is just janky.
A genuine bugbare of both the missus and I is this chipping away at both ends. Some restaurants near us have done exactly that, reduced quality (and sometimes quantity) and raised prices. We no longer use them, naturally.
If you are a food manufacturer like Kettle (or basically any other consumer packaged good) you have three options within your pricing architecture at times of inflationary increase if you want to maintain your product quality (and aside from any other savings that the business might be able to make):-
- Keep portion size the same and increase the price. Consumers hate that. - Keep the price the same and decrease portion size. Consumers hate that. - Mix the two. Consumers hate that.
The manufacturer is trying to implement the one that has the least impact on ROS and customer sentiment. Who'd want to be a brand owner...
Ultimately the consumer will end up paying the right price for the product based on the competitiveness of the market... The original poster will downgrade to own label. They'll get the price they want to pay but with a lower quality product (particularly as that product will be under the same cost pressures) so that's the trade off.
Kettle Chips bags being quietly reduced to 130g from 150g in tandem with the price going up. Thieving spuddy bastards, there's barely one medium sized potato in the bloody packet in the first place. Own brand henceforth.
On which point, I can highly recommend Sainsbury's TTD chorizo and salsa flavour, made with real English chorizo and you can't get more authentic than that!
I agree. The Kettle Chip manufacturers should assume all inflationary costs and operate at a loss.
You do one or the other, increase cost or decrease bag size. Doing both is just janky.
A genuine bugbare of both the missus and I is this chipping away at both ends. Some restaurants near us have done exactly that, reduced quality (and sometimes quantity) and raised prices. We no longer use them, naturally.
- Keep portion size the same and increase the price. Consumers hate that. - Keep the price the same and decrease portion size. Consumers hate that. - Mix the two. Consumers hate that.
The manufacturer is trying to implement the one that has the least impact on ROS and customer sentiment. Who'd want to be a brand owner...
The situation you didn't refer to clearly is the decreased portion and increased price - That pees customers off the most.
Whenever I see this happen it becomes a no brainer to move to the next brand.
Kettle Chips bags being quietly reduced to 130g from 150g in tandem with the price going up. Thieving spuddy bastards, there's barely one medium sized potato in the bloody packet in the first place. Own brand henceforth.
On which point, I can highly recommend Sainsbury's TTD chorizo and salsa flavour, made with real English chorizo and you can't get more authentic than that!
I agree. The Kettle Chip manufacturers should assume all inflationary costs and operate at a loss.
You do one or the other, increase cost or decrease bag size. Doing both is just janky.
A genuine bugbare of both the missus and I is this chipping away at both ends. Some restaurants near us have done exactly that, reduced quality (and sometimes quantity) and raised prices. We no longer use them, naturally.
If you are a food manufacturer like Kettle (or basically any other consumer packaged good) you have three options within your pricing architecture at times of inflationary increase if you want to maintain your product quality (and aside from any other savings that the business might be able to make):-
- Keep portion size the same and increase the price. Consumers hate that. - Keep the price the same and decrease portion size. Consumers hate that. - Mix the two. Consumers hate that.
The manufacturer is trying to implement the one that has the least impact on ROS and customer sentiment. Who'd want to be a brand owner...
Ultimately the consumer will end up paying the right price for the product based on the competitiveness of the market... The original poster will downgrade to own label. They'll get the price they want to pay but with a lower quality product (particularly as that product will be under the same cost pressures) so that's the trade off.
You have confused me now. Are you saying that mixing the two "has the least impact on ROS and customer sentiment." ?
Kettle Chips bags being quietly reduced to 130g from 150g in tandem with the price going up. Thieving spuddy bastards, there's barely one medium sized potato in the bloody packet in the first place. Own brand henceforth.
On which point, I can highly recommend Sainsbury's TTD chorizo and salsa flavour, made with real English chorizo and you can't get more authentic than that!
I agree. The Kettle Chip manufacturers should assume all inflationary costs and operate at a loss.
You do one or the other, increase cost or decrease bag size. Doing both is just janky.
A genuine bugbare of both the missus and I is this chipping away at both ends. Some restaurants near us have done exactly that, reduced quality (and sometimes quantity) and raised prices. We no longer use them, naturally.
If you are a food manufacturer like Kettle (or basically any other consumer packaged good) you have three options within your pricing architecture at times of inflationary increase if you want to maintain your product quality (and aside from any other savings that the business might be able to make):-
- Keep portion size the same and increase the price. Consumers hate that. - Keep the price the same and decrease portion size. Consumers hate that. - Mix the two. Consumers hate that.
The manufacturer is trying to implement the one that has the least impact on ROS and customer sentiment. Who'd want to be a brand owner...
Ultimately the consumer will end up paying the right price for the product based on the competitiveness of the market... The original poster will downgrade to own label. They'll get the price they want to pay but with a lower quality product (particularly as that product will be under the same cost pressures) so that's the trade off.
You have confused me now. Are you saying that mixing the two "has the least impact on ROS and customer sentiment." ?
I don't know but I'd assume that is part of their decision making process - it's obviously the one that you dislike!
(although of course there are a million and one other factors, not least the direction of the big retailers (who will effectively reject any price increase as the start point of listing negotiations, hence the manufacturers playing about with pack sizes...)
Kettle Chips bags being quietly reduced to 130g from 150g in tandem with the price going up. Thieving spuddy bastards, there's barely one medium sized potato in the bloody packet in the first place. Own brand henceforth.
On which point, I can highly recommend Sainsbury's TTD chorizo and salsa flavour, made with real English chorizo and you can't get more authentic than that!
I agree. The Kettle Chip manufacturers should assume all inflationary costs and operate at a loss.
You do one or the other, increase cost or decrease bag size. Doing both is just janky.
A genuine bugbare of both the missus and I is this chipping away at both ends. Some restaurants near us have done exactly that, reduced quality (and sometimes quantity) and raised prices. We no longer use them, naturally.
If you are a food manufacturer like Kettle (or basically any other consumer packaged good) you have three options within your pricing architecture at times of inflationary increase if you want to maintain your product quality (and aside from any other savings that the business might be able to make):-
- Keep portion size the same and increase the price. Consumers hate that. - Keep the price the same and decrease portion size. Consumers hate that. - Mix the two. Consumers hate that.
The manufacturer is trying to implement the one that has the least impact on ROS and customer sentiment. Who'd want to be a brand owner...
Ultimately the consumer will end up paying the right price for the product based on the competitiveness of the market... The original poster will downgrade to own label. They'll get the price they want to pay but with a lower quality product (particularly as that product will be under the same cost pressures) so that's the trade off.
You have confused me now. Are you saying that mixing the two "has the least impact on ROS and customer sentiment." ?
I don't know but I'd assume that is part of their decision making process - it's obviously the one that you dislike!
(although of course there are a million and one other factors, not least the direction of the big retailers (who will effectively reject any price increase as the start point of listing negotiations, hence the manufacturers playing about with pack sizes...)
I can't see why anyone wouldn't have a problem with it? "It's not right when they put the price up, but as long as they reduce the portion as well, I can put up with it...".
I played over 100 games for England, albeit with my mates in Sutcliffe Park.
Should I be on this wall?
Should this wall annoy me?
It annoy's me too. Three reasons: 1. It's essentially four different sports with at least three different sets of rules. I'm more that happy to see all of those people honoured, but it should be clear for what. Otherwise you might as well throw in England cricketers, darts player and four man bob pushers. 2. It's ordered in a seemingly random way. Is it date of cap - I don't know? Here's a tip to anyone compiling a list, if you've got a particular reason for ordering a list in a certain way, then make it clear. If not, do it alphabetically so it's easy to search. 3. Finally, it's not going to stay current for very long. They've only left space for three more 50+ cappers. I take it there's no plan to keep it updated.
Nicking the tip of my index finger so that, even though I barely broke the skin, my fingerprint log in to my phone and banking websites doesn't work so I have to faff about with codes until it recovers
Getting my car back from the garage to find a four inch crack in the windscreen that wasn't there when I took it in. No point arguing as it's my word against theirs, but they've had it for three months (long story) so I'll have to put it through I Durance and pay the £75 excess. As if the garage bill wasn't big enough already.
Nicking the tip of my index finger so that, even though I barely broke the skin, my fingerprint log in to my phone and banking websites doesn't work so I have to faff about with codes until it recovers
Exactly why you should keep a plaster cast of your finger in your safe, they’re very handy
Getting my car back from the garage to find a four inch crack in the windscreen that wasn't there when I took it in. No point arguing as it's my word against theirs, but they've had it for three months (long story) so I'll have to put it through I Durance and pay the £75 excess. As if the garage bill wasn't big enough already.
Is that the Iain Durance that used to play for Rangers? Is he in the old windscreen replacement game now? Guess it figures….
Nicking the tip of my index finger so that, even though I barely broke the skin, my fingerprint log in to my phone and banking websites doesn't work so I have to faff about with codes until it recovers
Exactly why you should keep a plaster cast of your finger in your safe, they’re very handy
Getting my car back from the garage to find a four inch crack in the windscreen that wasn't there when I took it in. No point arguing as it's my word against theirs, but they've had it for three months (long story) so I'll have to put it through I Durance and pay the £75 excess. As if the garage bill wasn't big enough already.
Is that the Iain Durance that used to play for Rangers? Is he in the old windscreen replacement game now? Guess it figures….
Newcastle fans thinking they're massive everywhere despite the fact that outside Newcastle no one cares about them. They bitched about Mike Ashley yet have no issue it seems with being owned by the Saudi regime. I can't wait to see them drop out of the European places and end the season with nothing as usual.
Newcastle fans thinking they're massive everywhere despite the fact that outside Newcastle no one cares about them. They bitched about Mike Ashley yet have no issue it seems with being owned by the Saudi regime. I can't wait to see them drop out of the European places and end the season with nothing as usual.
Agree, they definitely think they’re owed success because a few of them take their tops off in winter.
Pretty sure they’ll get it though, but I guess city’s punishment will set that precedent.
Went Peterborough, met up with usual suspects in "Spoons", had a walk to another pub. When they went to the game, three of us had a mooch back to "Spoons" to get something to eat. Told by my friends it's easier to use the app, so I download it, order food for table 41, wait 30 minutes, moan about the wait, get told we ain't in "Spons". Ffs
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On which point, I can highly recommend Sainsbury's TTD chorizo and salsa flavour, made with real English chorizo and you can't get more authentic than that!
If you are a food manufacturer like Kettle (or basically any other consumer packaged good) you have three options within your pricing architecture at times of inflationary increase if you want to maintain your product quality (and aside from any other savings that the business might be able to make):-
- Keep portion size the same and increase the price. Consumers hate that.
- Keep the price the same and decrease portion size. Consumers hate that.
- Mix the two. Consumers hate that.
The manufacturer is trying to implement the one that has the least impact on ROS and customer sentiment. Who'd want to be a brand owner...
Ultimately the consumer will end up paying the right price for the product based on the competitiveness of the market... The original poster will downgrade to own label. They'll get the price they want to pay but with a lower quality product (particularly as that product will be under the same cost pressures) so that's the trade off.
The retailer's own pricing strategy also plays a role, so lots of variables in the price equation
Whenever I see this happen it becomes a no brainer to move to the next brand.
Should I be on this wall?
Should this wall annoy me?
(although of course there are a million and one other factors, not least the direction of the big retailers (who will effectively reject any price increase as the start point of listing negotiations, hence the manufacturers playing about with pack sizes...)
1. It's essentially four different sports with at least three different sets of rules. I'm more that happy to see all of those people honoured, but it should be clear for what. Otherwise you might as well throw in England cricketers, darts player and four man bob pushers.
2. It's ordered in a seemingly random way. Is it date of cap - I don't know? Here's a tip to anyone compiling a list, if you've got a particular reason for ordering a list in a certain way, then make it clear. If not, do it alphabetically so it's easy to search.
3. Finally, it's not going to stay current for very long. They've only left space for three more 50+ cappers. I take it there's no plan to keep it updated.
Newcastle fans thinking they're massive everywhere despite the fact that outside Newcastle no one cares about them. They bitched about Mike Ashley yet have no issue it seems with being owned by the Saudi regime. I can't wait to see them drop out of the European places and end the season with nothing as usual.