Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

no boycott their goods I will , their crap anyway

if unilever's products are "crap anyway", then why were you buying them in the first place?

They're Tanker They're crap. Your spelling is getting as bad as that of Hays. I must admit I don't buy any of the products listed. Nor do I go to Tesco often.

Unilever pulling a fast one because when UK profits are taken into US parents books at year end the conversion rate will have an adverse effect on their performance.

Any of the products named that are made in this country and supplies sourced locally will not cost them a penny more to make.

Any they source from overseas in foreign currency they have probably hedged anyway and more fool them if they haven't.

Well done Tesco for standing up to them. It won't be Tesco that loses out.

I wonder if they would try that with Walmart , they tell Unilever how it's going to be and unilever jump. Read the Walmart effect ,it's a very interesting read .

iturama

re - Unilever

A funny way of seeing life, maybe after all you are out of order with your ideas or maybe after all you have none positive to aport to the debate.

The message is clear, never pay a supplier their asking price.

Don't allow the asking price of any business within striking distance be a deterrent to you. If it's the right business for you, then solid negotiating skills can adjust this price

re - Venezuela has nothing to do with the asking price, but no money to buy the products.

Back on 2009 did happen the same problem with another Belgian store .....

Big Grocer Pulls Unilever Items Over Pricing - Wall Street Journal - Feb. 11, 2009 12:01 a.m.
A big grocery chain has removed from its Belgian stores about 300 Unilever products that it says are priced too high, a sign of mounting tension between retailers and suppliers as the recession grinds on.

The move by Brussels-based Delhaize SA, which operates the Food Lion chain and other grocery stores in the U.S., comes just days after Unilever reported strong fourth-quarter profit that was driven in large part by its ability to command big price increases despite the ailing economy....

Delhaize says its conflict with Unilever is rooted in the supplier's effort to push a broad range of goods into its stores, including some that the grocer says it would prefer not to stock because they are unpopular. If the supermarket doesn't buy the whole range of products, Delhaize says, Unilever has threatened to raise prices by an average of 30% for the remaining items.

"They want to impose their product assortment on us," says Lisbeth Rogiers, a spokeswoman for Delhaize, which operates more than 2,500 stores in five countries, including more than 1,500 in the U.S. "That is unacceptable for our customers, and we always put our customers at the center of our decisions."...........

Http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB123430797027570341

It is called a free market economy. If you don't like the product or the price, don't buy. Simples. I will try negotiating the price of my pint of milk next time I am in the supermarket. Thanks for the tip, I'm sure the check-out lady will be more than willing to bargain. Maybe I could barter a few of my tomatoes for the milk. Worth a try.

i don't think i have ever been in a tesco and i have no idea what products unilever make and nor do i much care

i happen to like marmite, and as and when we run out, i shall buy from whoever - waitrose is our most convenient

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cynic make sure you barter over the quails eggs next time your in Fortnum and Mason :)

don't need to .... my local fishmonger/butcher has them as well as some very nice partridge at the moment

re - iturama

re - I will try negotiating the price of my pint of milk next time I am in the supermarket

Are you trying to be funny?

Sure you are not any good at it, the problem is between supplier (Unilever) to Super Markets and Supermarket supplying to you ( where competition is intense ) and must controlled their paying otherwise ( us ) will not buy inflated prices from them

The job you are trying to do most likely is just round your corner place.... Car boot sales, or try the fresh fruit and vegetable CART. ..... LOL

You are clearly a budding entrepreneur. Go for it. But do try to improve your language skills in the meantime. As for your LOL - says it all.

What snobbery(and don't claim you're not being)!!! "i don't think i've ever been
in a tesco"

It does not matter if its a Tesco, Sainsbury, Asda, Waitrose, All these big
producers have a presence in these stores, its exactly the same ingredients in
the packaging, just that you pay more if you go into the likes of Waitrose..

cynic

re- i don't think i have ever been in a tesco and i have no idea what products unilever make and nor do i much care

The problem with Unilever is not only with Tesco alone, but with all the Supermarkets, but Tesco has been the one making it public.

Do not try to be " Posh " on saying you buy at Waitrose ( high quality and high price )
You are a penny pinching on anything to do with shares ( not paying for Level 2, taxes, ) etc. so do not try it now with Marmite as does not go with your religion either, well known for the penny pinching stuff.

What is wrong with the "wife" doing the shopping for you?
or is it true you do not.....

I am sure you are going to answer that

i shop in waitrose because that is what we have in the town
i frequently buy vegetables from a sainsbury's that is also in the town, but i don't much care for the quality of their other stuff

i will only buy fish and meat from my local indy, but we do not have a greengrocer ..... nor for that matter do we have a deli

i do a fair amount of the shopping on a daily basis because as i also cook 3/4/5 times a week, so i buy the ingredients too ....... and in our house, whoever cooks washes up as well

any more personal and marginally abusive garbage you wish to throw this way?

Its not personal, its a fact, and to call it abuse is insulting to those who are really
abused, like by those in the Westminster bubble who believe those that voted
for Brexit are thick, uneducated chavs who didn't know what they were voting
for...NOW I CALL THAT ABUSE OF MY INTELLECT!!!

You must be all of those things granny, just look at the way you voted to prove the point :-)

Calm down GB. I use my local Waitrose in the summer months because my dogs insist on coming with me and I can park under cover. It also has some things that I can't usually find elsewhere. I also use Sainsbury's, Aldi, Iceland, Tesco and M&S from time to time. Depends if I happen to be close for some reason. Aldi is particularly good value but the choice is limited and the queues interminable. It will be interesting to see how the German supermarkets contain prices in the coming months since many of their goods come from Europe.