Morrisons Raises Marmite Price By 12.5%

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37801847

From the link above ::::

"Unilever has raised the wholesale price of many household products, including PG Tips tea and Pot Noodles, because falls in the value of sterling have increased the cost of products made outside the UK"

But, as I understand it, Marmite is made in the UK, not "abroad". If that is the case, then why is the price going but by this huge amount ?

[Islay]

Is 30p huge?

[hc4361]

Unilever have decided to spread their costs over all their products, rather than increase some by say, 20% and others by nothing

[Mamyalynne]

Only a guess, but maybe they are spreading the cost across the product ranges rather than just those made abroad or with ingredients from abroad.

[mikey4444]

No, perhaps not, but a rise of 12.5%, at a time when inflation is bumping along the bottom IS huge Islay !

[Mamyalynne]

They'd have to increase it a lot more than that to stop me buying it.

[mikey4444]

Mamy...."Spreading" the cost !.....you are a poet !

[Mamyalynne]

Tis true.

[hc4361]

12.5% IS a huge increase of the cost of groceries.

[TWR]

The Public can sort this, " Don't Buy it" Simple answer.

[Islay]

I have to disagree I don't think its huge at all.

[mikey4444]

HC....its as I thought then....Unilever trying to make a sneaky profit without good reason.

And yes Mamy....I will continue to buy it, but not from ruddy Morrisons !

[BAKERS DOZEN]

I read somewhere it is because the ingredients are sourced from overseas and therefore are costing more.

[Mamyalynne]

I agree if that percentage were applied to all groceries then families would struggle, however given the above examples - there are cheaper alternatives for most of them.

It will be reflected in their sales figures as people change allegiance to other brands.

[Tilly2]

It's just as well that a jar of Marmite lasts me for at least two years.

[Mamyalynne]

I get through approx one a year, my daughter about one fer month as all the children love it too.

Still £2.35 (250g) at Tesco.

[Mamyalynne]

^ per

[jourdain2]

I have a Morrison's card and a Tesco card. Guess which I shall be using?

[Old_Geezer]

It's a huge percentage compared to present inflation, not a huge amount gross. Buy it, go without, or make your own.

[Togo]

So Morrisons are not prepared to stand up to Unilever, on behalf of their customers, as did Tesco? Another reason not to shop at Morrisons.

[New Judge]

Another scandal (which has nothing to do with “Brexit” or the falling pound) is the practice that some suppliers have adopted, of reducing packet/can sizes whilst maintaining (or even increasing) prices. A couple of examples I recently encountered: tinned tuna, used to be 200g, now 180g (an effective increase of 11.1%); Kellogg’s Corn Flakes, used to be 500g, now 450g (again, 11.1%).

I’m not at all sure that these increases by stealth are being carried through to the ”basket of goods” that is used to compile the inflation figures