Tesco vs Unilever ***Official Batch Thread***

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

Tesco need Unilever more than Unilever need Tesco. A similar thing happened in Belgium about 8 years ago. A big Belgian supermarket chain stopped stocking Unilever products after a row about prices and lost 33% of their customers. Three weeks later the Unilever products were back on the shelves.

 

[GOM]

this. Unilevers products have single digit % of raw materials, the rest is margin for all the good value they add through manufacturing and marketing. you'd expect a couple % increase to the products max, which Tesco and the other supermarkets routinely absorb or smooth over the range of brands.

id back Tesco and the other supermarkets in this, they'd rather sell their own brands on which they get a larger profit margin.

..and who makes their 'own brands'

 

[Cian]

Pssssst....we haven't left yet. The price rise is simply a smokescreen excuse.

Not having left yet doesn't mean the currency hasn't started circling the drain.

 

[Wellesley]

As usual, nobody seems to be answering the question that we all want to know. Will this affect the price of Marmite crisps?

 

[JC Footy Genius]

As usual, nobody seems to be answering the question that we all want to know. Will this affect the price of Marmite crisps?

God I hope so

 

[Gullflyinghigh]

As usual, nobody seems to be answering the question that we all want to know. Will this affect the price of Marmite crisps?

Or the delicious, definitely not utterly wrong, Marmite chocolate.

 

[FatSuperman]

Tesco need Unilever more than Unilever need Tesco. A similar thing happened in Belgium about 8 years ago. A big Belgian supermarket chain stopped stocking Unilever products after a row about prices and lost 33% of their customers. Three weeks later the Unilever products were back on the shelves.

Unless all of the major players take a stand that is. I sincerely hope that the other big three are having the exact same dispute with Unilever. If they want to sell their products on these shores then they can soak up a bit of the pain.

Whilst the supermarkets might play hell with the farmers and smaller suppliers, FMCG giants like Unilever are definitely used to running the show.

 

[Springal]

We'll become a communist country stocking 3rd party 'fakeys' that look like the real thing.

 

[Triggaaar]

We'll become a communist country stocking 3rd party 'fakeys' that look nothing like the real thing.

Fixed.

 

[banjo]

 

[Official Old Man]

Anyone who drove into Burton would have seen the massive breweries there. And by that I mean Coors who brew just about half the lager you know. Right next door is Unilever with both the Bovril & Marmite factories (the stuff is made from yeast which is the rubbish the brewers normaly throw away). So what has the Euro got to do with a product made in Burton? Have Burton declared independance?

 

[HH Brighton]

Pssssst....we haven't left yet. The price rise is simply a smokescreen excuse.

Not left yet but of course the pound in free fall is bound to have an affect on imports and therefore prices. Of course the leavers all knew this but it was about taking our country back wasn't it ?

 

[Prince Monolulu]

Not left yet but of course the pound in free fall is bound to have an affect on imports and therefore prices. Of course the leavers all knew this but it was about taking our country back wasn't it ?

I just thought Gove had a better smile than Cameron, swung me.

 

[HH Brighton]

I just thought Gove had a better smile than Cameron, swung me.

You put more thought into it than most leavers then. What to have from Mcdonalds took priority.

 

[Pinkie Brown]

The Brexit mob promised us a land of milk and honey. No mention was made of marmite and pot noodles. Stop complaining and move on.

Still, if the likes of Tesco and Unilever are having a standoff, there's always the discounters like Aldi & Lidl, the Germ.......Oh??

 

[beorhthelm]

..and who makes their 'own brands'

probably Northern Foods, and maybe Nestle and Unilever for some.

 

[happypig]

As usual, nobody seems to be answering the question that we all want to know. Will this affect the price of Marmite crisps?

You need to get some Marmite cashews

 

[Bozza]

Any reports of panic Marmite buying going on out there on the mean streets yet?

I've got about 3/4 of a medium-sized jar left, but I'm tempted to stock up.

 

[Pinkie Brown]

As usual, nobody seems to be answering the question that we all want to know. Will this affect the price of Marmite crisps?

I'm delighted to announce, Marmite cheddar bites are still available to purchase. Happy to help.......

 

[GT49er]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37639518

"One grocery insider says in the case of Unilever, the weak currency was a smokescreen to raise prices, as some of the products are made in the UK".

Big multi-national that told us to vote remain now trying to punish us for making our own minds up - and of course, as ever, trying to increase profits. Yeh, let's put up the prices and blame it on Brexit.

We can see what you're doing!