I also don't doubt that the vast majority of Asda's banana sales are the loose ones

but I would also guess that the ?1 pre-packed are more profitable.

What would Asda have to loose by making it explicitly clear how much more expensive the pre-packed bananas are? Quite simply - profit. Even though pre-packed banana sales are lower than that of loose in Asda, across all of it's stores, nationwide, you are still talking a heck of a lot of pre-packed bananas sold per week.

I am only citing Asda here as this is what the article was about, and I don't doubt that other supermarkets do similar.

Posted By: Hendrikos on October 6th 2014 at 16:49:11

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That's Asda price - (General Chat) - Hendrikos, Oct 6, 15:28:29
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- I saw this last week, and still don't get it (General Chat) - pants, Oct 6, 15:32:12
  - That's like saying Tesco sell some red wine at ?4 a bottle and some at ?16 a bottle. (General Chat) - Hendrikos, Oct 6, 15:57:45
    - Yes. More fool those shoppers for falling for such marketing ploys. (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 6, 16:30:29
    - This is one hell of a post (General Chat) - norway, Oct 6, 16:24:48
    - ^^^ This guy knows his shit when it comes to grocery procurement (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Oct 6, 16:21:03
      - He knows his onions (General Chat) - norway, Oct 6, 16:33:24
        
        I look forward to his forthcoming tenure as the Wrath's comestibles expert (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Oct 6, 16:54:15
        
        I must have missed your tenure as comestibles expert (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Oct 6, 16:56:30
        
        :) (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Oct 6, 17:06:43
    - That's what I don't understand. There's not enough detail to the story (General Chat) - pants, Oct 6, 16:07:37
      - I agree, but i think the whole 'issue' is that it's not clear how much more expensive they (General Chat) - Hendrikos, Oct 6, 16:38:49
        
        I also don't doubt that the vast majority of Asda's banana sales are the loose ones (General Chat) - Hendrikos, Oct 6, 16:49:11
  - on the wireless this afternoon one of them fucking farmers was moaning about milk prices (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 6, 15:44:19
    - Halifax reward account used to give you ?100 a year if you paid over ?1000 into it (General Chat) - pants, Oct 6, 15:49:32
      - that's not really much solace for beleagured dairy farmers tbh (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 6, 15:50:52
        
        Or the rest of us that need to hear about how rich farmers are on the breadline (General Chat) - pants, Oct 6, 15:53:51
        
        fifty pee though? bockled water is cheaper (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 6, 15:58:03
        
        you'd expect water to be cheaper than milk, wouldn't you? (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 6, 16:37:14
        
        See, that was a better Asda story. Them selling tap water in bottles (General Chat) - pants, Oct 6, 15:59:57
        
        With the omission of 'spring' or 'mineral' anywhere on the bottled, where else did shopper (General Chat) - Hendrikos, Oct 6, 16:05:48

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