Well you said about differential pricing, so I tried changing my location to the Isle of Man - app still gives £1.40.
This was certainly the case with the Co-op a few years ago. Of the three stores in the town, two of them were former Alldays stores and had higher prices on certain items.
That's very much the case. We had (and will soon have again) an Express, a Metro and an Extra within 10 minute's walk of each other. I don't think I ever saw anything that was the same price in all three of them.
Now that is strange, still showing 95p for me!
My bold. That is probably another example of people getting lured into buying things they did not know they needed and unexpectedly encounter in a supermarket. But for those on a mission to shop around and buy an item the Argos price is more competitive.
Another reason might be the stock on the shelves is easier to steal than that in the Argos back store. So a margin to cover theft might be an argument.
Just over six years ago. The acquisition completion date was September 2016.
I think I'd find it incredibly patronising to be called the "sparkle team"...
Interesting. On that basis do they have any right to prevent you walking out if they suspect you are shoplifting?
I don't think so but of course they are free to follow me until they can get a police officer who does have the power to detain or arrest. I would point out though, any attempt to obstruct my exit would need to be justified by reasonable suspicion which doesn't include not queuing up to get out.
Can't imagine it's a priority. It will be a very small percentage of items each sell where there'll be the crossover. Despite common owners, they are managed completely separately with completely different procurement, distribution and stock/sales systems. Yes, it would be a "nice to have" if common items were priced the same or if an Argos counter could fulfil a customer order by taking stock off a Sainsbury shelf, but the logistics to change systems etc for proportionally few items will be way down their list of priorities.
Not a "shop" as such, but McDonalds also have differential pricing - despite the common assumption that their menu pricing is the same everywhere, it really isn't as individual franchise holders can "tweak" pricing within a range allowed by McD's.
They still do, I used to work at Currys PC World at the till. I had to sell instant replacements and care plans. Most people would say no to buying one on things like a kettle or toaster. My heart sank every time I saw someone pushing a trolley towards me with lots of items on as I knew they would say no and ruin my target.
Do you not mean your son? If she is your partner then you must have assisted in conceiving him. Hope I am not causing any offence but most would refer to their offsping as “my son”
Is that because of the free sweets hack that went viral on Tik Tok? I am assuming a manufacturers did not want to pay for all of those free sweets
At risk of going way off topic, I would take it to mean 'step-son', biologically related to the partner but not the poster.
Child from a previous relationship perhaps?
Step-son is only technically correct when you are married to the parent of the child concerned, if you're not married there isn't really a specific word or phrase to use other than words to the effect of 'my partner's son'. In much the same way I don't refer to my partner's mum as my mother in law as that would only be the correct phrase if we were married.
Hence my inverted commas, but anyway hopefully understanding is now correct for all.
I think your assumption may be correct. I didn’t read it that way for some reason
Potentially, although I would call the child my own son and love him all the same. My own mother is divorced and her new boyfriend does not like to associate with me relationship wise. Makes me feel a little sad but at least I still have my own dad to do that I suppose.
This is an issue with the English language. You make a valid point. We need a new word to describe a child from another relationship.
Not many people are married these days, although I would like to think that step son should be used to describe a child that is not your own. Whether it is your wife or girlfriend’s child from another relationship or otherwise, the confusion will continue to crop up
That depends entirely on age and the relationship with the biological father. If I was to start a relationship with a woman who had a baby then I might well come to see them as my son/daughter as I raised them. If, however, the child was already a tweenager/teenager then, while I would love them, I wouldn't call them my child - particularly if they still had a relationship with their father as I wouldn't want to try to usurp it.
That's an interesting point, as at my local store, the Self service checkouts are organised with a bank on the left and a bank on the right as you enter the area. Hence if you use the Left-hand bank, the bagging area is on your right as you look at the machine, yet if you use the Right-hand bank, the bagging area is on the left.
What will that achieve? My kids will find the aisle with the sweets however many times the store moves it around. No doubt lots of people have been paid lots of money to come up with nonsense like this. Anyway, my local Sainsburys hasn't changed the layout recently. Does this new legislation not apply in Wales?
I think the main idea was moving sweets/high fat items further away from the checkouts in order to reduce impulse buys while queueing (which is the precise reason that they were put there in the first place!)
It is another example of government meddling in our lives. I am all for the government providing advice about how to have a healthy diet. But having provided that advice, they should not make it more difficult for me to purchase a bar of chocolate if that's what I want to do.
It applies throughout Great Britain, but I understand has been postponed for a year due to the Cost of Living Crisis.
