Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Sainsbury's Harringay 19 September...
Now, I'm not saying I don't like Christmas...but...19th September?
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Permalink Reply by John D on
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Lots of people on low incomes like to start putting things away early, buying them bit by bit, rather than have one huge expense in mid-December.
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Permalink Reply by Clive Carter on
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By purchasing so far in advance (a quarter year), this strategy will lose a tiny amount of money in terms of lost interest (time value of money) but would make sense if you expect Sainsburys prices to rise over the period. They seem to have a general desire to round prices up to the nearest pound.
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Permalink Reply by ant on
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Oh, are we supposed to put them away? i got some Sainsbury's Christmas mince pies yesterday and we had them warm with ice cream last night. yum. They are on special and only eighty something pence for 6.
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Permalink Reply by Christopher Fowler on
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Probably made out of recycled cardboard and some lard, judging by what usually passes for "food" in the supermarkets. Time to roll up our sleeves and get out in the kitchen and make some proper British fare!
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A week earlier this year...the Chistmas things and mince pies are back at Sainsbury's!
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Permalink Reply by 0au62mcjc4khe on
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Aarrrrgh! Help! Save us from the dreaded Christmas Grott!
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In the old days, we'd have saved for Christmas through the local "Christmas club". In any case, the best way of saving on Christmas is to buy stuff a year in advance, in January when the shops are off-loading stuff at knock-down rates. As is pointed out above, even the "food" items will last for years. No doubt stuffed with preservatives. I imagine you could eat the average supermarket Christmas pud fifty years after buying it, and it wouldn't make you any more ill than if you'd eaten it the next day. It'll be cold rations and water (drunk out of a jam-jar, too) for some of us at this rate.
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Christmas clubs can represent magical value ... for the proprietor!
"The magical story of Chrisco [here]
Our story began in the UK over 30 years ago when, in 1977, Richard and Ruth Bradley started Chrisco, a Christmas hamper business. The name Chrisco came from an abbreviation of Christmas Company. After 5 years of success, the Bradley's sold their business and moved to New Zealand. In February of 1993, Chrisco as we know it today was born, when Richard and Ruth set up the business out of their home in Auckland, New Zealand. Within 2 years, they had outgrown their home, moving first into larger premises and then expanding into Australia in 1997. The company has continued to expand, based on our strong mission of "helping everyone save for a magical Christmas".
The mega profits from selling Christmas hampers were sufficiently large to pay for the ostentatious "Chrisco Mansion".
What makes this a little topical, is that this pile was later bought by the big Kim Dotcom (of Megaupload) a former German national. Mr Dotcom is currently being pursued through NZ courts by the FBI and he may now be at risk of losing the house that hampers built.
Is Satan'sBusy missing another trick here?
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Quite apart from the "OMG Christmas starts earlier every year" theme, why do Sainsburys do it then? Who does buy this stuff in September? Surely they wouldn't waste the aisle space if didn't bring in a buck? Can anyone illuminate me...?
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Permalink Reply by Mat Day on
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Obviously its profitable. Companies like sainsburies spend a fortune analyzing their mountains of sales data, nectar card data, consumer research quant and qual etc etc to find the perfect forumlas for maximizing profit. They will have determined, mathematically for this specific store, when the optimum time to roll in the Christmas crap.
I started getting a lot less angry about what the 'Big Corporations' were doing when I realized they aren't really run by people, but by profit maximizing algorithms.
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Yup....! M&S has the mince pies out already too. They are desperate to get us to consume! That's what life is all about...not!
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The items like mince pies are to get us to buy now; it's on offer give it a whirl. Yes some people do buy upfront, but food just gets eaten. Good practice should not have decorations up until after Nov 5, but if there are 'seasomal' items to be bought to send to some poor soul stuck in Afghanistan (I bet Harry's allowed home to have Christmas with Granmama at Balmoral), or that friend / relative who's downunder.
I had a disastrous Xmas last year; had a minor dose of pneumonia, but they wouldn't take me into the Whittington. Several years ago I did get a super turkey from Budgen's for £3 on Xmas eve. That's what I call menu planning!
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