| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:VAT rip off | |
| Posted by: | Bernadette Paul | |
| Date/Time: | 10/01/11 09:15:00 |
| My nephews have a small chain of Polish delis in the area and I bet their prices are far lower than any Costcutters and for certain equivalent items they are far lower than Tescos/Sainsbury etc interestingly particularly dairy goods. I don't actually know the price of milk (I drink black tea/coffee) as the only milk I ever buy is full fat organic from M&S but having spoken to Michael yesterday and asking about the vat increase he informed me that for the moment they are swallowing the increase in vat and also so far, the additional fuel costs incurred for deliveries (they import their stock directly from Poland so have large transportation costs) however I totally agree that prices will now start to rocket as a result of vat increase and fuel costs. As an aside, my cigarettes in Sainsbury before vat increase cost £6.52 per packet after the vat increase they cost £6.72 - I believe that 2.5% vat increase should have been 16p but the price went up by 20p what does that tell us? |