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panther

03-06-2008 19:39

Asda V's Morrisons

Morrisons waded into a price war after rival Asda started selling sausages for 2p each.:eek: The store slashed prices by more than 50 per cent on 100 everyday items from tinned tuna and cereal to spaghetti and fruit.
It follows Asda's boasts it could feed a family of four for £1.57 on a meal of bangers, mash and carrots.
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Asda lopped the price of its Smartprice pork bangers from 54p for eight to just 16p a pack, meaning each sausage cost 2p.

As anyone tried these?
at 16p a pack, i dont think i want too...lol:o

pipinfort

03-06-2008 19:59

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Me thinks the usual rules apply here....`You get what you pay for` , probably contain the sweepings from the butchers floor.

Bonnyboy

03-06-2008 20:11

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At 2p per banger I doubt the will be top notch. Think the bloke on the news said the content was 35% pork….the rest of the content ????

They’ll be perfectly edible tho.

MargaretR

03-06-2008 20:42

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Originally Posted by Bonnyboy (Post 586584)

At 2p per banger I doubt the will be top notch. Think the bloke on the news said the content was 35% pork….the rest of the content ????

They’ll be perfectly edible tho.

'35% pork' means what it says - any pig body parts - not neccessarily muscle (meat). I can be skin, private parts, ground bones, internal organs etc etc.

flashy

03-06-2008 20:45

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offal(sp?) then? all processed crap

emzy	03-06-2008 20:51

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I think these may be what they serve in the asda cafe (can anyone confirm that for me) if it is they are edible, that is all that i could really say if it is them anyway (if its not it would be great to know what sausages they did serve in the cafe then I can stay away from them too!)

But at that price you wouldnt really expect them to be any more than edible, what can you buy for 16p??

emamum

03-06-2008 20:54

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Originally Posted by [email protected] (Post 586644)

'35% pork' means what it says - any pig body parts - not neccessarily muscle (meat). I can be skin, private parts, ground bones, internal organs etc etc.

yum!!!

anyone want a packet of sausages?? suddenly gone off them.

Neil	03-06-2008 20:55

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Originally Posted by emzy (Post 586660)

But at that price you wouldnt really expect them to be any more than edible, what can you buy for 16p??

errrm let me think now, oh yes I know 8 sausages you derr brain :p:p:p:D:D:D:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Lilly

03-06-2008 20:56

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Originally Posted by panther (Post 586543)

Morrisons waded into a price war after rival Asda started selling sausages for 2p each.:eek: The store slashed prices by more than 50 per cent on 100 everyday items from tinned tuna and cereal to spaghetti and fruit.

It follows Asda's boasts it could feed a family of four for £1.57 on a meal of bangers, mash and carrots.
http://m.uk.2mdn.net/viewad/817-grey.gif
Asda lopped the price of its Smartprice pork bangers from 54p for eight to just 16p a pack, meaning each sausage cost 2p.

As anyone tried these?

at 16p a pack, i dont think i want too...lol:o

No thanks. They'll be all lips and eyebrows and sweepings from the abbatoir floor. :(

emamum

03-06-2008 20:57

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stop it!!!!!

I like a nice big sausage :cool:

emzy	03-06-2008 21:00

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Originally Posted by Neil (Post 586667)

errrm let me think now, oh yes I know 8 sausages you derr brain :p:p:p:D:D:D:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

You always have to take it the wrong way dont you!! I meant quality wise you fool! Stop picking on me!! :rolleyes:

accyman

03-06-2008 21:43

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just because they reduced the price they wont alter the contents of the sausages you will get the same product that you bought the week before if you happened to already buy those particular sausages

asda will simply do what they always do

stick what money they take off one item onto another

dont be surprised if in 6 months time watchdog are yet again investigating asda , morrisons and tescos over fake price wars and price fixing

Lilly

03-06-2008 21:50

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Originally Posted by accyman (Post 586731)

just because they reduced the price they wont alter the contents of the sausages you will get the same product that you bought the week before if you happened to already buy those particular sausages

True, they were all lips and eyebrows when they were 54p and they'll be all lips and eyebrows now. ;)

BERNADETTE

03-06-2008 21:53

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All sausages are made out of rubbish what makes any one better than another?:confused:

forceten

03-06-2008 22:03

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I get my suasages off the market :)

ANNE	03-06-2008 22:03

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Yea! they are slashing prices on the cheap smartprice rubbish and stcking between ten and 35p on the branded goods.

accyman

03-06-2008 22:05

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Originally Posted by Lilly (Post 586744)

True, they were all lips and eyebrows when they were 54p and they'll be all lips and eyebrows now. ;)

so when im eating cheap sausages im basicly kissing a cow ?

i thought they tasted like my ex :D

Lilly

03-06-2008 22:05

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Originally Posted by BERNADETTE (Post 586747)

All sausages are made out of rubbish what makes any one better than another?:confused:

They weren't given the nickname 'bags o' mystery' for nothing then? :rolleyes:

There is more meat in the pork sausages I buy from the local butcher than there is in these 54p things.

BERNADETTE

03-06-2008 22:17

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Originally Posted by Lilly (Post 586763)

They weren't given the nickname 'bags o' mystery' for nothing then? :rolleyes:

There is more meat in the pork sausages I buy from the local butcher than there is in these 54p things.

Used to work in the butchers departmet of a supermarket and making sausages was part of the job, so have no illusions on what goes into them:eek:

cashman

04-06-2008 01:27

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was also me first job in 63 apprentice butcher, all the fatty crap has always gone in sausages NO matter were ya buy em, some just put more crap in than others, was no big supermarkets way back, n as asda get em dead cheap cos of their buying power dont really mean theirs are any worse? personally always buy mine from local butcher cos i love em.

onlyme

04-06-2008 08:23

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I worked at a butchers on the market so i know how they prepare their meat

I think everyone knows that these sausgages will be of a lesser quality, or less meat content than others, But people buy what they can afford. I think we'd all love to be able to buy the top notch in everything, just not possible for some though. I dont realy like these threads that remind everyone what COULD be going into items. Some people have to buy them anyway so just dont see the point in slating it.

And with the credit crunch and our economy at the moment, you can guarentee that the market for these type of cheap items is going to grow and grow.

jaysay

04-06-2008 09:04

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They actually did a test on Breakfast TV this morning they gave a bloke 2 brekfasts, one with the old sausages with 75% meat and the cheap ones with 34% meat, not surprising the chap said that the cheap ones were very bland

shillelagh

05-06-2008 14:04

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http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talki...nt/7434509.stm

Something else for you to read - 6 families talking about the cost of food in their countries.

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