26.2.17 No Pot of Joy at ASDA

The tactics at ASDA are a fucking disgrace.  This week I had on my list some loo roll, and was disgusted to see that the shelves were devoid of anything other than Shades, the ASDA own-brand. Not a cunting roll of Kleenex was on sale, or Andrex.  I suspected foul play and this view was enhanced with my visit yesterday.  The toothpaste available was limited to just Colgate and Oral-Cuntin-B, and one small version of Sensodyne.  Clearly there are backhanders in place for pushing certain lines.

It is most annoying that aside from the small Co-op, the nearest supermarket to me is ASDA, and it is fast becoming a source of fucking fury.  A week ago, a box of 20 cans of Carlsberg was on offer at £10.  This was after a recent drop from £13, a price which had held for a couple of months following a long stint at £11.  I went to pick up a box on Thursday evening and found it was on sale at fucking £15.00!  What the fucking fuck?  Shopping at ASDA is like playing the cuntin stock market, and prices fluctuate more speedily and erratically than and index in existence.  This is exemplified by the commodities prices, and specifically yoghurt.

Activia is definitely a substance that fluctuates more than most, and whether it is simple variations in supply and demand that forces the ups and downs in ASDA pricing, or some sort of yoghurt cartel [a dairy equivalent of OPEC] that sets the barrel price of yoghurt is something that needs clarification. What is clear, though, is that there is some piss-taking.  It is unlikely to be Danone making the running - rather, it will be ASDA arsing about.  A four-pack of Activia has for the last three months jumped around in price, between a low of £1.00 and a high of £2.40. This is outrageous.  As for Pot of Joy, it is indeed 'joyful' when available at £1.00, but for every week it is sold at that price, it spend six weeks on the shelf above a price tag of fucking £2.00.  On those weeks the product would be better named as Pot of Mild Amusement.

The 400ml bottle of Nivea cream was back up to £6 yesterday, from its offer price of £4.  ASDA's buying power is clearly inferior to that of Bodycare, where it's sold at a standard rate of £2. Peperami packs were in the mid-range position, £1.50 in the general spread of £1.00 to £2.50.  Meanwhile, Pringles are up 25p.

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